Foreign Policy Research Institute, 25 November 2024
An interesting look at challenges for Tajikistan’s leadership with regard to Afghanistan. While “Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his government have always viewed the Taliban as a threat, and that position has not changed since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 [,] there is a bigger threat to Tajikistan growing in Afghanistan, and it might take cooperation with the Taliban to neutralize it”: the IS, writes Bruce Pannier. “Following the lead of [other Central Asian countries and China, Iran, and Russia engaging with the Taliban government] presents Tajikistan with a different set of problems. (…) Making peace with the Taliban will be difficult to explain to Tajik citizens. It will also remove one of the greatest incentives for foreign governments to continue decades of generous financial and security support for Rahmon’s government.”
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This article was last updated on 4 Dec 2024
