As the Taliban surges across Afghanistan, al-Qaeda is poised for a swift return
- Written by Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Afghan men bury a victim of deadly bombings near a girls' school in May.Mariam Zuhaib/APThe imminent fall of Afghanistan is more than a national disaster. It is not just that the gains made in the past two decades, at the cost of tens of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, look certain to be reversed as the Taliban advances.
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