U.S. Foreign Policy
Renewing momentum around the Global Fragility Act
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaida based in Afghanistan launched the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland. The United States subsequently overthrew the Taliban regime and significantly weakened al-Qaida. However, in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban and the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2021, the Taliban again took power in Afghanistan. Now, three years into the Taliban’s rule, what does governance in the country look like? How have women and minorities been affected? What is the current terrorism and counterterrorism environment in the country and how is the region adapting to the Taliban鈥檚 rule?
On September 11, the Brookings Foreign Policy program鈥檚 Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors brought together leading experts to analyze Afghanistan鈥檚 evolving political and security landscape, the shifting regional dynamics, the impact on marginalized groups, and the implications for U.S. policy.
Viewers joined the conversation to ask questions of the panelists by emailing聽[email protected]鈥痑nd on X/Twitter using #AfghanistanUnderTaliban.
Agenda
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September 11
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Moderator & Speaker
Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and TechnologySpeakers
Associate Professor, Department of Justice, Law and Criminology - American University
Tamin Asey Senior Fellow - King鈥檚 College LondonPresident - American Academy of Diplomacy
Orzala Nemat Director - Development Research Group LTD
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