All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April The Talibans new lows show they havent changed The Taliban's new lows show they haven't changed 07/04/2022 | 3 MINS This article by Amin Saikal, Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Strategist on April 7. As the world is grappling with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the tragedy that has beset the Ukrainian people, itΓÇÖs important that we donΓÇÖt forget the ongoing human-made crises in other parts of the globe. One of them is that of Afghanistan under the rule of the Pakistan-backed and al-Qaeda-allied Taliban, whose draconian behaviour hasnΓÇÖt changed since they last ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001, before being toppled by the United States and its Afghan allies. Prior to reassuming power eight months ago, the Taliban were painted as the ΓÇÿNew TalibanΓÇÖ by the former US envoy for Afghanistan, Afghan American Zalmay Khalilzad. He negotiated the USΓÇôTaliban peace agreement of February 2021 that facilitated the American, NATO and non-NATO alliesΓÇÖ with
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April The Talibans new lows show they havent changed The Taliban's new lows show they haven't changed 07/04/2022 | 3 MINS This article by Amin Saikal, Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Strategist on April 7.
As the world is grappling with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the tragedy that has beset the Ukrainian people, itΓÇÖs important that we donΓÇÖt forget the ongoing human-made crises in other parts of the globe.
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One of them is that of Afghanistan under the rule of the Pakistan-backed and al-Qaeda-allied Taliban, whose draconian behaviour hasnΓÇÖt changed since they last ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001, before being toppled by the United States and its Afghan allies.
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Prior to reassuming power eight months ago, the Taliban were painted as the ΓÇÿNew TalibanΓÇÖ by the former US envoy for Afghanistan, Afghan American Zalmay Khalilzad.
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He negotiated the USΓÇôTaliban peace agreement of February 2021 that facilitated the American, NATO and non-NATO alliesΓÇÖ with
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