CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "The Taliban expert Hans-Jakob Schindler points to the close connection between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and warns: 'The risk of a terrorist attack still exists'."

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Hours before the Taliban declared the formation of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Thursday, Khalil and his entourage met with Abdullah Abdullah, the main peace envoy in the ousted government, who...

CEP Senior Advisory Board Member quoted: "Nathan Sales, the State Department’s counterterrorism coordinator in the Trump administration, said on Sunday that if the ISIS affiliate was capable of attacking the airport in Kabul, 'that suggests...

CEP Advisor Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales weighs in on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jacob Schindler, früher Koordinator eines UN-Teams, das die Taliban und andere extremistische Organisationen beobachtet, sagte im DW-Gespräch, die Reserven reichten nicht, 'um das Land...

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Ex-British diplomat Ivor Roberts, who witnessed this situation, told VOA , "Entrusting the Haqqani Network to policing the capital of Kabul is like entrusting a chicken coop to a fox."

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts: "And retired diplomat Ivor Roberts said putting the Haqqani network in charge of security is like the 'fox being put in charge of a chicken coop'."

CEP Analyst Riza Kumar quoted: "But that doesn't mean everyone has access to the internet: "Barely 15% of Afghans have an internet connection,' says researcher Riza Kumar of the Counter Extremism Project. 'Those so-called night letters remain one of...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former coordinator for a United Nations team that monitored the Taliban and other extremist groups, told DW that the reserves are not enough to 'run the country in a...

"And retired diplomat Ivor Roberts said putting the Haqqani network in charge of security is like the 'fox being put in charge of a chicken coop'."