The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”: A Special Series
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The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”: A Special Series
Crisis Group experts contribute their views on how the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent “war on terror” shaped the conflicts and crises they work on.
https://www.crisisgroup.org/legacy-911-and-war-terror-special-series
Al-Qaeda’s Virulent Strain in Iraq
As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the "War on Terror”, Joost Hiltermann argues that the U.S. invasion of Iraq gave rise to a fierce variety of Sunni Islamist militancy, one just as intent on killing Shiite Muslims as on fighting the U.S. occupation.
Afghanistan: the Islamic State, still no Taliban government and a looming humanitarian catastrophe
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk with Afghanistan experts Ibraheem Bahiss and Graeme Smith about the Taliban’s relationship to transnational militancy, including its efforts to fight the Islamic State’s local chapter and its ties to al-Qaeda. They also discuss why the Taliban are taking so long to form a government, the growing humanitarian crisis and how the region and West have responded so far.