The Taliban’s limited and self-interested counterinsurgency efforts are having consequences for the region – with the terror attack in Moscow just the latest example
has resulted in more than 130 deaths and left several hundreds injured. Responsibility for the complex attack, one of the deadliest in Russia in decades, was immediately claimed by Islamic State – more specifically, according to U.S. intelligence officials, the terrorist group’s branch in Central Asia , known as the Islamic State – Khorasan Province . U.S. intelligence has confirmed this claim, though Russia’s foreign ministry has questioned it.
What is unfortunate is the way that the Taliban, who have deprived Afghans, particularly women, of their basic rights and dignity, have effectively empowered this resurgence. ISKP is a sworn enemy of the Taliban, as the group seeks to destabilize existing governments in the region, and so Afghanistan has joined the global counterinsurgency effort against this group – allowing the Taliban to portray themselves as allies in the pursuit of international recognition for their government.
With the under-resourced Taliban regime in power in Afghanistan, groups such as ISKP have been allowed unregulated movement to regroup, mobilize fighters and recruit new members, even from the Taliban’s own ranks, with many Afghans sympathizing with Islamic State’s fundamentalist ideologies.
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