Tajikistan and the taliban: National priorities, challenges and scenarios

This article reveals actual question on the current relationship between the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the new Government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban movement, as well as determining the main problems of the complexity of relations between the two countries. On August 15, the Taliban entered Kabul without any resistance. Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, most government officials and leaders of the antiTaliban movement fled the country. In the countries neighboring Afghanistan, in one way or another they considered the likelihood of militants coming to power, but then they suddenly had to publicly declare their policy towards Afghanistan, ruled by a radical group. In general terms, the neighbors said that the Taliban are a reality, and they are ready to at least negotiate with the new leaders of Afghanistan. All except Tajikistan.