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The New Afghan Taliban Government in Afghanistan: Governance Issues

. Dr. Muhammad Tariq , Dr. Muhammad Rizwan, Mr. Altaf Hussain & Mr. Asif Ali Shah


Abstract

The Afghan Taliban take over in August 2021 surprised the whole world since the twenty years long stay of the foreign troops in Afghanistan came to an end in a very dramatic way. The strategy adopted by the Taliban in the initial stages remained very normal and asked the foreign troops to move safely from the country. Taliban needs to focus on maintaining peace and stability in the country vis a vis strengthening the security paradigm of the country to thwart further incursion by the other countries. Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan has shown the failure of the theory of ‘Realism’ and has proved that the world can no longer be conquered on the basis of force and that negotiation and table talks must provide basis for the maintenance of peace and stability. Research questions include: how does the world see the Taliban government, what roles does the Afghanids play for bringing peace and stability and how do the Taliban rule over the country in a chaotic situation. Theoretical framework for the study is provided by the realism.

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