As the Taliban terror threat rises, Afghan opposition is fractured & floundering

Backed by global powers, the Islamists grow stronger as exiled opposition fragments & refugees face deportation. Time to change the narrative.

May 19, 2025 — As Afghans who fled Taliban terror now face deportation from countries they once believed were safe, it is clear that exiled political organisations have failed to build meaningful support for dislodging the Islamists from power. Nearly four years into Taliban rule, the group has deftly embedded itself in global diplomatic discourse, while opposition factions have slid into irrelevance.