The inability of US-led occupying forces to address the root causes of the Afghan conflict and their unflinching support to a weak and corrupt central government created perfect conditions for the return of the Taliban
Afghanistan’s troublesome Taliban movement continues to take over provincial capitals as the Kabul government scrambles to come up with a coherent strategy to prevent the armed group from capturing the entire country.
The Taliban has remained “a viable power” partly due to “the failure of occupying forces to offer solutions over social and economic problems in Afghanistan, allowing for groups like the Taliban to gain prominence and maintain their position in the country,” Majid Ansari, President of Qatar International Academy for Security Studies, tellsIt's become common knowledge amongst regional experts that the failed policies of the US-led coalition led to the creation of a weak and corrupt central...
The Taliban has long garnered strong support from rural Afghanistan, which has become poorer during the last 20 years of the US presence, while the central government has held urban areas, which have received more aid from Kabul compared to rural regions located in unhospitable mountainous terrains. “All of that contributed to the possibility of extremism,” Baheer says.
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