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Afghanistan Offers New Homeland for Worldwide Jihadism
August 24, 2021
The New Yorker reports that the Taliban victory in Afghanistan will make the country a homeland for worldwide jihadist groups already celebrating the victory of militant Islamism against $1 trillion US investment and a 20-year military presence by Western coalition forces, and international security experts concur that Al Qaeda (AQ) will use Afghanistan for recruitment and terrorist operations against US assets in the homeland and abroad.
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Taliban Victory Emboldens Islamo-Nationalists in Turkey & Pakistan
August 24, 2021
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has evoked commentary from Islamo-nationalist political elites in Turkey and Pakistan, and the Taliban's declaration of an Islamic emirate regime has been met by anti-Western triumphalism in Ankara and Islamabad, suggesting a further turn by those Islamist regimes to Eurasianist powers such as China and Russia.
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Renewal of UN Monitoring Mission in Lebanon Reveals Control of Hezbollah
August 23, 2021
Hezbollah's political strength and institutional power in Lebanon is evident in the discussions related to the UN Security Council's annual decision on extension of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as the Islamist militant group is imposing conditionality on the UNIFIL's renewal by opposing the UN Secretary General's suggestions regarding upgrades to the electronic surveillance technologies intended to facilitate UN peacekeeping monitors at the Lebanese-Israeli border.
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High-Casualty Jihadist Attack in Burkina Faso Indicates Expanding Islamist Extremism in Africa
August 23, 2021
A high-casualty attack in Burkina Faso at the contiguous “three-border” space linking Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali is a reminder of the expanding Islamist extremist operational environment that is destabilizing the Sahel and sub-Sahara region of Africa.
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Taliban’s Sharia Law Record Suggests Afghan Women Face Limitations & Violence
August 23, 2021
The Standard reports that the half-decade of Taliban control from 1996-2001 suggests that the new Taliban's Islamist regime will use sharia law to restrict women's human rights and civil liberties, including limitations on freedom of movement, education, work, and dress, as well as a return to public floggings when judged guilty of violating Taliban interpretations of Islamic law.
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