Questions tagged [taliban]
Questions concerning the political, religious and terrorist organisation in Afganistan and Pakistan.
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How Islamist is the HTS governance model, compared to the Taliban?
Although HTS has de facto ruled over Idlib for years, there's not a lot of info in English about their governance. I did find out that they ran some nasty prisons and even disappeared some of their ...
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How does one recognize an "official envoy" or "Chargé d’Affaires" or even an ambassador without recognizing a government?
14 Feb 2024:
At an official ceremony held by the Chinese government in Beijing on January 30, a queue of foreign diplomats lined up to present their credentials to President Xi Jinping. Among the 309 ...
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Did the Taliban give any hint they were letting the US 'keep' the Bagram Airfield (under some conditions)?
Trump claimed in 2022 that his peace plan for Afghanistan (that Biden ruined) involved keeping the Bagram Airfield:
We were gonna be out. I got it down to 2,000 [troops] we were getting ready to pull ...
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What's the point of continuing not to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan?
As per Wiki, no countries have so far recognized the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate as the legitimate successor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. But... what's the point of delaying the official ...
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Have the Taliban held/allowed any multi-candidate elections since coming to power?
Interestingly, the Taliban of 2022 appear to hold some limited local elections, although the example given there involved open (one vote per household) voting and (more importantly) one candidate, at ...
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How are interactions between Taliban Afghanistan and the world carried out if they are not officially recognized by anyone?
This is a hybrid politics/international law question and it’s posted here for convenience.
Everyday interactions would include border crossings, postal services, telecommunications, airspace ...
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Is the US allowed to execute an airstrike on Afghan soil after withdrawal under the provisions of the agreement that enabled it?
The United States killed Al-Qaeda's chief in an airstrike on his house in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Though the agreement between the US and the Taliban is not public, one thing that is clear is that the US ...
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Does the new Taliban government in Afghanistan still not recognize the Durand line? Do they propose any other well-defined border with Pakistan?
This answer to the question Have cross-border terrorist attacks in Pakistan declined or stayed the same after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan? does mention the Durand line, the Government of ...
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What is the difference between the classic Taliban and TTP?
What is the difference between the Taliban who is ruling the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and TTP (Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan)?
Do they have any relationship? Do they have any common goal?
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Did the U.S. lose the war against the Taliban?
We know that the U.S. has a much stronger military than the Taliban, they could have deployed more troops in Afghanistan to beat the Taliban, but they consciously didn't. This makes me wonder, did U.S....
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Have cross-border terrorist attacks in Pakistan declined or stayed the same after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan?
According to the Pakistani security agencies and the government, various terror outfits were hiding in Afghanistan and they perpetrated terror attacks across the border inside Pakistan on a routine ...
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Why didn't the USA first evacuate civilians then focus on evacuating their army from Afghanistan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjF-8lZcTfQ
At 2:30 in this video Russel Berman points out that civilians should have been evacuated out first and then the military should have been evacuated. This ...
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Why do the Taliban restrict women's rights?
Despite the numerous reports on how the Taliban restrict women's rights, I've never found an explanation why they do it. To quote The Guardian
“Education and literacy are so strongly valued in Islam ...
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Last American soldier leaving Afghanistan, was there a deal from American govt with Taliban to hold fire [duplicate]
Per the news the last American soldier boarded the flight showing his back to the Talibans, they could have fired shots since the last flight of American soldiers out numbered the Taliban forces. Also ...
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Why are the Taliban unwilling to establish a diplomatic relationship with Israel?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/taliban-willing-to-establish-relations-with-all-nations-except-israel/
“Yes, of course, in a new chapter if America wants to have a relation
with us, which could be in ...
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