https://www.iess.ir/en/Target-Countries/afghanistan Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:50:18 GMT /skins/default/en/normal/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif https://www.iess.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright (c) Institute for East Strategic Studies, all rights reserved. Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:50:18 GMT Afghanistan 60 https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3717/ After more than two years of Taliban rule, the conflicting positions of the international community and the Taliban have made the recognition of the Taliban government still pending. But this does not mean that there are no relations between the Taliban government and other countries. During this period, by establishing close economic relations with some countries, the Taliban has been able to bypass non-recognition and get out of isolation to some extent. Adopting an economy-oriented foreign policy, planning for the economic visits of Taliban officials, encouraging foreign investors to be present in Afghanistan, signing large economic contracts with foreign parties, and paying attention to regional transit have been among the most important measures of the Taliban government in the economic sector. ]]> Afghanistan Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:02:57 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3717/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3696/ After the fall of the republic government and the Taliban’s regaining power in Afghanistan, this movement was not prepared to rule Afghanistan in terms of politics and governance. Also, from a military point of view, the Taliban fighters did not have the experience of creating and managing national institutions, such as the army and the police. It was for this reason that at the beginning, the stability and permanence of the Taliban rule in post-2021 Afghanistan seemed to be unstable and uncertain, and some experts believed in a short-term survival of the Taliban government. But contrary to expectations, Taliban rule was established in a good momentum and was stabilized to some extent. In this article, "establishing factors" and " durability factors" of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan are reviewed. ]]> Afghanistan Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:26:08 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3696/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3672/ Afghanistan's security-oriented approach, which was at its peak during Hamid Karzai rule, was officially abandoned when Ashraf Ghani took office, and it was replaced by an economic-oriented foreign policy. One of the important features of such an approach was the reduction of economic interactions with South Asia, especially Pakistan, as a crisis-generating region, and the increase of economic interactions with Central Asia as a calm and somewhat non-security region. The goal of this approach was that Afghanistan would reduce its vulnerability from Pakistan in terms of security, by reducing the level of economic relations with this country. After the Taliban coming back to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, they have based their foreign policy on an economy-oriented approach, with the aim of moving away from Pakistan and getting closer to Central Asia. ]]> Afghanistan Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:16:55 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3672/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3647/ The UN Secretary-General has tried to stop the bloody cycle of competition in Afghanistan, both internally (by creating conditions for interaction between the Taliban and the opposition) and externally (by reducing international and regional rivalries), in order to create political stability in the country. This is why the UN Secretary General is seeking to reach a lasting and sustainable regional solution toward peace, through the expansion of the Taliban’s current monopoly of power. In this regard, Guterres has tried to encourage the Taliban to accept an inclusive government with ethnic and religious diversity, so that a favorable ground for the participation of all political currents will gradually be prepared. The importance of this issue will become more clear when the dual nature of the Taliban Emirate structure is taken into consideration. ]]> Afghanistan Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:25:06 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3647/ https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3632/ Institute for East Strategic Studies in collaboration with the International Studies Institute of Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO) held a webinar under the title "Foreign actors’ policy towards the Taliban government; Analysis and perspectives." ]]> Afghanistan Thu, 14 Dec 2023 03:24:43 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/roundtable/3632/ https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/3599/ In the last 20 years, Arab countries had three different positions towards Afghanistan. First, a group of countries which had a completely neutral position and were uninterested in Afghanistan's issues. This group included the countries of the Fertile Crescent and the Persian Gulf states, except Qatar. Second, Iraq which had the same fate as Afghanistan, and monitored the situation in Afghanistan, but had no interaction with Kabul. Third, a number of Arab countries such as Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia which tried to engage the Afghanistan's issues, within the macro frameworks of their strategic interactions with the West. Due to the power transfer in some of these countries, including Saudi Arabia, Riyadh withdrew from an important acting role in the second ring of the Afghan crisis to the third ring. In this regard, neither the Afghan government nor the Taliban did consider Saudis’ commitment and interest in Afghanistan seriously. ]]> Afghanistan Tue, 07 Nov 2023 04:06:02 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/interview/3599/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3580/ Since the fall of the republic government in Afghanistan, we have witnessed the gradual importance of Afghanistan for China, and Beijing's special approach to Kabul. The clear message of Beijing’s recent behavior in Afghanistan is that China is taking "innovative" and "bold" actions in the country. This can significantly increase China's influence on the Taliban government. But it is necessary to understand that China will not be able to pursue its goals in Afghanistan without participating in a multilateral process (alongside Afghanistan's neighbors). If China can get some local and regional guarantees, it will probably play a stronger economic role in Afghanistan; In such a situation, a new opportunity will be provided for all kinds of cooperation between Iran and China in Afghanistan (bilaterally or with the participation of other neighbors of Afghanistan). ]]> Afghanistan Sun, 08 Oct 2023 05:48:03 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3580/ https://www.iess.ir/en/periodical/3546/ On August 15, 2021, when Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, Kabul the capital of Afghanistan collapsed and after a short-term power vacuum, the Taliban took over the power by declaring a caretaker government. ]]> Afghanistan Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:45:14 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/periodical/3546/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3536/ Khaf-Herat Railway is an old project that dates back to the Daud Khan period in the 1970s. Due to the outbreak of wars in Afghanistan, the implementation of this plan was postponed for several decades. The Khaf-Herat railway project can lead to a profound change in mutual trade between Iran and Afghanistan. Although this railway is a small step for increasing trade exchanges between the two neighboring countries, it can be an opening for regional and interregional connection. Given the future needs, it will definitely be of interest to the beneficiary countries, especially the Central Asian countries and China. ]]> Afghanistan Mon, 14 Aug 2023 03:10:23 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3536/ https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3526/ The Interior Minister of Pakistan announced that the plan to transfer the members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to areas far from the Pakistan border has been finalized by the Afghan Taliban government. According to him, the budget of this plan is made by the government of Pakistan, and the Taliban government of Afghanistan implements it. Numerous evidences and reports indicate that in this plan, members of TTP will be stationed in the north, southwest, and possibly the center of Afghanistan. Some reports also say that the implementation of this plan has already started, with the transfer of a group of 300 members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Takhar province. In this article, we examine the goals of the Afghan Taliban government from the implementation of this plan, and the consequences of this plan for the Taliban, the Afghan people, and the neighboring countries of Afghanistan. ]]> Afghanistan Sun, 06 Aug 2023 05:47:04 GMT https://www.iess.ir/en/analysis/3526/