Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will prove more durable than IS caliphate By IANS | 6 Views Afghanistan: Taliban flag raised above border crossing with Pakistan. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, July 18 : The Talibans victory is also the Al Qaedas victory, and it has global implications, writes Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Barton writes: "A Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, will be much larger and prove much more durable than the IS caliphate in Syria and Iraq could ever have been. This will be a powerful inspiration for jihadi terrorists everywhere."