Search: Terrorism,Taliban (4 materials)

The Middle East: Impact of Afghanistan and Ukraine Crises on Key Regional Trends

Report No. 85 / 2023 Report No. 85 / 2023 The Taliban’s (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) rise to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and the conflict in Ukraine have both had an impact on regional trends in the Middle East. This report sheds light on the transformation ...

08.06.2023

Afghanistan Crisis: Security Problems for Russia and Central Asian States

... territorial unit in Afghanistan, as well as via ethnic terrorist groups with ties to Al-Qaeda. Russia inevitably perceives growing threats in Afghanistan and in Central Asia in the context of the above events. Interconnected threats of international terrorism in Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Middle East As the U.S. withdraws its troops and the civil war grows progressively bitter, the instability in Afghanistan is creating major security problems for Central Asian states. Even if we take the many Taliban statements at face value, believing that they will refrain from attacking the Central Asian states (the latest such statement was made on July 8, 2021, in Moscow), there is still a threat posed by the many extremist ethnic groups consisting of ...

16.08.2021

Peshawar: Pakistani “Beslan”

... reports confirm this, with more than 100 people being executed within the first two hours of the siege. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Taliban Movement of Pakistan, TTP) have claimed responsibility for the attack. According to a TTP representative, the attackers ... ... countries, regardless of whether terrorist groups operate within their borders. This is due, a) to the success of the global war on terrorism; b) to new opportunities that can be exploited by terrorists; and c) to substantial changes in the media. The success ...

19.12.2014

Countering the Shaitans

... common citizens, etc. Can one stop someone who is determined to die from accomplishing his (or her) evil mission? No amount of passive protection can prevent this. Active protection means taking the fight to them, taking them out at their roots. Such terrorism as is currently practiced in Pakistan is impossible to perpetrate without foreign funding and logistical support. Foreign sponsors must be exposed. Interdicting the logistics behind terrorist hideouts, money, ammunition, supplies, uniforms, ...

19.12.2014

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