After the Taliban’s takeover of power in mid-August this year, forced migration and displacements have been largely reported in different parts of Afghanistan. This piece looks at the problem of forced displacement and migration from a modern centralized Afghan state formation perspective. The process of state formation has led to multiple displacements in the past and still impacts on the present. However, it has been widely neglected in the debate on the root causes of forced displacement and migration in Afghanistan.
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