Afghan Taliban’s IS dilemma
Islamic State’s (IS) growing influence in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region coupled with the pressure on the Afghan Taliban to reconcile with Kabul has put the Taliban leadership in a quandary. A political compromise with the government can divide the jihadist group, which will benefit IS in the regio...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-792202020-11-01T06:35:12Z Afghan Taliban’s IS dilemma Abdul Basit S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Islamic State’s (IS) growing influence in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region coupled with the pressure on the Afghan Taliban to reconcile with Kabul has put the Taliban leadership in a quandary. A political compromise with the government can divide the jihadist group, which will benefit IS in the region. 2015-06-17T07:25:32Z 2019-12-06T13:20:03Z 2015-06-17T07:25:32Z 2019-12-06T13:20:03Z 2015 2015 Commentary Abdul Basit. (2015). Afghan Taliban’s IS dilemma. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 124). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79220 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25952 en RSIS Commentaries, 124-15 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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