Article Dans Une Revue Political Anthropological Research on International Social Sciences (PARISS) Année : 2025

A Transnational Government of Violence. Imaginary Anthropology and Militia Regime during the Western Intervention in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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Between 2001 and 2021, the Western intervention in Afghanistan gave rise to a militia-based regime that exemplifies a radical form of a transnational economy of violence. Far from addressing an alleged deficit of state control, the formation of these militias was driven by a U.S. strategy grounded in an orientalist vision of Afghan society as fragmented and apolitical. Armed and funded by the United States, these militias bypassed state institutions, empowered private actors, and created a transnational economy of violence involving foreign armed forces, national security apparatuses, and violence entrepreneurs. This dynamic profoundly eroded public institutions, enabling the Taliban to present themselves as the embodiment of state authority, while simultaneously exposing the structural limits of this transnational government of coercion.

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hal-05176388 , version 1 (22-07-2025)

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Adam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro. A Transnational Government of Violence. Imaginary Anthropology and Militia Regime during the Western Intervention in Afghanistan (2001–2021). Political Anthropological Research on International Social Sciences (PARISS), 2025, 6 (1), pp.43-67. ⟨10.1163/25903276-bja10070⟩. ⟨hal-05176388⟩
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