Funding Sources for the Taliban* (2001–2021)
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-2(8)-32-42
Abstract
The article examines the sources of financing of the Taliban for twenty years. The author identifies internal and external sources of income of the Taliban* Movement. The role of illegal drug production in financing the activities of the Taliban in the struggle for power is emphasized.
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared as part of an initiative project of the Center for the Study of Modern Afghanistan (Russia, Moscow)
About the Author
O. E. Mitrofanenkova
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga E. Mitrofanenkova - CandSc (Hist.). Researcher.
12, Rozhdestvenka str., Moscow
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Review
For citations:
Mitrofanenkova O.E. Funding Sources for the Taliban* (2001–2021). Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2023;(2):32-42. https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-2(8)-32-42
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