Insurgent Bureaucracy: How the Taliban Makes Policy

Insurgent Bureaucracy: How the Taliban Makes Policy
9 December 2019, 18:00 to 19:30

Strand Campus , London

In this Conflict, Security and Development Research Group (CSDRG) event, Ashley Jackson and Rahmatullah Amiri will talk about their research on Taliban policymaking processes. Based on more than a hundred field interviews and Taliban documents, their work offers insight into Taliban decision-making processes and the factors that influence them. Their work illuminates the ways in which multiple actors—from the Taliban leadership to local commanders—have played a key role in creating and shaping the movement’s policy in critical areas such as heath, education, and targeting of civilians. The result is a patchwork of practices that the Taliban leadership has increasingly sought to exert control over and make more consistent. The speakers will explore the Taliban’s evolution over time, and what it means for Afghans living in areas under their control and influence. 

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