Wednesday 31 August 2016

The Taliban and the Divided Afghan State

The Taliban and the Divided Afghan State | Geopolitical Futures


For the past several months, there has been no shortage of reports about Taliban fighters going on the offensive in various parts of the country. In the past few weeks, the situation has gotten grim. After surging forces in several districts of southern Helmand province, the Afghan jihadist movement is threatening the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. But the province is in the Taliban’s core turf in the country’s south.

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