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The Taliban factor in the political life of Afghanistan

Современная наука и инновации, 2023
The article is devoted to the analysis of the events that followed in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US troops. The relevance of such studies is due to critical events related to the establishment of diplomatic bridges between Moscow and Kabul.
A. К. Botasheva, M. M. Abazalieva
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Terrorism discourse in popular Arab media: Representation of the Taliban in CNN Arabic youtube headlines

Diwan: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Arab
In August and September 2021, the Taliban emerged as a prominent subject in many media during the Afghan leadership transition. While prior research has examined the media's portrayal of the Taliban from diverse viewpoints and methodologies, no ...
Annisa Khairunnisa, Hetti Waluati Triana, Reflinaldi, Said Ibnu Shina   +3 more
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The Taliban Did Not Create the Taliban, Imperialism Did

Journal of South Asian Development, 2012
Sir Karl Popper’s (2002) method of historicism has been neglected in the analysis of the radicalisation of Afghanistan’s society in the form of the Taliban. Popper’s historicism is the idea that the past may allow the forecasting of the future by understanding the state of the present in one specific line of historical inquiry. It is argued herein that
openaire   +3 more sources

Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
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Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim, Jean‐Patrick Villeneuve   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Taliban in 2024

Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2014
Reacting to corruption and oppression in the Kandahar of 1994, the Taliban is seen as working with Sunni clerics to foster a shariat movement for advancing economic justice and (corporal) punishment.
Michael Semple
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Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro, Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann   +1 more
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Al-Qaeda Amidst the Second Afghan Taliban Regime

NUST Journal of International Peace and Stability
The resurgence of the Afghan Taliban in 2021 and the subsequent establishment of their second regime have raised significant security concerns for the region. Despite initial predictions of instability, the Taliban's control over
Farhan Zahid
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The challenges faced by women-owned companies in Afghanistan under COVID-19 and Taliban

Cogent Social Sciences, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of power to the Taliban have negatively affected women-owned companies. This study aimed to explore the external and internal challenges of women-owned businesses from March 2020 to January 2022 in Afghanistan.
Tayeba Hashemy, Rajeev Shrestha, Sayed Mahdi Hashemy, Yasuhiro Kotera, Yudai Kaneda, Divya Bhandari, Pratigya Dulal, Sudeepa Abeysinghe, Akihiko Ozaki, Sayed Hamid Mousavi   +9 more
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Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli, Shakir Jalaly, Laurent Weill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source