• Login
  • Home
  • Pakistan
  • International News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Pakistan
  • International News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
Times of Pakistan
No Result
View All Result
Home International News Asia

Taliban likely to regain power in Kabul: analyst

ToP by ToP
September 28, 2012
in Asia, International News
0
Afghan expert Gilles Dorronsoro

Afghan expert Gilles Dorronsoro

0
SHARES
18
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Afghan expert Gilles Dorronsoro

KABUL: The Afghan government will collapse and Taliban insurgents are likely to retake power after the US and Nato pull their troops out in 2014, a respected international scholar has predicted.

The withdrawal of international forces will in some respects leave the country worse off than it was before a US-led invasion toppled the Taliban nearly 11 years ago, Afghan expert Gilles Dorronsoro of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said. “In the end the withdrawal is the result of a failed strategy,” he wrote in an analysis published this week.Even US President Barack Obama’s troop surge, which pumped an extra 33,000 soldiers into Afghanistan two years ago – before they were withdrawn this month – had failed, he said.

“After 2014, the level of US support for the Afghan regime will be limited and, after a new phase in the civil war, a Taliban victory will likely follow,” Dorronsoro said. His analysis contrasts strongly with forecasts by Western governments who are keen to get out of the long and costly war, and predict that Afghan forces will be able to take over the fight against the Taliban.The US led the 2001 invasion to topple the Taliban for harbouring Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and has since said its aim was to ensure Afghanistan never again becomes a haven for international terrorists.

Dorronsoro, a former professor of political science at Sorbonne University in Paris and an Afghan specialist, foresees a Taliban advance beginning in the spring of 2013 as the West continues to draw down its troops. In addition to the military threat, the Afghan government will confront an economic crisis sparked by the drop in Western spending and an institutional crisis as President Hamid Karzai’s term ends in 2014, he says. “The Afghan regime will most probably collapse in a few years,” Dorronsoro wrote.

“Though negotiations with the Taliban are unlikely before the troops’ withdrawal, the United States will not be able to pursue its longer-term interests in and around Afghanistan if it is not willing to deal with the Taliban.“Poised to take power after the Afghan regime’s likely collapse, only the Taliban can potentially control the Afghan border and expel transnational jihadists from Afghanistan.”In conclusion Dorronsoro said: “The desirable endgame should be a stabilisation of Afghanistan, probably with the Taliban in Kabul.”The bulk of NATO’s 112,000 troops are due to leave by the end of 2014 and Afghan security forces, trained and equipped by foreign forces, will take charge of the country’s security. – Nation

Tags: Afghan governmentAl-Qaeda
Previous Post

Myleene Klass sports basque in a sexy new lingerie campaign

Next Post

France set for ‘toughest budget in 30 years’

ToP

ToP

Related Posts

Pakistan has Given us Nothing but Lies and Deceit: Donald Trump
International News

The greatest threat to the US is neither Donald Trump nor MAGA

by Khawaja Pervaiz Seed
January 2, 2023
Khar stresses sustained international engagement with Afghan interim government
International News

Khar stresses sustained international engagement with Afghan interim government

by Top
November 10, 2022
Pak, China FO spokespersons hold dialogue
International News

Pak, China FO spokespersons hold dialogue

by Top
October 11, 2022
Pakistan warns of threat to South Asia’s peace by India’s ‘aggressive and expansionist’ regime
International News

Pakistan warns of threat to South Asia’s peace by India’s ‘aggressive and expansionist’ regime

by Top
October 5, 2022
Pakistan asks India to quit state terrorism in IIOJK
International News

Pakistan asks India to quit state terrorism in IIOJK

by Top
October 3, 2022
U.S. announces additional $10 million to its $56.1 million flood relief assistance for Pakistan
International News

U.S. announces additional $10 million to its $56.1 million flood relief assistance for Pakistan

by Top
September 27, 2022
Biden urges world community to help flood-hit Pakistan
International News

Biden urges world community to help flood-hit Pakistan

by Top
September 22, 2022
Next Post
France set for ‘toughest budget in 30 years’

France set for 'toughest budget in 30 years'

Popular Stories

  • Cow stuck on ROOF

    Cow Gets Stuck on roof in Switzerland

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Top 10 Fastest Sprinters Ever

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Andrea Riseborough flaunts her cleavage in black gown at the red carpet of Independent Film Awards

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gigi Hadid’s Family Building Mega-mansion Next to Meghan and Harry’s Home

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Pakistani rupee slips further against the US dollar

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Times of Pakistan

About Times Of Pakistan

kralbetbetturkeyikimislibahis1xbetm.infohipas.infohttps://www.wiibet.com/restbetcdn.com

Other Categories

  • Beautiful Pakistan
  • Fashion News
  • Funny News
  • Viral Videos
  • Weird News

Recent Posts

  • Multiple killed, dozens injured in Peshawar Police Line mosque blast
  • Breath life into the Royal Era of the East with Shameel Khan
  • Pakistani rupee slips further against the US dollar

Times Of Pakistan © 2021. Design & Developed by E2E Solution Providers.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Pakistan
  • International News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In