You Can Leave Afghanistan, but Will Afghanistan Leave You?

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Publication Date August 2021
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The global standing of the US and its allies will be harmed by the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan. Having suffered a defeat, at such a high human and financial cost, Western leaders need to ensure, first, that the damage is geographically contained, and that violent extremist groups elsewhere cannot copy the success of the Taliban; and, second, that the West itself does not turn inward and allow other powers, hostile to democracy, to fill the resultant vacuum. Leaving Afghanistan will be less of a challenge than getting over the after-shocks of defeat there.

Source Link https://www.cer.eu/insights/you-can-leave-afghanistan-will-afghanistan-leave-you
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  • https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/insight_IB_LS_afghanisatan_19.8.21.pdf
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Cardiff EDC: 2021: European reaction to Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 https://www.europeansources.info/record/european-reaction-to-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan-in-august-2021/
Council of the EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 31 August 2021 https://www.europeansources.info/record/justice-and-home-affairs-council-31-august-2021/

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