The shadow emirate: the Taliban's return to power
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Authors
Swanson, Jessica L.
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Taliban
Hezbollah
Transition
Political Party
Afghanistan
Hezbollah
Transition
Political Party
Afghanistan
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Johnson, Thomas H.
Date of Issue
2013-06
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Jun-13
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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The Afghan Taliban have been steadily making inroads in Afghanistan since their removal from power in 2001 and this thesis will look at how their usage of the shadow government system and their penchant to provide justice to the local Afghan is legitimizing their presence and setting them up to take over power in 2014. Additionally, a comparison between the Taliban and Hezbollah will be conducted to determine if there are indeed indicators of the Afghan group transitioning to a political party, participating in the government, or a takeover of power. Hezbollah is used as an example of a successful transition to a political party. An understanding of what the Taliban may do post-2014 is important for the US and international communitys military drawdown and subsequent withdrawal from the region.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.