A new report in Foreign Policy says: Islamic Invitation Alliance (IIA) is funded by the ISI and was created in 2020, and has been on the radar of US intelligence for more than a year. At that time the idea was to ensure the victory of the Taliban. But now apparently this alliance is being used to weaken the Taliban.
According to an assessment shared by a group of national security officials who were in Delhi this week for talks with the NSA, internal factions within the Taliban could intensify in the coming weeks. Most of the discussions were behind closed doors but the group gained some important understanding on the evolving situation in Afghanistan. In fact, the seriousness of the situation is considered to be far more serious than is publicly reported or acknowledged.
There is a growing level of concern in the region, with the participating countries unanimously describing the past 20 years as a “failure”. There is currently little trust in the regime, despite many participants being affiliated with the Taliban. “There was general consensus that the Taliban must gain internal legitimacy before external recognition,” said one participant. It is unlikely that will happen peacefully. A power struggle is expected between them Doha group led Mulla Baradari The more extreme Haqqani group – one considered closer to the US and the other closer to Pakistan.
The top concerns shared by the NSA were, first of all, refugee flows from Afghanistan, which could export Taliban ideologies to their countries as well as the massive proliferation of weapons left behind by the US withdrawal.
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