and the taliban promised in return not to harbour terrorists as they had during the last rule. education for girls is another key demand of the west, along with wider human rights, issues that won t particularly concern beijing. the difficulty with using economic leverage is that it only works if the target of your leverage has no other options. and in this case, the taliban does have the option of looking to the regional countries for support, and those countries, china, russia, iran, pakistan, are likely to be more flexible in their expectations of the taliban. the fear is that deepening poverty as well as fear will push more afghans to leave. europe is desperately worried that the taliban takeover, like the syrian war, will lead to a new flood of refugees that can t be contained in the region. so much is at stake now and so much riding on these men. they have not yet formed a government, but their next steps will dictate how the rest of the world responds.
talks that led to the deal struck in doha last year. it paved the way for the us to withdraw from afghanistan without being attacked, and the taliban promised in return not to harbour terrorists as they had during their last rule. education for girls is another key demand of the west, along with wider human rights, issues that won t particularly concern beijing. the difficulty with using economic leverage is that it only works if the target of your leverage has no other options. and in this case, the taliban does have the option of looking to the regional countries for support, and those countries, china, russia, iran, pakistan, are likely to be more flexible in their expectations of the taliban. the fear is that deepening poverty as well as fear will push more afghans to leave. europe is desperately worried that the taliban takeover, like the syrian war, will lead to a new flood of refugees that can t be contained in the region. so much is at stake now and so much riding on these men.
На фоне поспешного и бессистемного вывода американских войск из Афганистана и возвращению к власти в этой стране движения «Талибан» (запрещенная в РФ террористическая организация) здесь растет влияние региональных держав – и в первую очередь западные аналитики отмечают Россию, Китай и Пакистан.