
Research Fellow @CICAM_RU @Radboud_Uni, PhD Political Economy @SOAS, SenResearcher @WAI_News, Visiting Scholar @AREUafghanistan, Chief of Staff @AFGCentralBank
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1. Publication Alert 🚨I'm thrilled to share my new article, 'Trading Political Loyalty: The Political Economy of Aid in Afghanistan', which has been published in the Journal of International Development. The article explores the political economy of aid
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2. in Afghanistan during the Karzai and Ghani administrations, & during the Taliban insurgency. I argue that abundant aid flows enable rulers to purchase the loyalty of local elites, thereby sustaining stability, whereas declining aid fuels conflict. Loyalty, however, is not...
1. 🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨 I will be discussing my new article, Checkpoint Taxation and the Neo-Patrimonial Political Order in Afghanistan, which is part of a special issue published in Development and Change. The webinar, hosted by the International Centre
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2. for Tax and Development @ICTDTax in collaboration with Danish Institute for International Studies and the Centre on @Armed_Groups, features an excellent lineup of scholars examining how checkpoints shape governance and everyday life in conflict settings. The presentations will
Sarajuddin Isar retweeted
Afghanistan at Crossroads: Navigating a Multifaceted Crisis in a Changing World
On 19th May 2026, FARAGEER convened a one- day dialogue at #LSE @EdwardsMil38246, which brought together 46 UK-based #Afghan experts, civil society leaders, women human rights defenders, academics, former government officials along side FARAGEER #delegation to discuss the most urgent challenges Afghanistan is facing.
The aim of this event was to provide safe space to #Afghans to collectively #reflect on the evolving situation within Afghanistan, in the region and globally among #themselves.
The event was opened by Ms. #NargisNehan and #JoannaLewis. In three #panel discussions and #presentations, speakers #examined the situation and shared their perspectives.
The first panel focused on the #HumanitarianCrisis, Situation of #Economy, #Climate Change, Social Sector and security situation in the past four years, moderated by @seema_ghani with Dr. #OrzalaNemat, Dr. #SarajuddinIsar, Mr. @MozamilShinwari, Ms. #KamilaSiddiqi, Ms. #AdelaMohseni and #ParwaizIbrahimkahil as presenters/speakers.
The second panel was on different International Accountability Mechanisms for Afghanistan (ICC and ICJ), new Independent Investigative Mechanism on Afghanistan and the Gender Apartheid Campaign, moderated by #AsilaWardak, with Mr. #NatiqMalikzada and Ambassador #NasirAndisha as presenters/speakers.
The third panel discussed changing global order and challenges and opportunities for Advocacy on Afghanistan, having Mr. #IdreesRahmani, Mr. #HamidHakimi, Ms. #NigaraMirdad, Mr. #ArefSahar and Mr. #WaidBarmak as speakers.
The day concluded with the presentation of a summary of the discussions and points for the way forward by Mr. #ZulamaiNishat.
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Replying to @peer_schouten @VVandenboogaard @MaxGallien @florian_weigand @jmantillaba @Isar2000 @Jethro_Norman @AbdirahmanEdle @peyman_zinati
This special issue grows out of the "Roadblocks and Revenues" working paper series, made possible by the @CarlsbergFonden grant supporting the TRADECRAFT project @diisdk, and by @ICTDTax and the @Armed_Groups. Thank you. 🙏
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Afghanistan: @Isar2000 shows how checkpoint taxation sustained a neo-patrimonial political order, and its unraveling. The Taliban's leaner, more predictable checkpoint regime won over trade elites where the government's extractive chaos drove them away. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🚨 Publication alert 🚨
Thrilled to share that my article, 'Checkpoint Taxation & Neo-Patrimonial Order in Afghanistan,' has been published in the Journal of Development and Change. The article examines how checkpoint taxation shaped Afghanistan’s neo-patrimonial political order
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And #2 is out: a wonderful longue durée study of checkpoints and state formation in Afghanistan by @Isar2000. Read it here, open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
"Not so freeway": Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India by my amazing postdoc Shalaka Thakur.
#1/n for @DevandChg taking stock of the politics of roadblocks, edited by @florian_weigand, @VVandenboogaard, @MaxGallien. It's open access!
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1. If u r in town, pls join us for the Fall 2025 Textor Book Manuscript Workshop Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We'll be discussing my forthcoming book, Fiscal Failure in Afghanistan: The Political Economy of Taxation and State-Building.
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A timely and pressing topic, looking forward to reading it with great interest. Congratulations, @sbrazys_ucd!
It's a thing that exists! If you want a free copy of The Invisible Hand(out) retweet this & I'll pick one name on the release date (8/12) & send it to you wherever you are! Or if you can't wait that long, the e-version is available at academic.oup.com/book/60642?…
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