Scott Worden on the Effects of the Taliban and ISIS Attacks in Afghanistan

February 07, 2018 00:10:47
Scott Worden on the Effects of the Taliban and ISIS Attacks in Afghanistan
On Peace
Scott Worden on the Effects of the Taliban and ISIS Attacks in Afghanistan

Feb 07 2018 | 00:10:47

/

Show Notes

Fresh off his trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, Scott Worden shares his analysis of the string of recent Taliban and ISIS attacks. Worden discusses how these attacks are meant to destabilize the Ghani government, and how 2019 elections could be affected by Taliban and ISIS pressures.

Other Episodes

Episode

February 12, 2025 00:06:16
Episode Cover

Joseph Sany on the Rwanda-DRC Conflict and the Risk of Regional War

After decades of poor governance, ethnic tensions and illegal resource exploitation in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwandan-backed rebels’ capture of...

Listen

Episode

September 11, 2019 00:09:16
Episode Cover

Nancy Lindborg on a New Prevention Policy 18 Years After 9/11

Eighteen years after 9/11, USIP President and CEO Nancy Lindborg reflects on the continued spread of violent extremism and points to the Task Force...

Listen

Episode

June 06, 2023 00:09:56
Episode Cover

Mona Yacoubian on Arab Normalization with Syria’s Assad

Many Arab countries have concluded that President Bashar al-Assad is entrenched power and that they’ll need his cooperation to address challenges like refugees and...

Listen