{"id":5708,"date":"2024-03-30T15:21:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5708"},"modified":"2024-03-30T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:24:18","slug":"what-options-does-biden-have-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5708","title":{"rendered":"What options does Biden have in Afghanistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5708\" class=\"elementor elementor-5708\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68d5366 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68d5366\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc91323\" data-id=\"bc91323\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d611ba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d611ba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/ibraheem-bahiss\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ibraheem Bahiss<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Independent Analyst\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><b>Publisher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Aljazeera\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Feb 2021\/Doha, Qatar\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Online Article\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word<\/b> <b>Count<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: 1,700<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/2\/4\/what-options-does-biden-have-on-afghanistan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/2\/4\/what-options-does-biden-have-on-afghanistan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Keywords<\/b><b><i>:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Taliban, Peace Negotiation, Biden Administration, Afghanistan.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Brief:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article indicates the ongoing peace negotiation process between the Taliban and Kabul by underlining the reluctance of the parties to adhere to their commitments. A particular emphasis is given to the Biden Administration\u2019s decision for US troops\u2019 withdrawal on May 2021 and the consequences to be dealt with. The author proposes some abstract policy alternatives for US action in Afghanistan. First, the author sees the option of a full-troop withdrawal in May as less likely, since it would challenge the power equilibrium on the ground in favor of the Taliban to take over the government and thus abandon the peace negotiation. Second, the Biden Administration might keep a residual force in ignorance or renegotiation of the US- Taliban peace agreement. This scenario could also result in the abandonment of peace negotiations and more power showcasing on the ground. Third, the Biden Administration could extend the withdrawal deadline. Since the Taliban\u2019s commitment is comparably vague regarding armed groups, a unilateral deadline extension could signal a complete war and dismissal of agreement. Overall, the author favors diplomacy over the military, and a deadline extension through negotiation that requires certain preconditions to accelerate the intra-Afghan talks and gain more regional support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Abdullah Jurat, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Ibraheem Bahiss Affiliation: Independent Analyst\u00a0 Organization\/Publisher: Aljazeera\u00a0 Date\/Place: Feb 2021\/Doha, Qatar\u00a0\u00a0 Type of Literature: Online Article\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count: 1,700 Link: https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/2\/4\/what-options-does-biden-have-on-afghanistan\u00a0 Keywords: Taliban, Peace Negotiation, Biden Administration, Afghanistan. \u00a0 Brief:\u00a0 \u00a0 This article indicates the ongoing peace negotiation process between the Taliban and Kabul by underlining the reluctance of the parties to adhere to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/What-options-does-Biden-have-in-Afghanistan.jpg",275,183,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=39\" rel=\"category\">West &amp; 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