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What does the appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as the Supreme Commander of the Taliban in Afghanistan mean? What could it lead to? The Taliban was founded by Mullah Mohammed Omar, who also served as Head of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Mullah Omar could hardly claim supreme leadership, but at ...
Several Possible Lines of Regional Cooperation The official end of the West’s military campaign in Afghanistan has been followed by the start of another mission in the country, which held presidential elections in 2014 but where the situation seems to be deteriorating ever faster. Other actors are becoming more visible and seem strong enough to shatter ...
On 24 June 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council held a club meeting at which former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai spoke. The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RIAC members and leading experts on the Middle East. The club meeting was opened by RIAC President Igor Ivanov. In his speech,...
On June 25, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will hold a press conference with former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai at the press centre of the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya. The withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan in 2014 was supposed to symbolize the qualitative improvement of the security situation in the country,...
On 28-30 April 2015 president Ashraf Ghani of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan paid an official visit to the Republic of India. The visit was the subject of considerable attention. The thing was that after becoming the new president of Afghanistan at the end of last September Ashraf Ghani was in no hurry to visit India,...
... tensions among the populations of post-Soviet countries [3] , economic problems, corruption, cronyism, and other factors, it is difficult to seriously discuss their effective ability to counter the threats of extremism and terrorism that emanate from Afghanistan. Of all the Central Asian states, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan appear to be the most vulnerable in this respect, due to their proximity to Afghanistan, setting aside for a moment the fact that these two former Soviet republics have porous borders ...
... power in the hands of Shia Iraqis (sectarianism) has never been a good strategy. Finally, air strikes can halt or pull the IS back at best. At worst, one can fail as the U.S. did in Vietnam. You just cannot combat these guys from the sky! 3. Whither Afghanistan? Well, it's pretty simple. A president of Kabul is not a president of Afghanistan. Almost entire south-east landstrip of the territory is facing considerable or high security threat, terror attacks have been carried out in the Afghan ...
In a recent meeting between President Asraf Ghani and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan and Pakistan have reached over an understanding on the security cooperation, capacity building and mutual trade. This unexpected development exclusively includes the training of Afghan National Army by Pakistan Army. In so many manners, this ...
... were particularly significant, indicating that they are all aware of the dangers inherent in fueling territorial and ethnic tensions. This success results from both Tajik diplomacy and multilateral SCO efforts. The Dushanbe Declaration statement on Afghanistan does not outline a solid SCO position on the deteriorating situation and does not offer Kabul any help, meaning that assistance will remain exclusively bilateral. Against the backdrop of Western sanctions, President Putin found himself surrounded ...
... Ambassador Vitaly Vorobyov Interview We met with Vitaly Vorobyov, SCO Advisor and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, to discuss the potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in resolving problems of regional security, its role in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of ISAF, the Silk Way project initiated by China, Russia's future SCO presidency and many other issues. Your Excellency, in your article " The SCO as the Growing Ruler of the Heartland: How to Bring Eurasia's Most ...
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