Why Did the Taliban Win (Again) in Afghanistan?

Weigand, Florian; Cox, Michael

doi:10.31389/lseppr.54

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“…These unfavorable effects are, in turn, likely to produce anti-American resentment. For instance, in the case of Afghanistan, Weigand (2022) argues that ordinary people often did not perceive local governments-which received support from the United States-as working in their interest but as being extractive and corrupt. Consequently, the local population could have considered U.S. military aid as exacerbating and prolonging this problem, which may have given rise to anti-American sentiment.…”

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“…After attempting to stabilize Afghanistan for almost two decades, U.S. troops and their allies left the country under dramatic circumstances in 2021. Immediately after their withdrawal, the Taliban established a 'new' political regime that resembled the one the allies sought to overcome by entering the country in the first place (e.g., King 2022;Weigand 2022).…”

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“…Specifically, one may ask whether and how the features of foreign intervention (e.g., the inflow of aid or the presence of troops) interact with the local institutional setting. As Weigand (2022) points out, foreign intervention establish the German Reich in 1871 (Ottaway, 2002).…”

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“…They must make sure that everyone, regardless of location, gender, nationality, or religious or political convictions, feels valued in order to achieve this. In the meantime, the Taliban are up against a threat to their external legitimacy (Weigand, 2022). Ozturk (2019) argued that the Taliban turned from proponents of terrorism to compromisers during the Obama administration.…”

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State Responsibility of Afghanistan Under Taliban Regime

Kadir¹,

Nurhaliza

2023

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Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Taliban returned to power on 15th August 2021. This paper uses a normative methodology to investigate the discrepancy of legal argument in the international law of succession in terms of status of Taliban within the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) framework. This paper confirmed that the Taliban is the de facto government of Afghanistan as the Taliban have effective and integrated control over a state territory and there is no competing entity with a solid constitutional claim. Therefore, the Taliban is bound by international law to guarantee that women enjoy equal educational rights, including access to school and curriculum. However, the current framework of CEDAW, including the CEDAW committee has not be able to cope with such issues, as it should be reformed in the next future.

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“…The Taliban, with the unintentional help of the United States, thus established itself as an alternative authority. 110…”

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South Africa’s Military Deployment to Northern Mozambique: Lessons from the United States of America’s (Mis)Adventure in Afghanistan

Adebayo

2023

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In mid-2021, the government of South Africa deployed troops from the South African National Defence Force to the troubled Northern Province of Mozambique as part of a Southern African Development Community regional force to quell the threat posed by insurgents in the country. Poignantly, the deployment happened at about the same time the United States of America completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan after twenty years of military intervention. Shortly after the departure of the American troops, Afghanistan degenerated into anarchy with the takeover of government machinery by the Taliban, bringing to the fore years of discourse on the sustainability of military interventions. Scholars have adduced many reasons for the American "failure" in Afghanistan. One of the most prominent reasons was the failure of American policymakers to understand the role of tribe, religion, and ethnicity in conflict dynamics. Although the socio-political, socioeconomic, and sociocultural contexts of the South African intervention in Mozambique differ from the American context, there are lessons South Africa could learn to avoid some pitfalls. Employing secondary data, the study on which this article is based, examined the 20-year military American involvement in Afghanistan to proffer possible lessons for the involvement of the South African government in Mozambique. 81

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Why Did the Taliban Win (Again) in Afghanistan?

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

The Risks of Nation-Building Through Military Aid and Intervention

The Risks of Nation-Building Through Military Aid and Intervention

State Responsibility of Afghanistan Under Taliban Regime

South Africa’s Military Deployment to Northern Mozambique: Lessons from the United States of America’s (Mis)Adventure in Afghanistan

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