2021
DOI: 10.1057/s41311-021-00302-7
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US–Taliban peace deal and regional powers as potential spoilers: Iran as a case study

Abstract: There is a broad consensus that the US–Taliban peace deal does not augur peace and stability in Afghanistan. However, most of the experts have ignored the role of regional powers and their interests and their impact on the US–Taliban peace deal. This paper explores the case of Iran as a potential spoiler and exacerbating violence and instability in Afghanistan. It discusses three reasons for Iran’s intervention: the Taliban dominating the inclusive national unity government or trying to establish an Islamic Em… Show more

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“…There are substantial precedents for terrorist activities against Iran-which have been fuelled predominantly by the ideological dissonance and power rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the enmity between Israel and Iran, and divergent interests between Pakistan and Iran-in its south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Terrorist organisations and mercenary-like groups, such as Jundallah and Jaish ul-Adl, which have taken sanctuary in Pakistan and received financial and military support from Saudi Arabia, the US, and Israel, have been carrying out subversive actions, insurgency operations, and terrorist attacks against Iranian targets for the past 20 years (Basit, 2018(Basit, , p. 1040Verma, 2021). In a single suicide attack in February 2019, Jaish ul-Adl killed 27 IRGC members and wounded 13 others (Verma, 2021).…”
Section: Sunn I Insurgency and Terrorismmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There are substantial precedents for terrorist activities against Iran-which have been fuelled predominantly by the ideological dissonance and power rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the enmity between Israel and Iran, and divergent interests between Pakistan and Iran-in its south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Terrorist organisations and mercenary-like groups, such as Jundallah and Jaish ul-Adl, which have taken sanctuary in Pakistan and received financial and military support from Saudi Arabia, the US, and Israel, have been carrying out subversive actions, insurgency operations, and terrorist attacks against Iranian targets for the past 20 years (Basit, 2018(Basit, , p. 1040Verma, 2021). In a single suicide attack in February 2019, Jaish ul-Adl killed 27 IRGC members and wounded 13 others (Verma, 2021).…”
Section: Sunn I Insurgency and Terrorismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Terrorist organisations and mercenary-like groups, such as Jundallah and Jaish ul-Adl, which have taken sanctuary in Pakistan and received financial and military support from Saudi Arabia, the US, and Israel, have been carrying out subversive actions, insurgency operations, and terrorist attacks against Iranian targets for the past 20 years (Basit, 2018(Basit, , p. 1040Verma, 2021). In a single suicide attack in February 2019, Jaish ul-Adl killed 27 IRGC members and wounded 13 others (Verma, 2021). Jaish ul-Adl is only one of the Salafi-Jihadist groups that has taken up arms to fight for what it says are the rights of the aggrieved population of the predominantly Sunni region in south-east Iran (Basit, 2018(Basit, , p. 1040Verma, 2021).…”
Section: Sunn I Insurgency and Terrorismmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The Taliban and motley crew of Sunni terrorist organizations operating in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) are anti-Iran and anti-Shia, and a threat to Iran's national security (Verma, 2021a).…”
Section: Afghan Istan As Epicentre Of Terrorismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The host of other terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan, be it Sunni or Ahl-e-Hadith or Wahhabi/ Salafi, are not perceived as threats by the Taliban. On the other hand, Iran a Shia state, considers not only the Sunni Deobandi Taliban, but also a host of other Sunni Deobandi and Wahhabi/Salafi organisations including the ISIS and Al-Qaeda as major threats to Tehran's national security (Verma, 2021b).…”
Section: Difference In Threat Perception and Clash/conflict Of Interestsmentioning
confidence: 99%