New Situation Update on the Taliban's arms management practices in Afghanistan since 2021

GENEVA—Almost two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country faces multiple overlapping crises and growing humanitarian needs. The Taliban government has attempted to monitor and control small arms at the national level, however, much of the day-to-day running of affairs is left to the local officials both for political reasons and capacity issues.

Taliban Arms Management Practices—a new Situation Update from the Small Arms Survey and the Centre on Armed Groups—examines the extent to which the Taliban has been able to exert control over weapons in the country, including those left behind after the withdrawal of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in August 2021. It reports findings of some of the first field research into the risks of arms proliferation in and from Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in the country.

• Read Taliban Arms Management Practices

For more, check out:

• Ad Hoc Arsenals: PSSM Practices of Selected Non-state Actors (Armed Actors Issue Brief 2)
• Internal Control: Codes of Conducts within Insurgent Armed Groups (Occasional Paper 31)
• Regulating Armed Groups from Within: A Typology (Research Note 13)

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• New Blog Post: Investigating The Links: Government Effectiveness And Unplanned Explosions At Munition Sites
• New Blog Post: Appraising National Approaches To Sanctions: The Arms Embargo Self-Assessment Tool
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