False negotiations and the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban

False negotiations and the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban

This paper examines the dark side of Afghanistan’s peace negotiations that started under Donald Trump’s South Asia policy in Doha, Qatar, in September 2018 and ended, without a meaningful success, in December 2020. The paper examines both the United States–Taliban and the intra-Afghan negotiations a...

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Published in:International journal (Toronto) Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 168 - 187
Main Author: Ibrahimi, S Yaqub
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-06-2022
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Afghanistan War
Dominance
Negotiation
Peace
Peace negotiations
insurgency
Taliban
political settlement
Afghanistan
false negotiation
negotiation
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Summary:This paper examines the dark side of Afghanistan’s peace negotiations that started under Donald Trump’s South Asia policy in Doha, Qatar, in September 2018 and ended, without a meaningful success, in December 2020. The paper examines both the United States–Taliban and the intra-Afghan negotiations and discusses the impact of the false negotiation behaviour by the Taliban and the Afghan government on the peace talks. It also explains how, in the absence of conditions for a political settlement, parties to the conflict acted as false negotiators, which resulted in the failure of efforts to launch a genuine peace process and in the Taliban’s military domination of Afghanistan.
ISSN:0020-7020
2052-465X
DOI:10.1177/00207020221135299