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Abstract

There is a need for discursive categories to characterize differences among the Taliban. Drawing from interviews with IEA leadership and extensive examination of local social media and new sources, this study introduces four typologies within the Taliban movement. These are inter-related and mutually dependent, and from their juxtaposition we consider some implications for the trajectory of the regime. We argue that the Taliban’s ideology has not changed, but rather that its constituency is changing, particularly among those with greater access to technology and transnational resources.

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Faiz Muhammad Zaland

Faiz Muhammad Zaland is a Ph.D. Scholar in the Philosophy and Political Science Department of Al Farabi National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. He completed an MA in Public Policy from Willy Brandt Public Policy School, Erfurt, Germany, and is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Public Administration and Policy Faculty, Kabul University.

Charles Ramsey

Charles M. Ramsey (PhD, Birmingham) teaches history of South Asia at Baylor University. He is also a Teaching Fellow in the Keston Center for Religion, Society, and Politics and a Senior Fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute.

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