South Asia Brief News and analysis from India and its neighboring countries in South Asia, a region home to one-fourth of the world’s population. Delivered Wednesday. The Taliban’s Next Five Years The brutish group has been surprisingly stable since snatching power in 2021. Rockier times may lie ahead. Kugelman-Michael-foreign-policy-columnist13 Michael Kugelman By Michael Kugelman, the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief and a senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council. Taliban personnel ride a vehicle with children during celebrations to mark the fifth anniversary of the group’s return to power in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Taliban personnel ride...