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Chaos in Iran spells trouble for the Taliban

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By David Loyn
| The Spectator Australia Verified
The US-Israeli attack on Iran presents an opportunity to get rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan. If there is a collapse of central authority in Iran, tens of thousands of Afghan former soldiers living in exile there could use the power vacuum to mobilise, return home and fight against the Taliban. There are several resistance groups who have advanced plans to fight but need a reliable haven outside the country to launch attacks inside Afghanistan.
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There’s trouble at the top in the Taliban

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By David Loyn
| The Spectator Australia Verified
Taliban rule of Afghanistan becomes madder by the day. The only thing they reliably do is find new ways of making life impossible for women. They recently jailed the senior government advisor, Dr Farouq Azam, for more than a month after he made the subversive suggestion that women medical professionals should be sent to assist with earthquake relief. But while the Taliban attempt to portray a united front against the outside world, there is mounting evidence of division at the top of the movement.
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The UN has become the Taliban’s lapdog

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By David Loyn
| The Spectator Australia Verified
Britain and other western nations have abandoned the women of Afghanistan in pursuit of a UN programme of engagement with the Taliban that has demonstrably failed. For the fourth time since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 representatives of the few countries that still have an Afghan policy met the Taliban again in Doha last week. The UN plan is to engage the Taliban to encourage them to ease lives for women, and move towards wider political representation.
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