Local Politics and the Taliban
Local Politics and the Taliban
This chapter discusses how the Taliban dealt with local politics during the last two decades. It shows how the Taliban gained ground in local politics by a ‘divide et impera’ rule and by using the network of religious representatives (mullahs, mawlawis, etc.) as their political agencies. The chapter argues that in many localities, the current success of the Taliban is due to their strategy of introducing basic forms of security and judiciary rather than imposing a radical social concept. In this respect their approach is quite different from that of the current Afghan government and international organisations, which have aimed to alter society by introducing democracy, gender balance, and good governance, but have failed to provide security.
Keywords: security, judiciary, Afghan government
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