{"id":21758,"date":"2015-07-31T16:39:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T06:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=21758"},"modified":"2015-08-03T18:08:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:08:09","slug":"aspi-suggests-31jul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-31jul\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Headlining today is Mullah Omar’s death in 2013\u2014what does it mean? Mullah Akhtar Mansour, Omar’s deputy, has now ascended to the top job but Pakistan, host to negotiations\u00a0between the Afghan government and\u00a0Taliban representatives, confirms talks\u00a0are on hold<\/a>. For in-depth analysis, Thomas Joscelyn argues that ‘ISIS’s supporters will have a field day’\u2014the death is a blow for al Qaeda but a win for ISIS<\/a>. Terrorism scholars Aaron Zelin and J.M. Berger discuss what one-eyed leader’s demise means for the broader ISIS\u2013al Qaeda war<\/a>\u00a0(podcast, 20mins), while Daveed Gartenstein-Ross noted:<\/p>\n

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The Afghan govt's announcement of Mullah Omar's death should be understood against the backdrop of these ongoing losses to the Taliban.<\/p>\n

— Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (@DaveedGR) July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n