Iran-Taliban Cooperation: New Dimension in Afghan Conflict?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Abdul Basit
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Conflict and Stability; Country and Region Studies; International Politics and Security; South Asia; Terrorism Studies
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81005; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40758
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Following the killing of the Taliban Chief Akhtar Mansoor, Taliban’s relationship, and cooperation with the Shia majority Iran has emerged as a new dimension of the Afghan conflict. Cooperation between the two old-foes defies historical geopolitical and geo-sectarian trends.