Afghan Challenges and their Impact on Reconfiguration of Foreign Military Presence
Against the background of wide range of the “Islamic state” terrorismin the Middle East, the aggravating civil war in Afghanistan does not reduce the threat of destabilization beyond Russia’s southern borders. The Taliban’s terrorism in IRA is recently becoming even more diversified through the infi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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MGIMO University Press
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Международная аналитика |
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| Online Access: | https://www.interanalytics.org/jour/article/view/152 |
| Summary: | Against the background of wide range of the “Islamic state” terrorismin the Middle East, the aggravating civil war in Afghanistan does not reduce the threat of destabilization beyond Russia’s southern borders. The Taliban’s terrorism in IRA is recently becoming even more diversified through the infiltration of the IS ideology and militancy to IRA northern enclave. Reshaping of the US and NATO military presence in that country did not help to stabilize the situation that is facing the whole complex of unresolved problems. This reality urged Washington to prolong the military presence till 2017 amid new efforts to strengthen its positions in Central Asia. |
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| ISSN: | 2587-8476 2541-9633 |