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Taliban Taxation in Afghanistan: (2006-2021)

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dc.creator Amiri, Rahmatullah
dc.creator Jackson, Ashley
dc.date 2022-02-28T15:33:27Z
dc.date 2022-02-28T15:33:27Z
dc.date 2022-02-28
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:53:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:53:16Z
dc.identifier Amiri, R. and Jackson, A. (2022) Taliban Taxation in Afghanistan: (2006-2021), ICTD Working Paper 138, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/ICTD.2022.004
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17193
dc.identifier Governance
dc.identifier 10.19088/ICTD.2022.004
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198982
dc.description Before taking control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban had developed a remarkably state-like revenue collection system throughout the country. This ICTD research explores how that came to be, and what factors shaped the various forms of Taliban taxation. Drawing primarily on fieldwork from Helmand, Ghazni and Kunduz provinces, this paper explores in depth three commonplace types of Taliban taxation: ushr (effectively a harvest tax, applied to both legal crops as well as opium), taxation on transport of goods (similar to customs), and taxes on aid interventions. The paper pays particular attention to geographic variation, exploring how and why each practice evolved differently at the subnational level.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation Working Paper;138
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies 2022
dc.subject Governance
dc.title Taliban Taxation in Afghanistan: (2006-2021)
dc.type Other


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