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Afghan civil society activists attend a candlelight vigil for the nine civilians killed in Afghan army shelling, in Kabul on December 6, 2015.

Reduction of Civilian Harm in Afghanistan: A Way Forward

As all sides have jockeyed for leverage in Afghanistan, civilians have paid the price with over 10,000 civilian casualties in 2019.
Pedestrians walk along a road in Kabul on October 17, 2019.

CIA-Backed Afghan Paramilitaries Behind Unlawful Killing Surge

In incidents across Afghanistan, these strike forces have unlawfully killed civilians, forcibly disappeared detainees, and attacked healthcare facilities for allegedly treating…
A Security Council vote at the United Nations, 12 September, 2003.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

The Security Council fails to condemn Turkey for its operation in northern Syria, a troubled 15-year UN mission in Haiti comes to an end, Maduro's Venezuela gets a seat on the…
United Nations Security Council meeting on January 25, 2019 at the United Nations in New York.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

Editors’ Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
The front of the International Criminal Court building.

Expert Q&A: The International Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Probe and the US

In November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, sought authorization from a panel of ICC judges to open an investigation into war crimes…

We’ve Been Here Before: Sticks Don’t Work Well with Pakistan

A Pakistani Army soldier stands near an artillery gun used against pro-Taliban militants while on base at Kabal in the Swat valley of northwestern Pakistan. (John Moore/Getty Images)…
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Moves toward greater transparency on the use of lethal force [UPDATED]

Unless I’m overlooking something, this weekend’s strike directed at Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansur, in the province of Baluchistan, was only the second…
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Why the US Should Cooperate With Investigations Into the Hospital Bombing

On December 12, the United Nations released a “special report” on human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations that recently occurred in Kunduz, Afghanistan.…
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Amid Calls for UN Investigation Into Kunduz Strike, US Senator Suggests that the UN Does Not Investigate Taliban Abuses. He’s Wrong.

Today, following calls for an independent inquiry into the US airstrike on the MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) – during a Senate Armed Services…
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A Short (Yet Still Forlorn) Reply in the Taliban Sources Project Debate

It appears from the reply of Shaheed Fatima to my earlier post that the UK’s counterterrorism legislation is engendering ever deeper difficulties in gauging its meaning and impacts.…
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The British Library and the Taliban Sources Project: A Short Reply to Professor Walker

I was surprised, after reading Professor Clive Walker’s post The British Library Did Not Need to Self-Censor to find that his “assurance” to the British Library – that…
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The British Library Did Not Need to Self-Censor

I enjoyed reading Shaheed Fatima’s excellent post from last week about the British Library’s decision not to accept the digital archive of materials collected by the Taliban…
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