Najam Comments on Situation in Afghanistan with International Media
Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, appeared on multiple international television stations – Dawn TV, Dunya News, Geo News, TRT World, Times Now, and Aljazeera to name a few – to discuss the evolving situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul.
Across his remarks, Najam noted that the situation is evolving and, as dramatic as the events have been, we should not consider the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul the end of the story. While the Taliban is saying things they think the international community wants to hear, Najam said that the their true intent will be proven in their actions; considering the Taliban must now transition from a military force to a governing body, those intents will soon become clear.
Najam also noted the significance of a single force now having control over all of Afghanistan after nearly 40 years. He states that, to the Taliban, holding Afghanistan may well be more difficult than swooping in for control after the American withdrawal.
Clips of Najam’s media appearances can be viewed below.
On @MalickViews @BPTWithMalick: “Shift from a Taliban policy to an Afghanistan policy.”
پاکستان کو پریشان ہونا چاھیئے، ڈسپریٹ نہیں ہونا چاھیئے
جب انگلیاں اٹھے گیں تو پہلی انگلی امریکہ پر اٹھے گی، لیکن آپ پر بھی اٹھے گی
یہ چسکے لینے کا وقت نہیں
پاکستان کا چیلنج کریڈیبلیٹی ہے pic.twitter.com/p1BWDxZsDt— Adil Najam (@AdilNajam) August 14, 2021
PAK priority must be peace & stability for people of Afghanistan.
A stable AFG,even if Kabul remains anti-Pakistan, is BETTER than unstable AFG, even with a Islamabad-friendly govt.
طالبان پاکستان کے سگے نہیں ہیں
اشرف غنی پاکستان دشمن ہوں گے لیکن دشمن کا دشمن ہمیشہ دوست نہیں ہوتا pic.twitter.com/N4VXzysCC0— Adil Najam (@AdilNajam) August 15, 2021
Adil Najam is a global public policy expert who also served as the Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He is the Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and was the former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development. Read more about Dean Najam on his faculty profile.