Afghanistan – Will Taliban victory mark the beginning of the end of the western empire? (Middle East Eye)

August 17, 2021

David Hearst

When the US invaded Afghanistan on 7 October 2001, the cover of Time magazine proclaimed: “The Last Days of the Taliban.”

Thus began what became known as “the war on terror“, the neoconservative quest to replace the defunct Soviet Union with Islam as a global threat. By December of that year, the UN Security Council established the International Security Assistance Force to oversee military operations and train the Afghan National Security Forces.

Will Taliban victory mark the beginning of the end of the western empire? | Middle East Eye

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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