The following is the second in a two-part series by Ioannis Koskinas, a Senior Fellow at New America, assessing the risks to the Afghan state. In the first part of the series, Koskinas examined the real but constrained military threat to the Afghan government. This second part focuses on the risk of a political meltdown.
While attention focuses on renewed military threats to Afghanistan, the National Unity Government’s (NUG) political failures, often complicated by failing U.S. foreign-policy initiatives, pose a far greater threat to the country’s stability than the worsening security conditions.
Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue
