Inviting a Wolf to the Table: The 2020 US-Taliban Agreement and Questions of State Responsibility

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Azin Tadjdini (1985) holds a PhD from the Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo. She holds a Master in law from the same university and an LLM from Georgetown University.

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Inviting a Wolf to the Table: The 2020 US-Taliban Agreement and Questions of State Responsibility

September 6, 2021

Azin Tadjdini

On Sunday 15 August 2021, towards the final phase of the US and other NATO States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban entered Kabul’s abandoned presidential palace, confirmed its control over the country, and announced the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The act was the culmination of a well-organized takeover by the Taliban of 26 out of…