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Several rounds of US-Taliban talks have acquired a dynamism of their own and appear to be close to a deal. Because one element of such an agreement -- a US troop withdrawal -…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245732
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Taliban and the opium trade.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227589
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The Taliban agreed to talk to Kabul's delegation only reluctantly, under US pressure. The Kabul authorities were scarcely any keener. The insurgents' negotiating strategy appears…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256302
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Provisional election results announced on December 22 placed incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ahead after months of contestation and recounts. Election officials say the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249653
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In late April, it bombed the car park of a luxury hotel in Quetta, capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The organisation is currently in merger talks with various insurgent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261472
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At the same time as pursuing peace talks with the Afghan government, the Taliban are using calibrated armed force to push the United States into withdrawing all its troops. In an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257899
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The TTP, emboldened by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, has intensified its insurgency in recent weeks. The group was formed in 2007 in North Waziristan, at that time part of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264685
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The ban on female employment threatens to end the operations of the foreign-funded NGOs that provide a large proportion of healthcare services, though partial exemptions may be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275628
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Outlook for Afghan security.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212982
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Three al-Qaida members were reportedly killed in Ghazni province on August 6, again by a missile fired from a US unmanned aerial vehicle. At a time when the Taliban government was…