Ayushee Priya & Barnali Das, B.A.LL.B., KIIT School of Law, KIIT University
ABSTRACT
The internatio nal law lays down well known norms for recognizing a State that freshly emerges. For 20 years, the US Army was stationed in Afghanistan. Now, since the US Army left Afghanistan, Taliban is gaining a strong foothold over the country. By now, the situation of Afghan government has deteriorated so much that less than 90% of the area in Afghanistan is actually under the control of the Afghanistan government. This is a huge crisis that will effect the residents of Afghanistan. Taliban’s rule especially for women is no less than hell in Afghanistan. Several former Government officials have been assassinated. Although the Taliban leaders invaded Afghanistan forcefully, they are now considering themselves to be the rightful leaders of Afghanistan. Moreover, they even expect the other countries to recognize them internationally as the new government of Afghanistan. Therefore, the other nations are analyzing the whole situation in their own ways and making their decisions as to how to cope and manage with the situation. Some of the Afghans on one hand consider that Afghanistan which is unified in the international community would lead to a country with fewer sufferings and an improved economy. On the contrary, some of the others consider that if the International community recognize the Taliban formally then it would be a betrayal of their democratic objective. The Taliban takeover has worldwide international and domestic consequences with respect to human rights and increase of terrorism.
This paper focuses on the Taliban Government and its international recognition. The research problem that this paper deals with is the want of the Taliban for international recognition as the new government of Afghanistan even though their grab of power was forceful. Therefore, the question that stands is whether Taliban should be recognized internationally or not ?
Keywords: Taliban Government, International recognition, Terrorism, Human rights
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