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Abstract
After the takeover of Kabul by the Pakistan-sponsored Taliban, one can speculate regarding which role will Islamabad play in Afghanistan’s future. This will depend of course on Islamabad’s ties with the wider Taliban in general and with the factions traditionally close to Pakistan in particular, namely the Haqqani Network. Considering the manifold support offered to the Taliban during the last two decades, ‘Pakistan has reason to anticipate a more friendly regime in Kabul’. In fact, ‘Pakistan was one of the first countries to welcome the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan,’ celebrating the event as a ‘strategic victory’. However, there are also reasons to believe that relations between the Taliban government and Islamabad will be not as easy as hoped by the Pakistani leadership. [...]
| Document type: | Article |
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| Publisher: | South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) |
| Place of Publication: | Brussels |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Version: | Secondary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2021 10:16 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | Miscellaneous > Individual person |
| DDC-classification: | Political science Military science |
| Controlled Keywords: | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Legitimation |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Haqqani Netzwerk, Terrorismus, internationale Legitimation, Menschenrechte, Internationale Hilfe / Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Haqqani Network, terrorism, international legitimacy, human rights, international aid |
| Subject (classification): | Politics |
| Countries/Regions: | Pakistan other countries |
| Series: | Themen > SADF Comment |
| Volume: | 220 |
| Additional Information: | DOI: 10.48251/SADF.ISSN.2406-5617.C220 (der Erstausgabe) |
