Afghanistan Understanding forced marriage in Afghanistan: concepts and context (Part I) _ Abdullah Shafaee * This contribution will be followed by a second one focusing on the current status of forced marriage in Afghanistan after the Taliban's return to power. Forced ⋙
ERIS Conference: Afghanistan, Gender & Justice - 23 Sept 2022 @SSSA The DirPolis Institute of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies organises an international conference on Afghanistan, gender and justice which will take place on Friday, 23 September 2022 in ⋙
migrants Ukraine, Afghanistan and Belarus: What EU emergency response to ongoing migration plights? In less than a year, three new scenarios of crisis emerged within the EU and at its external borders. The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 further ⋙
Afghanistan China in Afghanistan: risks, interests and regional politics After nearly 20 years the United States and NATO withdrew their troops from Afghanistan at the end of August, abandoning their Afghan allies at the mercy of the Taliban, who ⋙
Afghanistan Betrayal in Kabul. Staccato reactions to Western self-regard Failure, debacle, fiasco. These are the most frequently used terms in the English language mediascape to assess the US and NATO performance following the Taliban's return to power ⋙
Afghanistan Taliban rule in Kabul: authoritarianism on the rise, democracies on the defensive A world of mediation, alliances and ideological amalgamation, the resurgent Islamic emirate aims to gain legitimacy in the international system The Taliban are more careful today than twenty years ago ⋙
terrorism Lessons from 9/11: the politicization of espionage and the collapse of the US intelligence President Biden recently announced the withdrawal of the 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan, to be completed by 11 September, ending America’s longest war on the 20th anniversary of ⋙
Afghanistan The rights of Afghan women must not be the “sacrificial goat” in a male dominated peace process Afghanistan is entering another uncertain phase of transition, with an uncertain fate for half of its population, women. Twenty years ago, the US-led international community intervened militarily in Afghanistan to ⋙
conflict Causalities and casualties: the perpetuation of violence in conflict-management operations That peace operations and crisis response mechanisms can fail to restore security is not news. What is less known, is that in many cases they can also have harmful outcomes ⋙
Debate A slap in the face of justice: the ICC and Afghanistan On 12 April 2019, the Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court rejected the request to open an official investigation on war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan ⋙
terrorism Kidnapped by Terrorists Kidnappings by terrorist groups are on the rise globally. The chances of surviving this ordeal vary greatly according to the nationality of the victim. This is particularly true for aid ⋙
