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Author Biography

Dr. Jonathan Schroden is a principal project director at the CNA Corporation, where his work focuses on strategic competition, irregular warfare, Marine Corps and special operations, force design, and strategic and operations assessment. Dr. Schroden is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute and a Senior Advisor to the Global SOF Foundation. Previously, he served as a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University, Senior Advisor to the US Institute of Peace’s Afghanistan Study Group, and Adjunct Scholar with the US Military Academy’s Modern War Institute.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.18.2.2416

Subject Area Keywords

Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Counterterrorism, Irregular warfare, National security, Nonstate actors, Pakistan, Security studies, Small wars and insurgencies, Taliban, Terrorism / counterterrorism, Threat assessment, Violent extremism

Abstract

This article focuses on terrorist groups and efforts to counter them in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. It begins with a brief overview of the most significant international and regional terrorist groups in the country and where these groups stood when the Taliban came to power. It then discusses the efforts of the United States, Pakistan, and the Taliban to counter (or not) those terrorist groups. Specific attention is paid to real or potential cooperation between these efforts. The chapter ends with a discussion of trendlines of the past three years and what those trends may portend for the future, as well as suggestions for improving the ability to counter terrorist threats from Afghanistan.

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