Taliban

Politics & Society

The Afghanistan withdrawal: This is what decolonisation looks like

As the Taliban retakes power in Afghanistan, the departure of the United States is just the most recent example of its history of abandoning people it said it would protect

Politics & Society

Will Muslim-Majority States recognise the Afghan Taliban’s ‘Islamic’ regime?

By Islamic standards, the Taliban regime is unusually narrow and destabilising. Security-conscious Muslim-majority states should pause before deciding to recognise it