Washington DC | August 8th, 2022

One year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, ORF America hosted an in-person panel discussion on the future of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan.

The panelists discussed on the past successes and failures of U.S. Afghan policy including the 2009 troop surge, the Doha Agreement, engagement with the Taliban and the role of different regional powers such as India, Pakistan, China and Russia. There was broad convergence on the need for the U.S. to further pressure the Taliban to secure its priorities on counterterrorism, democracy, and women’s empowerment.

This in-person program featured the following Speakers:

• Lt. Gen. Masoud Andarabi, Former Minister of Interior & Chief of Intelligence Service of Afghanistan

• Annie Pforzheimer, Senior Non-Resident Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS

• Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, CNAS

• Sadiq Amini, Program Manager, Outreach at ORF America

• Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America (Moderator)