'A clear picture is emerging: states which once opposed the Taliban now support it (or at least have closer diplomatic ties).' Opinion | RupertStone83
the Taliban, organising a conference of ulema in 2018 to pronounce against the group and delegitimise its 'jihad'. Saudi has also formed closer links with Ashraf Ghani’s government in Kabul.
Saudi is also keen to push back against Qatari influence in Afghanistan, which has increased thanks to the presence of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, where most of the group’s negotiations with the US have taken place. Iran, by contrast, cares deeply about Afghanistan. The two countries are neighbours and share an extensive land border, enabling large-scale drug-trafficking which has fuelled an appalling domestic heroin epidemic. There are also millions of Afghan refugees in Iran.
And the US, which has hitherto provided the bulk of the funding and weaponry to fight the insurgency, is eager to disengage from Afghanistan. It is hard to imagine Washington getting involved in a proxy war.
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