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Ethnicity or religion? the genesis of the taliban movement in Afghanistan / Borthakur, Anchita; Kotokey, Angana

Borthakur, Anchita	Journal Article
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Since the emergence of the Taliban in the national scene of Afghanistan, speculations have abounded around whether to call the movement a Pashtun nationalist movement or should it be termed as a radical Islamic movement having supra ethnic tendencies? It can be viewed that the Taliban movement in Afghanistan neither has its origin directly in the Pashtun tribal culture nor in the tradition of Islam. The leaders of the movement tend to use both these identities voluntarily based on circumstances. Depending on the aims and objectives in a given situation, both these identities are instrumentalized by the Taliban leaders to recruit more fighters and also to carry on with the political aspect of strategic decision making. Moreover, in the post 2001 scenario Afghan Taliban's principal ambition is to fight for national liberation against the presence of foreign forces and their local allies in Afghanistan under the banner of ‘divinely decreed Jihad’.

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Ethnicity ; Nationalism ; Taliban ; Afghanistan ; Identity ; Pashtun ;
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ID: 175997

Impact of the Probable US Withdrawal from Afghanistan on the Kashmir Valley: a Recap of the 1989 Scenario? / Kotokey, Angana ; Borthakur, Anchita

Borthakur, Anchita	Journal Article
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Afghanistan’s age old relationship with the newly declared union territory of Kashmir is mostly seen through the prism of dispute between Islamabad and New Delhi since several decades. Among courses of events between Afghanistan and Kashmir, the Soviet withdrawal from the former in 1989 brought remarkable changes not only in Afghanistan but the spill-over effects of withdrawal were also felt in the Kashmir valley.

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Afghanistan ; Kashmir Valley ; US Withdrawal ; 1989 Scenario

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ID: 173554

Rivalry Between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan / Borthakur, Anchita ; Kotokey, Angana

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Afghanistan remains a battleground for geopolitical rivalries among actors from both within the region and beyond. The country has been a victim of proxy wars between both regional and extra-regional players since the time of the Cold war.

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Iran ; Afghanistan ; Saudi Arabia

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