Rejuvenated Ascendency of Taliban in Afghanistan Examined through International Legal Lenses

Abstract

The ultraconservative Islamic group Taliban has once again secured the land of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, renaming the country as the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Power change in national territories becomes an international issue when the authority in power challenges international legal standards during the modification and teases the responsibility and obligations of the international community. This paper is penned to find out the legality of the process of the Taliban’s acquirement of domination upon Afghanistan, the appropriacy of Shariah principles used in different aspects of conduct in Afghanistan, the reasons behind the lack of support by the international community while discussing these issues from a legal viewpoint. There are several allegations in the media against the Taliban rulers for drastically violating International Humanitarian and Human Rights laws. Moreover, some speculations are incentivized by Islamophobia and news of terribly dropped life standards in Afghanistan. Though the United Nations (hereinafter, mentioned as UN) is continuing with remarkable humanitarian support in that terrain, the state responsibility regarding the disastrous conditions of the Afghans, is not a matter to be waived off. National statutes, Shariah law principles, international instruments, newspaper and non-academic articles, journal articles, official reports by international organizations, reports of meetings of experts, and Afghan Human Rights Organization, and news media, websites, and books are the sources used to aggregate qualitative data for the discussion. The findings will highlight and clarify the reasons behind the little to no support for the Taliban, exhibited by the international community.