The Taliban, which has ruled Afghanistan for three years, is thriving, facing no reasonable opposition, and being embraced by the global community.
The Taliban’s assurance was on full display at a military festival that included arms and fighter jets taken after the US-led partnership abruptly withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021. The show was a distinct smack in Washington’s encounter.
The Taliban’s ability to establish relationships with its neighbors is remarkable, compared to its pariah position during its first assembly of energy. Diplomates from China and Iran were present at the festival. Abdulla Aripov, the excellent minister of the Uzbekistan, traveled to Kabul in August for meetings. This comes after Beijing appointed its own adviser to Kabul in December and China became the first nation to formally house a Taliban envoy in January.
Trade has also increased, especially with China. The Taliban and Chinese professionals actually broke surface in July at the Beijing-funded Aynak Mas me, estimated to have the world’s second-largest payment of metal. Afghan officials are hopeful that Afghanistan will add Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative because of new meetings with Taliban leaders.
But appearances can be deceiving. The Taliban are still dealing with a wide range of issues that they are either unable to or afraid to resolve. While they may be safe in the near future, this could threaten to weaken the organization’s hold on the top in the long run.
This includes the Taliban’s terrible treatment of women and women, who continue to be denied access to education and the majority of work. According to UNESCO, 2.5 million school-age ladies have been denied their right to education. The organization also banned ladies from national parks and beauty salons last year, violent actions that remove women from the majority of open spaces.
People also face a society of extraordinary crime. In March, the Taliban declared that beheading as a consequence would return to Afghanistan. The team only last week mandated the woman’s murdering in Balkh province. The Center of Information Resilience‘s Afghan Witness job, reporting over 300 cases of women killed by people since the Taliban seized energy, claims that is the “tip of the ice” when it comes to gender-based crime.
The Taliban have been accused of female racism in Afghanistan because the situation is so dire that the UN called it the “worst global” country. Incredibly for the Taliban, their treatment of women continues to be a challenge to wider reputation. Yet China has resisted trying to legitimize the government until it makes the conditions for women to be treated.
The Taliban have also been able to address Afghanistan’s severe humanitarian problems, mainly because they remain financially disconnected. Due to this, half of the population is now in hunger and in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
Washington is the largest donation, contributing$ 2.6 billion since 2021, making up the majority of the nation’s reliance on the world. The US also still holds billion in freezing assets from Afghanistan’s northern bank, which the Taliban says “belongs to Afghanistan”.
Being captive to European institutions that provide enough help to keep Afghans dead but not enough to restore the nation, this is yet another poor place for the Taliban. It makes the Taliban’s martial parade an empty sight, nothing more.
Under the Taliban, Afghanistan has also become a hotbed for violence, burning the hands of nations looking to invest there, and causing harmful rivalries with relatives.
Six people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of Taiwanese professionals working on a pond project in northwest Pakistan in March. Pakistan accused a Taliban-affiliated class of being behind the assault, something the Taliban deny. This comes after Islamic State threatened to bomb the Chinese ambassador last year after attacking a favorite hotel in Kabul in 2022. Both efforts are intended to defuse Beijing’s Taliban, which also adds to the risks associated with investing in Afghanistan.
The Taliban and Pakistan, who have long been viewed as near friends, have also grown enaffected by the boom in terrorist attacks. The Taliban-funded TTP – or Pakistani Taliban – has carried out numerous attacks in Pakistan, killing civilians and defense personnel. Infringing Afghanistan’s independence and embarrassing the Taliban, Islamabad has responded by carrying out attacks on Afghan soil and forcing thousands of Afghan refugees up across the borders. This has made the Taliban appear poor both domestically and internationally.
Afghanistan has always had its difficulties. However, the Taliban also have their own issues: they brutalize people, seduce terrorists, and engage in hostility with neighbors. The Taliban’s unwillingness to violate human rights shows it is willing to solve the issues Afghans experience, even though the humanitarian problems can also be blamed on the West.
It is this stance that eats apart at the team’s legitimacy. When you look better, the Taliban appear to be using brutality to make up for poor government. The Afghan Freedom Front’s latest shooting of four Taliban insurgents in Kabul serves as a timely warning that the Taliban has enemies in Afghanistan and is much weaker than it appears.
Regimes in Afghanistan that lack legitimacy do not last long before being swept away by domestic rivals or international powers. The Taliban’s personal record of rise, drop and reemergence confirms that energy is often delicate in Afghanistan.
As they approach the end of their third year in power, the Taliban should keep this in mind. They must appoint legitimacy to obtain it by acting appropriately and fairly. If the Taliban do no take this training, they could find themselves in trouble and challenged for their cause.