Najib Azad

File photo of Bagram military base in Afghanistan. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons This piece originally appeared in EURASIAREVIEW on December 11, 2025 President Donald Trump has once again referred to Afghanistan as “a hell.”  Two weeks ago, he called it “a hellhole.”  The words made headlines, but they also exposed a contradiction few in Washington seem willing to confront. If Afghanistan is nothing more than a wasteland, an unredeemable pit of chaos, then why has Trump re

This piece originally appeared in EURASIAREVIEW on November 29, 2025 The recent attack in Washington, D.C.—in which an Afghan national killed a National Guard officer and left another in critical condition—has shaken the United States, and rightly so. A young American woman who had sworn to defend her nation lost her life. Another, her colleague, now fights for his own. Their families, communities, and the National Guard suffer a wound that cannot be eased by simple words. T