... the Soviet military presence, Tehran did not resort to direct support of the so-called “Peshawar Seven”, and rather built its own contacts with the Afghan Shiite commanders.
However, the situation has changed. The United States is turning Afghanistan into its military foothold in the region. U.S. military bases will be retained in the country also after the withdrawal of international forces in 2014. In the event of a war with Iran, the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Afghanistan, can be ...
Will the CSTO been able to counter the Afghan threat after the withdrawal of NATO forces?
If back in 2001 the international coalition hadn’t launched a counter-terrorist operation in Afghanistan, it would have been the CSTO member-states that had to fight potential threats emanating from the territory of this state. However, the deployment of the NATO and coalition forces in Afghanistan allowed the CSTO established in 2002 to develop ...
A New Great Game and ideological conflict
The divergence of Russian and Western views on the future of Afghanistan and Post-Soviet Central Asia can become one of the main obstacles on the way to cooperation after the withdrawal of NATO forces in 2014. This paper contains the analysis of these divergences as well as proposals on concrete spheres of cooperation....
Who power in Afghanistan will belong to after the withdrawal of the coalition forces
Current withdrawal of the U.S. and its NATO allies' forces from Afghanistan is complicated by a number of factors, which raise some questions that have no adequate answers. This ...
Is the TAPI Pipeline project feasible?
The Afghan Government is hopeful to strengthen the national economy and make Afghanistan into a developed country through the TAPI gas pipeline project implementation. That said the project causes a lot of political problems capable of slowing down the pipe-building. How practicable is the TAPI project? What alternatives of regional ...
What are the advantages and limitations of drones?
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV, drones) in combat operations is a reality of modern warfare. In particular, they are widely used by the US in Afghanistan and Pakistan for location and destruction of terrorists. How promising is the use of these devices, and how high is their efficacy from the military and political viewpoints?
Unexpectedly extensive use of UAVs in Afghanistan and in Pakistani ...
How did the nature of warfare change with the emergence of private military companies?
Private military and security companies have become especially popular with the commencement of the global war against terrorism. Afghanistan has become the frontline of antiterrorist struggle where the NATO, US as well as private military and security companies launched their operations. How has the nature of contemporary warfare changed with the emergence of new private military ...
... difficult enemy to defeat in classic warfare. A well-balanced covert structure of the movement allows to operate in underground environment for many long years and to stockpile resources to continue the struggle.
The Taliban has no integrated HQ in Afghanistan, annihilation of which could paralyze the movement. The ideological guidance is exercised by Mullar Mohammad Omar and the so-called Quetta Shurah, a collegiate body presumably based in the city of Quetta, Pakistan. The Quetta Shurah exercises ...
