Taliban’s Reckless Behavior Heightens Security Threats Globally. This week, the
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a joint policy brief with the
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Security Risks Emanating
From Afghanistan – Assessing The Islamist Terror Threat Post-August 2021,
exploring the threats to regional stability and European Union (EU) nations
resulting from Islamist groups in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.





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Policy Brief: Islamist Groups Thriving In Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

Taliban’s Reckless Behavior Heightens Security Threats Globally



(New York, N.Y.) — This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a
joint policy brief with the European Union Institute for Security Studies
(EUISS),Security Risks Emanating From Afghanistan – Assessing The Islamist
Terror Threat Post-August 2021
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, exploring the threats to regional stability and European Union (EU) nations
resulting from Islamist groups inTaliban
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The report’s authors, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler
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Senior AdviserLucinda Creighton
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the Taliban’s claims following its takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 that it
“does not want to have any problem with the international community,” the
symbiotic relationship between the Taliban andal-Qaeda
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growing influence from other Islamist terrorist groups, such as the Islamic
State Khorasan Province (ISKP),Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
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the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), among others, have had
destabilizing effects on Afghanistan and its neighbors.



These effects have both regional and global implications. For example, the
Taliban’s acceptance of the TTP is highly problematic for Pakistan, and the
group’s acceptance of ETIM is an issue for China. For Iran, there are concerns
of proliferation of Sunni extremist groups along the border, while West Africa
has seen the impact of an increase in Taliban-supported al-Qaeda affiliates.



The brief also highlights extremely concerning media reports about the Taliban
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identities to members of terrorist groups operating in the country, allowing
for travel outside of Afghanistan and frustrating the efforts of foreign
intelligence agencies in tracing their movements.



Despite mounting concerns and a recent Taliban decree
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banning Afghan women from working for the U.N., U.N. officials seem to have
softened their position on the Taliban, most recentlyconducting
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a two-day closed door meeting in Qatar to “achieve a common understanding
within the international community on how to engage with the Taliban.”



To mitigate the threat, the CEP-EUISS Brief calls on the EU to increase the
number of Counter Terrorism Experts on the ground in Kabul and utilize
information resources at its disposal, including reports furnished by the
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), to monitor activities
that pose threats to EU citizens.



To read the full CEP-EUISS Brief, Security Risks Emanating From Afghanistan –
Assessing The Islamist Terror Threat Post-August 2021, please click here
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