Vestlige land må samarbeide med Taliban til tross for deres hatefulle og voldelige ideologi. Akkurat nå er Taliban nøkkelen, dersom vi skal lykkes med å nå frem til isolerte områder og folk som har et desperat behov for hjelp. Det er dette Thomas Lund fra Norge mener er plikt.
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Taliban Talks in Oslo
Western countries need to coordinate with Taliban, regardless what their ideology of hatred and violence inspire them. For the time being, Taliban are the key if we want our support being brought to the Afghan isolated populations in desperate need of help. This is what Thomas Lund, from Norway, presents us as a human duty, based on his personal experience and local acquantancies of an expedition leader and activist in the mountains of the remote Wakhan corridor.
Régis Genté: “Central Asia is not an Islamist powder keg nor a radicalizing space.”
Almost two months ago, all of Afghanistan fell under the control of the Taliban, including remote areas where they never gained a foothold, such as the Wakhan Corridor. A specialist in Central Asia, Régis Genté, presents us how we could anticipate the possible repercussions of this event on the stability of this part of the world, as well as how we might assess its geostrategic importance, particularly concerning Turkey, a close ally of Pakistan, the major sponsor of the Taliban.
‘How can a soldier overnight become a Taliban ?’
The fall of Wakhan: part one
This article is first part of a series based on conversations with the people in Wakhan Corridor over a period of two months. The conversations were in Wakhi and have been edited for clarity. Names of the people have been changed to protect their identities
Shugnan’s Women Condition under Taliban Regime
This is a local testimony coming from a region being ignored by regular media. In upper northeastern Afghanistan, Shugnan has similar people and values with the bordering Tajik Pamir. A young man, Arif Pamirzad, explains us how traditional strong women’s position and education are under threat as a consequence of the recent fall of the district. He calls the Taliban rulers to adopt a responsible policy in order to protect the next generation and the future of his people.
Taliban extortions and suicide attackers settlement in Ishkashim and in Wakhan corridor
According to a resident witness, Taliban live detrimentally to the poor Tajik populations of Ishkashim and of the Afghan Wakhan corridor. They reportedly brought in forces from other parts of the country as well as suicide attackers. This could be explained by the conflicting relations with Tajikistan.
With closed borders, the Afghan Wahan has, now, to rely on Tajik citizens solidarity for phone & internet
Afghan Wakhan is the corridor stretching between the town of Ishkashim (Afghanistan) and Chinese border. It has no public infrastructure such as hospital, actual car road and phone network. However, from Ishkashim (Afghanistan) to Gaz Khan (Afghanistan), it is possible to use the TCell network going from Ishakahim (Tajikistan) to Langar (Tajikistan), on the opposite bank of th Panj River, but buying units became a nightmare since Taliban invasion..
How a poor region of Afghanistan sinks into famine under Taliban rule
This is an outstanding but highly alarming direct testimony from an altitude remote and forgotten Afghan region. Far away from any media, the harsh and poor life of local people has been turned, by Taliban, into dereliction and extreme misery. Trapped in a full lockdown, people cannot escape what became a hell with no hope.
Those who, at an international level, whitewash the reputation of the Taliban 2.0 should reflect on the heavy responsibility they are taking.
Pamir Institute 