Since the
withdrawal of the international forces from Afghanistan in 2014, insecurity,
political unrest, rapid economic deterioration and the number of suicide
attacks has dramatically increased in the country. The Taliban are not only
gaining confidence on the ground in terms of engaging in fierce battles against
the Afghan National Army, but they are also gaining more international military
support particularly from Iran and Russia; therefore, Taliban’s controlled
territory is continuously expanding.
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| Photo by Todd Huffman |
On July 23, 2016,
when the Enlightenment Movement had organised a mass demonstration in Kabul, a
suicide bomber who belonged to an ISIS group operating in Afghanistan, has
managed to penetrate inside the protesters and blew himself up. This resulted
in more than 80 members of the Enlightenment Movement losing their lives. In
this blog post, I will report on Afghanistan’s new generation behind the
Enlightenment Movement and their struggle for modernisation.
