How the Taliban's more effective and ‘fairer’ tax system helped it win control of Afghanistan
- Written by Ashley Jackson, Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, King's College London
When the Taliban dramatically gained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they used bombs and guns to swiftly overcome state security forces. But they also had another valuable and effective weapon at their disposal: taxes.
Long before the withdrawal of US troops, the Taliban had developed a remarkably state-like system of taxing citizens on...
