Chaos in Afghanistan,

What will the Talibans

do?
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The Talibans have finally taken over Afghanistan. Something

that they long sought after. But what is next for Afghanistan? How will
the Talibans keep Afghanistan in check?

President Joe Biden made the choice to withdraw his troops from
Afghanistan. After the last plane left on August 15, The Talibans ran all
over the streets taking over Afghanistan. Nonetheless, the decision to
cut and run is being seen as a terrible blow to US credibility, to its
reliability as a partner, and indeed to its moral standing in world
affairs. The heartbreaking images from the airport in Kabul only
reinforces this message. And there is justifiably a good deal of emotion
to go round. The West has invested a lot of blood-shed, time and
money in Afghanistan. The Afghan people, much, much, more.

Price, who was monitoring the country for the economist

intelligence unit during that period, said that the whole purpose of the
Talibans was to “Literally impose Sharia Law.” They normally did so
with public executions, and confined women into their homes. In
addition he stated, ??"When they arrived last time around, it was after
a civil war. There was nothing. Now they're inheriting a system of
government that, however imperfect, does exist,". (separate who
stated what?)
"They will make a decision very soon either to form a coalition
government or establish a monocratic Taliban government," Antonio
Giustozzi, a terrorism and conflict expert at the UK-based Royal
United Services Institute (RUSI), told CNN. But whichever route they
go, their access to cash will be an immediate priority. “The Taliban as
an organization is going to suffer because there won't be money,"
Giustozzi said. "Some countries that support the Taliban might be able
to give a little bit, but that is not a lot compared to what Afghanistan
was getting before from the US and the Europeans."

The Taliban emerged as a force for social order in 1994 in the

southern Afghan province of Kandahār and quickly subdued the local
warlords who controlled the south of the country. By late 1996,
popular support for the Taliban among Afghanistan’s southern
Pashtun ethnic group, as well as assistance from conservative Islamic
elements abroad, had enabled the faction to seize the capital, Kabul,
and gain effective control of the country. Resistance to the Taliban
continued, however, particularly among non-Pashtun ethnic groups
namely, the Tajik, the Uzbek, and the Hazara in the north, west, and
central parts of the country, who saw the power of the predominantly
Pashtun Taliban as a continuation of the traditional Pashtun
hegemony of the country. By 2001 the Taliban controlled all but a
small section of northern Afghanistan.

World opinion, however, largely disapproved of the Taliban’s social

policies, including the near-total exclusion of women from public life
(including employment and education), the systematic destruction of
non-Islamic artistic relics, and the implementation of harsh criminal
punishment. Only Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab
Emirates ever recognized the regime. More significant was the fact
that the Taliban allowed Afghanistan to be a haven for Islamic
militants from throughout the world, including an exiled Saudi
Arabian, Osama bin Laden, who, as leader of al-Qaeda, stood accused
of organizing numerous terrorist attacks against American interests.
 Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, people are still
uncertain about how they run the government due to the uncertainty
that leads to the dramatic changes in the short term. Like reverse in
human rights standards, women's rights, and women's access to
labour. However since the Taliban are going to have to establish
themselves as legitimate, they cannot rule with an iron first.