Crafting Resistance through Narratives in Afghanistan

Tahir Ul Mulk Kahlon, Ghulam Qumber and Rafaqat Islam
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Tahir Ul Mulk Kahlon: Assistant Professor,Department of Government and Public Policy, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ghulam Qumber: Deputy Director ISSRA, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Rafaqat Islam: Faculty of Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Global Regional Review, 2018, vol. 3, issue 1, 17-31

Abstract: Narrative offers an evocative opportunity to understand the power of knowledge manipulation within the public policy system. Despite the influence of narratives in designing, formulating, and implementing of public policies, it is a relatively nascent concept in public policy studies.The war in Afghanistan truly represents a battle of narratives. This paper takes a Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) approach to explore the narratives used by resistance forces in Afghanistan within the belief system of a religion. It acknowledges that narratives matter and that by studying the same, one can construe their influence on policies. The paper finds that resistance groups such as the Taliban, mobilize support and operate in battlefields across Afghanistan; simultaneously bolstering their legitimacy and community influence garnering support from within and outside Afghanistan.

Keywords: Resistance Policy; Narrative Policy Framework; Taliban; Afghanistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.31703/grr.2018(III-I).02

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