Afghanistan's U.S.-trained forces appeared to readily collapse in the face of a concerted push by Taliban forces. Names and places that became familiar to Americans during their country's long involvement there — including Kunduz and Kandahar — fell like dominoes in recent days as the Taliban swept toward the capital.
1. Afghanistan will become a human rights problem
A Quarter-Million People Have Fled Their Homes As Violence In Afghanistan Escalates
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A Quarter-Million People Have Fled Their Homes As Violence In Afghanistan Escalates
There are zero excuses to believe that another Taliban system will not be another helpful blemish, Husain Haqqani, a previous Pakistani envoy to the U.S., tells NPR.
Up until now, in the space of the nation where they have recovered control, the Taliban "have been executing individuals immediately, they have been lashing ladies, they have been closing down schools. They have been exploding medical clinics and framework,"
2. A Taliban regime could again become a haven for extremists
While as of late a few specialists have made an appearance, proposing that such a worry is spent, there's no assurance that Afghanistan wouldn't indeed turn into a place of refuge for psychological militants — either that goal on doing damage to the U.S. or on the other hand other unfamiliar forces.
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Talking on NPR's All Things Considered this previous week, previous U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta offered this dull appraisal: "The Taliban are fear-based oppressors, and they will uphold psychological militants."
3. China could gain a foothold in the region
The last time the Taliban were in power, they transformed Afghanistan into a virtual untouchable state — detached from the remainder of the world, save for Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — the solitary governments willing to remember them. Be that as it may, lately, top Taliban pioneers have been on a hurricane worldwide visit, visiting Iran, Russia, and China.
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China has allegedly guaranteed significant interests in energy and foundation projects, including the structure of a street network in Afghanistan, and is additionally looking at the nation's tremendous, undiscovered, uncommon earth mineral stores. What's more, Beijing was at that point purportedly planning to officially perceive the Taliban before the gathering held onto control of the country.
In the meantime, the Taliban could be pushing China and Russia closer as the two nations look for support against the potential for instability in Afghanistan. The two nations are worried about conceivable "overflow" of Islamist fanaticism, Miller says.
Notwithstanding their Cold War hostility, Beijing and Moscow last week sent 10,000 soldiers, just as planes and big guns pieces, to China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as a component of a joint exercise. Albeit the activity was directed a long way from Afghanistan, it "exhibited the assurance and capacity of Russia and China to battle psychological warfare, and mutually ensure harmony and soundness in the locale," as indicated by an assertion delivered by Russia's Ministry of Defense.
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