Why the Taliban takeover is a mixed bag for China and Pakistan
The prospect of new extremist threats pouring into or igniting within these states or just over the border is a real security issue.
Fatemeh Aman, a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, has written on Iranian, Afghan, and other Middle Eastern affairs for over 20 years. She has worked and published as a journalist, and her writings have appeared in numerous publications, including Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst, Jane’s Intelligence Review, the Atlantic Council, and the Middle East Institute’s publications. She is the author of the Atlantic Council’s Water Dispute Escalating between Iran and Afghanistan (2016), and co-author of Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia: Resolving Regional Sources of Instability (2013).
The prospect of new extremist threats pouring into or igniting within these states or just over the border is a real security issue.
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