Last Thursday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob
Schindler authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal warning against t


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ICYMI: What Comes After The Taliban’s Latest Takeover Of Afghanistan

 

(New York, N.Y.) — Last Thursday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior
Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler authored an op-ed in theWall Street Journal
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warning against the United Nations recognizing the Taliban formally as the
government of Afghanistan. Schindler asserted that doing so would open the
window for an “unchecked flow of funds and investments” that could be diverted
to terrorist organizations including al-Qaeda. He concluded by stating that
dealing with the Taliban will require broad international cooperation:

 

“In the months to come, the issue of how to deal with the new regime in Kabul
will be a central challenge for the U.N. The U.S. and its European allies
should work to build coalitions in the Security Council and with other U.N.
member nations to ensure the Taliban are not accepted into the international
community as long as they harbor terrorists, disregard human rights and run one
of the world’s largest drug cartels.”

 

Schindler also moderated a CEP webinar last week, Future Terrorism And
Security Challenges Emanating From Afghanistan
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webinar featured the former coordinator of the ISIL, al-Qaida and Taliban
Monitoring Team for United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Edmund
Fitton-Brown, as well as the German Council on Foreign Relations’ (DGAP) Sofia
Koller and Dr. Guido Steinberg of the German Institute for International and
Security Affairs.
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CEP and its experts will continue to track the Taliban’s activities and follow
the developments in Afghanistan. We hope that you will continue to support our
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when discussing the effects the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan will have in
the region stated: “Drawing precise conclusions about individual regions or
countries and how [nation-states in the region] might be affected by the ripple
effect from Afghanistan is really difficult, but I think what we can say is
this is a hugely significant moment for the evolution of the global terrorist
picture, and it will need continuous monitoring.”

 

Sofia Koller <[link removed]> spoke about how
today there is much more insight on jihadist fighters and the negative effects
the Afghanistan withdrawal will have on being able to obtain information:“We
also have less access to social media which was very useful in analyzing
Islamic State and we have obviously a lack of intelligence as all embassies in
Afghanistan are still closed and it’s much more difficult to really get a
understanding of what’s going on the ground.”

 

Dr. Guido Steinberg <[link removed]> discussed
how the withdrawal from Afghanistan poses new dangers from other extremist
groups:“The two dangers that I see after the withdrawal from Afghanistan are
the following. Danger one is the emergence of a new IS structure IS horizon
that manages to control territory, possibly attract foreign fighters but then
prompt followers worldwide to let the organization direct attacks. The second
danger that is our alliances IS, al-Qaeda and other structures.”

 

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