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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
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U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2021 (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)
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Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17, 2021, after Taliban seized control of the capital following the collapse of the Afghan government (Photo by HOSHA
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
