The Predicament of Security: Tracing Two Years of Taliban Rule

Mithila Bagai Verma

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2024, vol. 80, issue 2, 283-298

Abstract: The paper is an overall assessment of the security situation in Afghanistan that includes both traditional and non-traditional aspects. The paper highlights the deteriorating internal security that is bolstering Pashtunisation in Afghanistan and causing the forced displacement of non-Pashtuns. The implication of this grim development in India’s neighbourhood has severely impacted the peace and security of the Central Asian Region, Russia, China, Iran, India and Pakistan. The victory of the Taliban has resuscitated myriad terrorist groups who want to establish Islamic Caliphate in neighbouring countries, therefore leading to the gradual Talibanisation of the Asian region. The paper also delves into how the departure of foreign forces has created a power vacuum in Afghanistan that has led to the revival of a New Great Game with the addition of regional actors.

Keywords: Afghanistan; New Great Game; Non-Pashtuns; Taliban; India; Terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/09749284241241608

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