Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2011 4 (8)

Authors

Kumar, Suneel

Contact information

Kumar, Suneel : Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Jammu , Jammu-180006-Jammu and Kashmir, India , e-mail:

Keywords

Taliban; resurgence; movement; poppy cultivation; Afghanistan

Abstract

Taliban, a movement of Afghan Pashtuns having cross-border affiliations, ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001. After September, 2001 the US military threw them out of power which reflected the decline of Taliban as a political and military power. Nevertheless, the existing politico-military scenario of Afghanistan establishes that Taliban have again gained the strength and posed a major challenge to the US and its coalition forces. Various national and trans-national factors and forces, e.g., poppy cultivation, Pakistani military, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and madrasas, weak and flawed US policies, illegal arms supply and weak Afghan government, have played a critical role in its resurgence.

Pages

1192-1207

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/2455

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