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How Not to Negotiate With the Taliban
Taking stock of failed dialogue efforts with the Taliban to strengthen future U.S. engagement for Afghanistan.
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Taking stock of failed dialogue efforts with the Taliban to strengthen future U.S. engagement for Afghanistan.
The United States needs to articulate its approach, to make clear its intentions and provide leadership for an international humanitarian response.
On Feb. 21, Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York rejected an attempt by families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to seize assets from Da Afghanistan Bank, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Taliban’s struggle to provide security after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 has created a power vacuum that China is actively working to utilize. What the U.S. does to counter this effort will be crucial for regional stability moving forward.
International law and U.S. foreign policy provide powerful reasons to require clearer direction from the political branches before ordering the turnover of Afghan central bank assets to U.S. judgment creditors.
The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II’s authorization to resume the investigation into the Afghanistan situation comes amid a disagreement with the Office of the Prosecutor regarding the temporal scope of the investigation and the alleged incidents it covers.
Though the situation in Afghanistan appears to be hopeless, lessons from similar cases from around the world can help to chart a path to a better future for Afghanistan.
Judge Mehta’s 2021 decision granting Guantanamo Bay detainee Asadullah Haroon Gul’s writ of habeas corpus defines what the government must show to prove that a member of a former “associated force” should also be considered a part of al-Qaeda.
Despite international efforts to press for a more inclusive Taliban government in Afghanistan, that will not materialize, as it would not be in the interest of the Taliban’s survival or stability.
The success of the operation is a testament to the CIA’s unrelenting focus on terrorism over the past 20 years.