Can Kabul hold?
Nearly five years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban administration has reached a strategic impasse, balancing precariously on the precipice of a localised, multi-factional civil conflict. This impending instability is not merely a function of diplomatic isolation or international sanctions. Instead, it is being accelerated by an unsustainable internal economy of power, a volatile relationship with regional neighbours, and the emergence of decentralised, non-state resistance movements.
- ▪Nearly five years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban administration has reached a strategic impasse, balancing precariously on the precipice of a localised, multi-factional civil conflict.
- ▪This impending instability is not merely a function of diplomatic isolation or international sanctions.
- ▪Instead, it is being accelerated by an unsustainable internal economy of power, a volatile relationship with regional neighbours, and the emergence of decentralised, non-state resistance movements.
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| Original publisher | Dawn |
| Canonical URL | https://www.dawn.com/news/2018268/can-kabul-hold |
| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:43:52 +0500 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-25T06:57:06.096Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-25T06:57:06.942Z |
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Can Kabul hold? Dr Gul-i-Ayesha Bhatti Published July 25, 2026 Email Your Name*Recipient Email*Cancel 0 Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. — AP/ File Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x comments Join our Whatsapp Channel Add Dawn as a trusted source The deceptive veneer of a monolithic and unyielding Taliban regime is rapidly giving way to profound structural decay, demonstrating that authoritarian societal suppression should not be conflated with institutional permanence or state capacity.
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