The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism

CEP-KAS Webinar

EVENT PROGRAM:

Opening Remarks:

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Presentations:

Daesh in Afghanistan

Khalilullah Safi

Founder and director of the Afghanistan Peace Studies Organization (APSO)

The Taliban Regime: Regional and International Financial Risks

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Discussant:

Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown

Former Coordinator of the ISIL, Al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team of the United Nations Security Council, Member of the CEP Advisory Board

Moderator:

Dr. Ellinor Zeino

Head of the Regional Programme Southwest Asia, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)

Video

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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