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

EVENT PROGRAM:

Presentations:

Should I Go Or Should I Stay: Foreign Terrorist Fighter Mobilization After The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan

Sofia Koller

Senior Research Analyst, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Taliban Regime: Effects On Global Terrorist Organizations

Dr. Guido Steinberg

Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)), Member of the CEP Advisory Board

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 and Introductory Remarks:

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project

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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