al-Jazeera, 26 December 2025
Against the backdrop of recent incidents at the Afghan-Tajik border, this backgrounder looks at Taleban-Tajik and other regional relations. It comes to the conclusion that, while Tajikistan has not blamed any group, it bears the “hallmarks of the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan Province (ISKP).
“The ISKP has attacked foreigners inside Afghanistan and carried out attacks on foreigners inside Afghanistan as a key pillar of their strategy,” said Ibraheem Bahiss, a Kabul-based analyst at the International Crisis Group think tank.“ The aim is to shatter the Taliban’s image as a security provider with whom the regional governments should engage,”
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This article was last updated on 27 Dec 2025
