Afghanistan: The Lag of the Cold War

The author explains the evolution of events in Afghanistan since 1973 and considers that the Taliban regime and the support and hospitality that it has given to the Al Qaeda organization of Osama Bin Laden constitute, in essence, a left-over, or an epilogue, of the cold war. AIso discussed are curre...

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Autor: Cordovez, Diego
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Comentario Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/204
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/204
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Afganistán
terrorismo
Talibán
Guerra Fría
orden internacional
bin Laden.
Afghanistan
Terrorism
Taliban
Cold War
International Order
Bin Laden
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Resumo:The author explains the evolution of events in Afghanistan since 1973 and considers that the Taliban regime and the support and hospitality that it has given to the Al Qaeda organization of Osama Bin Laden constitute, in essence, a left-over, or an epilogue, of the cold war. AIso discussed are current efforts to establish a government in Afghanistan that would ensure stability and peace to a people that has suffered too much over almost three decades as well as some of the possible motives for the terrorist attack against the United States.