Recognition and the Taliban’s De Facto Future
Scott R. Anderson
Chapter from the book: Mathiesen J. & Vestenskov D. 2024. Still Here: Understanding and Engaging with Afghanistan after August 2021.
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Chapter from the book: Mathiesen J. & Vestenskov D. 2024. Still Here: Understanding and Engaging with Afghanistan after August 2021.
This chapter delves into the dispute over the recognition of the Taliban. After reviewing and applying the relevant international legal framework to Afghanistan’s present conditions, it argues that multilateral recognition of the Taliban as a local or limited de facto authority could better address the legitimate needs of the Afghan people without requiring that the international community accept the Taliban as Afghanistan’s new government. This could in turn help alleviate the human costs of the status quo of non-recognition.
Anderson, S. 2024. Recognition and the Taliban’s De Facto Future. In: Mathiesen J. & Vestenskov D (eds.), Still Here. Copenhagen: Scandinavian Military Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/book3.k
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Published on Nov. 26, 2024