Analyzing Pakistan & US Security Following Taliban's Afghanistan Rise

This essay examines the significant security ramifications for both Pakistan and the United States following the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan and the concurrent rise of the Islamic State in Khorasan (ISIS-K). It begins by tracing the origins and evolution of the Taliban, highlighting the circumstances that led to their initial control of Afghanistan in 1994 and their subsequent ousting by US-led forces after the 9/11 attacks. The analysis then delves into the complex relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan, particularly in the context of perceived sovereignty violations and the challenges of counter-terrorism efforts. The essay further explores the implications of the US withdrawal and the potential for regional powers like China and Russia to fill the resulting power vacuum. Finally, it addresses the growing threat posed by ISIS-K, examining its origins, membership, and activities in the region, and its impact on the overall security landscape, emphasizing the challenges Pakistan faces in reassessing its counter-terrorism strategies and managing its borders in the wake of these developments.

RESEARCH DESIGN

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1. Proposed research question
(Supply a draft title for your dissertation. Make sure you are posing an analytical, not
a descriptive, question – ‘why’, for example, is more analytical than ‘what’.)
“To analyse major security consequences for Pakistan and US as a result of Taliban
takeover of Afghanistan and the rise of Islamic State in the Khorasan terrorist group”
2. Objective of the dissertation
(In one sentence, sum up what your dissertation is attempting to do.)
To account for the major security threat due to Taliban takeover on Afghanistan and
rise of Islamic state in Khorasan
3. Aims of the dissertation
(Using short bullet points, outline what your dissertation will have to do to in order to
reach your objective. Three or four aims are probably enough.)
 To identify the evolution of Taliban
 To analyse the reason behind Taliban attacks
 To ascertain the consequences on US and Pakistan government after Taliban
attack
4. Your dissertation’s position in the existing literature
(In approximately 300-400 words, briefly outline the debates that this dissertation will
engage. What has been written on this topic previously? Are there different schools of
thought involved? Who has said what, and when? Who do you agree with? Where
will your dissertation fit into this literature? Don’t forget to footnote/cite each of your
references in section 5 below.)
The word Taliban means student in Pashtoon. Taliban was founded by Mulla
Mohammed Umar in 1994. United states of America analyses the increasing
intervention of Russia in Afghanistan, they knew the threat of Russia's dominating
position in most Afghan provinces. To avoid this threat and take control of
Afghanistan, America develops two committees which is Taliban and al-Qaeda to
fight Russian war in Afghanistan. Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1994 makes

Islamic emirates of Afghanistan. This era was continued till 2001 but living
conditions in this era is not so equitable because there is a shortage of basic amenities
of life like water, food, electricity. The attack of 11 September 2001 on world trade
center of America breaks the world trust on these committees after al Qaeda takes the
responsibility of attack . This attack gave America a reason to attack on these
committees and takes the control of Afghanistan and America did surgical strike on
the bases of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. It enters the sufficient army in Afghanistan ,
take control and establish republic of Afghanistan but Taliban trying to recapture the
Afghanistan and from 2001 it slowly capture the parts of Afghanistan and finally in
2021, Taliban take over the Afghanistan back.
Afghanistan and Pakistan both the countries are sensitive to perceived and real
violations of sovereignty. There was no resistance in the way of Taliban for claiming
Kabul. The Afghan army was provided training by United States. A good thing for
Pakistan is that War in Afghanistan is over. AS forces have left the country and
bloodshed involved in Pakistan and Afghanistan has already come to an end. Another
good thing for Pakistan is that efforts of the country are bringing Taliban towards the
negotiating table in front of US. Offices of Pakistan have helped Taliban for
understanding importance of connecting with international community. The
interaction of Pakistan with Taliban reclaiming the political space when it is costing
the power sharing. The outlook of China for Pakistan o the future of Afghanistan was
good under the influence of Taliban led government. The impact upon regional
stability is not determined and due to this capital is likely to fill the political vacuum
that was generated by US treaty. This poised the assumption for leadership and its
role in bringing up of prospective and current initiative. The immediate
neighbourhood of Afghanistan consists of China, Russia, Central Asia countries,
which are sharing potential for strengthening the regional security as well as trade. US
withdrawal is evolving intra Afghan process in order to use the power sharing model.
The condition of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is questionable because there were several
reports in US Taliban agreement. Pakistan requires to reassess the leverage over
Taliban because there are several statements regarding TTP (Tehrik-i-Pakistan) and
other terrorists who are functioning and Afghan soil is used for launching terrorist
attacks. The uncertain future of Afghanistan poses major challenges for Pakistan. This
country has to compromise on the counter terrorism strategy which eliminated an

integral component and realisation on the basis of which international borders
between two countries gets affected.
Rise of Islamic state in Khorasan is known as Islamic State’s General Asian province.
This is a group which remained active for three years after the inception. This state
announced the expansion to the Khorasan region. This consisted of encompassing
different modern parts of Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the year
2014, Pakistani national Hafiz Saed Khan was the spearhead. The early membership
of IS- K consisted of Pakistani militants who were emerged as the Nangarhar of
Afghanistan. There were lot of militants who were the members of TTP and Lasker-e-
Islam. The appointment of Khan as first emir of IS-K facilitated by growth of group.