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Taliban Rule Begins in Afghanistan
It is too soon to know for sure what Afghanistan’s new government will look like and what policies it will pursue.
This briefing note highlights several key issues to watch.
- ICG
Just over a week after the Afghan government’s collapse and the Taliban’s return to Kabul, there are more questions than answers about how the Taliban, back in de facto power in Afghanistan after twenty years, will…
So far, the policy announcements from Taliban spokesmen are crafted to be reassuring, though vague, declaring that there will be no revenge taking, saying girls and women will continue to be allowed education and…
At the same time, the…