Afghanistan

Ashley Jackson

• „The Taliban government has control of Afghanistan. There is no significant armed opposition at present inside the country. It is stable for the most part and it is again the government.“

  Zu den Gründen für pragmatische diplomatische Annäherung an die Machthaber.

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• „I think by pressuring the Taliban publicly, it's backfired. It's actually made things worse. The West did not have much leverage with the Taliban to begin with.“

  Zur Wirkung des internationalen Drucks auf das Taliban-Regime.

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• „Potentially, it's a generational thing. You know, the Taliban is a repressive dictatorship. There is an emir in Kandahar who sets the rules, and he set this very one painful, consequential rule on girls not being able to access education.“

  Über interne Debatten und den Einfluss des Emirs bei den Taliban bezüglich Bildung.

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• „How incredibly diverse it is. I think there are a number of people really struggling to continue to survive, to keep their businesses, their NGOs, their newspapers going under the Taliban regime.“

  Über Missverständnisse in Bezug auf die Vielfalt in Afghanistan.

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