{"id":4173,"date":"2020-11-09T19:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2020-11-09T19:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:24:55","slug":"is-attack-on-afghan-university-leaves-22-dead-22-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2020\/11\/09\/is-attack-on-afghan-university-leaves-22-dead-22-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"IS attack on Afghan university leaves 22 dead, 22 wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kabul-university-attack-19-dead-ff95756da86734144d6d61e8aa718057\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kabul-university-attack-19-dead-ff95756da86734144d6d61e8aa718057<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamic State militants launched an attack on Kabul University hosting a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador resulting in twenty-two dead and twenty-two wounded. The Taliban, currently in peace talks with the Afghan government, denied involvement in this attack; the IS released a statement claiming two of the three attackers were their own. This comes after increased IS violence against Shiite muslims with the IS claiming they are targeting \u201cjudges and investigators belonging to the apostate Afghan government.\u201d They did not indicate if the Iranian ambassador was a target, though Iranian diplomats have previously faced violence in the country. Khalilzad, the architect of Washington\u2019s peace talks with the Taliban, returned to the region, due to the violence. Khalilzad also met with an army chief of Pakistan; it is believed he pushed for Pakistan assistance with the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe that this is a dangerous time for Afghanistan and the possibility of peace with the Intra-Afghan talks in addition to the IS is not looking good. I think that the next events that occur between the terrorist groups and the government will be defining moments in Afghan history. Things were looking up as US agreement of withdrawal from the area seemed to encourage peace talks, however as violence refuses to halt, peace still seems far off. I think that if Pakistan chooses to get involved it could mean the end of the conflict if the Taliban is overrun or an extreme retaliation from them, more likely the later. In addition, if they choose not to, it could harm Afghan-Pakistan relations. The next decisions made by the countries involved will be very important for peace in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When thinking about this conflict, the Collective Goods Problem arose in my mind. Though it may not be the most clear example, I think that stopping terrorism could qualify. For the protection of all people around the world, it would be beneficial to stop terrorist groups. However, when examined, not all countries and organizations would care to involve themselves in conflicts in which they are not directly related. In addition to that, with terrorism brings violence and that fosters the military industry. Similarly to world peace, without the need for military supplies, employment rates and economies would suffer greatly. So while nobody would say they like terrorism, the price to get rid of it is sometimes too high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kabul-university-attack-19-dead-ff95756da86734144d6d61e8aa718057 Islamic State militants launched an attack on Kabul University hosting a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador resulting in twenty-two dead and twenty-two wounded. The Taliban, currently in peace talks with the Afghan government, denied involvement in this attack; the IS released a statement claiming two of the three attackers were their own. This comes after increased IS&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2020\/11\/09\/is-attack-on-afghan-university-leaves-22-dead-22-wounded\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions\/4174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}