The Taliban’s Three Years in Power and What Lies Ahead

"A collapse of the regime and the outbreak of civil war in Afghanistan, exacerbated by beefed-up international support for anti-Taliban resistance groups, would worsen counterterrorism objectives and augment refugee flows. A Taliban faction would likely win anyway. No international actor is ready to move in this direction."

--SSP Alum Vanda Felbab-Brown in Brookings