Security Implications of the Rise of Fundamentalism in Afghanistan and its Regional and Global Impact

摘要

This project is conceived to study the happenings in Afghanistan in the last few years. The aim is to study the historical instability in Afghanistan in terms of ethnicity and to also study what effect the rise of fundamentalism would have on this. Some of the issues that would be explored are: would fundamentalism lead to greater militancy and would it get exported; Is the narco trade facilitating this and where in the region would the effects be felt; Are we in a position to extrapolate the effects in the Central Asian Republics and what kind of role would Russia play in such a situation. What would be the role of China since Xinjiang is primarily an Islamic region. Would China be prompted to check the spread covertly and overtly or by proxy through Pakistan. What would be the effect in Pakistan since tribal identities spread across the borders and large number of fundamentalist groups have their own madrassas and camps in Pakistan. As these groups are getting their finances through narco money, would they be controllable by Pakistan and to what extent. The role Osama bin Laden has in fueling fundamentalist congregation and militancy in Afghanistan. The overall global implications of this phenomenon of Talibanisation will be discussed along with the fallouts for the U.S. Possible options available to the U.S. would be analyzed to determine how the spread of radical fundamentalism could be checked. The examination of the above aspects will be used to draw out conclusions in terms of security implications on the region around Afghanistan and in global terms. The project would briefly explore the history of Afghanistan and the implications of Jihad and fundamentalism. This would lead to an understanding of the causatives so that the rise of Taliban can be understood in better perspective. The regional implications would then be analyzed by discussing various countries of the region and effects on them.