First, the Islamic State will pose an increasing challenge over time to the Taliban’s legitimacy as both a jihadist movement and a government. The longer it takes the Taliban to defeat the insurgency posed by the Islamic State, the greater the threat will be to their newfound position as the rulers of Afghanistan, for two main reasons. After enjoying success as insurgents, the Taliban are failing miserably as counter-insurgents, unable to fend off Islamic State attacks against population centers and their own personnel. Additionally, the Taliban are struggling to combat a growing insurgency from the Islamic State in Afghanistan (also known as Islamic State-Khorasan), as illustrated by at least 54 attacks conducted by the Islamic State between mid-September and late October. But now, with foreign troops withdrawn, the group seems overwhelmed with the Herculean challenge of maintaining its own cohesion, forming a new government and framework of governing policies, stabilizing the country, and dealing with a collapsing economy and dwindling social services. 15 - after waging a nearly two-decade conflict with the Afghan government and its Western supporters - few could dispute the effectiveness of the Taliban’s approach to insurgency. These tactics are ruthless and - unfortunately for the Taliban - they’re not working.įollowing their capture of Kabul on Aug. The Taliban have increased the tempo of deadly night raids and deployed over 1,000 additional foot soldiers to carry out the fight in Nangahar province. Suspected members of the Islamic State have been hung in public or beheaded. In recent months, the Taliban’s efforts to crush the Islamic State in Afghanistan have grown increasingly brutal. – Qari Nurullah Fateh, Taliban fighter in Jalalabad The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.“If someone doesn’t surrender to us, we kill them.” This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
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