Taliban takeover spurs Afghanistan’s neighbours to

consider alliances 

18 Aug 2021

But security officials could not be complacent because the Taliban issue is extremely fluid”, he said. “We have to further strengthen our monitoring and evaluation,” Khan said. “If the Taliban goes rogue, then certainly we have plenty of concerns. When you have violence, then [supporters from Bangladesh] have a reason to go. But if it is a peaceful stable system, then these people will not be attracted.” Khan said he was not surprised about the hundreds of social media posts by online sympathisers of the Taliban, pointing out that such supporters were not just in Bangladesh but all over the world. “This is a transnational phenomenon,” he said Mubashar, the researcher at Western Sydney University, meanwhile said it was still too early to predict what the  impact of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan might be for Bangladesh.

“If it turns ou taliban 2.0is not much different than what it was 20years ago ,international support may be strengthened for Bangladeshs ruling party”,he said.