MODERN SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN: THE TALIBAN CASE
Abstract
The past few years have witnessed a tremendous amount of focus on the Afghan region with regard to the hasty process of the American and NATO allied forces departing from the south-central Asian country and the dreaded return of the Taliban to power. The Convention between the US and the Taliban in 2020 saw the two agreeing upon the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghan soil in 2021 and the Taliban’s cooperation in ensuring that the Afghan soil is never used for terrorist endeavours, along with the release of prisoners of war on both sides.
Keywords
NATO, socio-political processes, The Taliban Movement, Peace Talks in Doha, The Taliban retaking of central government, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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