“A Civil War is not out of question, but it is not going to be the kind that we had seen in the 1990s.”— Dr. Chayanika Saxena
"A week ago, the sudden US withdrawal from Afghanistan has created a major power vacuum in the country as the Taliban quick advances surged fears among the people. According to 2019 official estimates of the US government, approximately 53.8% of the Afghan districts were under government influence, while 33.9% area was contested and the remaining 12.3% was under the direct influence of the Taliban. However, after the recent advances amidst the US withdrawal, now the Taliban are claiming to have control over 85% of the Afghan territory.
The ongoing situation in Afghanistan clearly illustrates that if the Taliban’s “fight and Talk” strategy continued then it might exacerbate the beginning of the Civil War. In an effort to understand the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, Shahzada Rahim of The Radical Outlook interviewed Dr. Chayanika Saxena a President Graduate Scholar and a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (Singapore). Her doctoral thesis looks at the interaction between spaces and political subjectivities of the Afghan diaspora in the cities of Delhi, Kolkata, and parts of Kashmir. With more than six years of experience in researching matters concerning Afghanistan, she has published and presented related matters nationally and internationally." https://theradicaloutlook.com/a-civil-war-is-not-out-of-question-but-it-is-not-going-to-be-the-kind-that-we-had-seen-in-the-1990s-dr-chayanika-saxena/