Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centered version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour of a more humane and inclusive approach to governing. Nor has it refrained from hosting […]
Author Archives: Amin Saikal
Amin Saikal, professor of political science and director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University, is the author of Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic.
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