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Meanwhile, long-standing opposition groups such as the National Resistance Front (NRF) and Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) have re-launched armed campaigns within Afghanistan.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282926
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Unlike Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the other Central Asian states that border Afghanistan, Tajikistan is suspicious of the Taliban government in Kabul. Meanwhile, the NRF and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278400
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IS-K says it was also behind a December 26 car bomb that killed the police chief of the north-eastern Badakhshan region. Other IS-K attacks in recent months have targeted the Shia…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275034
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An Afghan government spokesman afterwards described Mehruddin's comments as "attention-seeking" and "exaggeration". The exchange exemplifies the tense relationship that persists a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273254
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Stability risks in Tajikistan.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211355
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Opposition is growing in several non-Pashtun areas, spurred by heavy-handed Taliban governance, but these groups are fragmented and many of the old warlords now reside abroad…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268219
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Concern is growing that the security situation in Afghanistan is worsening, threatening not only regional stability but also major electricity integration projects such as the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206054
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Since May the Taliban have taken control of almost all areas adjoining Central Asian borders. A remaining stretch between Turkmenistan and north-western Afghanistan is likely to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262756
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The reported offer, made to Taliban negotiators in Qatar, looked like an act of desperation as Ghazni, 130 kilometres south of Kabul, fell to the Taliban, who subsequently took…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263455
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For both states, a swift takeover of power in Afghanistan is preferable to either prolonged civil war or a power vacuum. Their objectives are more defensive than acquisitive…