The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Nojumi, Neamatollah

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“…Around the province of Herat alone this new policy helped raise the support of some 20,000 pro-government local militias in 1987-88. 18 Contrary to some Western observers' views at the time however, the main initial impetus behind this policy shift in Afghanistan came primarily not from Moscow, but from the members of the Operational Group (OG) of the Soviet Defence Ministry working in Afghanistan.…”

Section: Local Dynamics: the Failure To Coordinate Military And Politmentioning

confidence: 92%

Managing Withdrawal: Afghanistan as the Forgotten Example in Attempting Conflict Resolution and State Reconstruction

Marshall

2007

Small Wars & Insurgencies

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Perhaps surprisingly, given the availability of new Russian memoir material, some excellent individual monographs, and a large variety of declassified documents, a full operational -political account of the Soviet Union's withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan has yet to be written. This article, utilising openly published yet neglected sources, attempts to fill that gap. The final fate of the Najibullah regime, and the contradictory effect of the National Reconciliation Policy in Afghanistan itself, suggests four key lessons for international forces today as disengagement from both Iraq and Afghanistan again becomes a pressing issue, and as questions around re-creating stability within a failed state scenario again occupy the international community.

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Section: Local Dynamics: the Failure To Coordinate Military And Politmentioning

confidence: 92%

Managing Withdrawal: Afghanistan as the Forgotten Example in Attempting Conflict Resolution and State Reconstruction

Marshall

2007

Small Wars & Insurgencies

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“…Th is was the case, for example, of General Zia al-Haq of Pakistan whose actions led to the rise of the Taliban. 3 It was also the case of both Czar Nicholas I of Russia and Emperor Napoleon III of France whose confrontation over the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was one of the causes of the Crimean War. 4 In 1853, both Nicholas I and Napoleon III were having serious legitimacy problems.…”

Section: Religion and Political Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 96%

Can the Conflict over the Temple Mount/Haram Be Solved?

Freedman¹

2010

Israel Studies Review

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Th e issue of control over the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif is perhaps the most diffi cult of all the issues in the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict to solve. Aft er presenting an analysis of the history of the confl ict over the site-holy to both Jews and Moslems-this article argues that only the internationalization of the Temple Mount/ Haram al Sharif, an idea fi rst suggested by David Ben-Gurion in 1937, will remove the issue as an element in the Israel-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli confl icts. Otherwise, "holier than thou" politics, particularly in the Arab world, will keep the confl ict alive.

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“…During the military campaign in eastern Afghanistan in 1996, the Taliban seized large amounts of military equipment. Troops, in one operation in Jalalabad, reportedly captured 250 Russian tanks (Nojumi 2002:150). Similarly, though they began the 1990–1996 rebellion armed mainly with knives (possibly with one Kalashnikov), the Malian Mouvement Populaire de Liberation de l’Azawad captured increasingly large numbers of weapons from government arsenals, allowing them to reach a stage where they could challenge government forces (Bevan 2005:186).…”

Section: Arms Acquisition Preferencesmentioning

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From Under Their Noses: Rebel Groups’ Arms Acquisition and the Importance of Leakages from State Stockpiles

Jackson¹

2010

International Studies Perspectives

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This article discusses the importance for armed groups of arms acquisition from government sources. It considers how arms transfers are treated by the ''new war'' and globalization literature, and how they focus on cross-border transfers at the expense of domestic procurement. Despite the attention given to the international arms trade, in reality it is by theft, ambush, and corruption that most rebel groups source weapons and ammunition. Evidence from conflicts around the world indicates a preference for this type of arms acquisition over foreign sources, in part because the importation of weapons requires money and sponsorship. Bringing together examples of conflicts where domestic procurement has been crucial, it highlights conditions that favor targeting government-sourced weapons, particularly during the early stages of a conflict. The article ends with a discussion of the policy implications of its findings.

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The Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Cited by 64 publications

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Managing Withdrawal: Afghanistan as the Forgotten Example in Attempting Conflict Resolution and State Reconstruction

Managing Withdrawal: Afghanistan as the Forgotten Example in Attempting Conflict Resolution and State Reconstruction

Can the Conflict over the Temple Mount/Haram Be Solved?

From Under Their Noses: Rebel Groups’ Arms Acquisition and the Importance of Leakages from State Stockpiles

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