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TY - JOUR
T1 - US Intervention in Afghanistan
T2 - Justifying the Unjustifiable?
AU - Connah, Leoni
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - This article argues that the USA and its Western allies have misused ‘Just War’ narratives to legitimise an external intervention in Afghanistan and their use of force during the War on Terror. It explores the extent to which such external interventions, military strategies, narratives and justifications by the USA may have contributed to state failure in Afghanistan. As the legitimacy of earlier external interventions is called into question, while the road ahead for Afghanistan remains precarious, thinking about a new paradigm of post-war reconstruction becomes important for the country and its people in years to come.
AB - This article argues that the USA and its Western allies have misused ‘Just War’ narratives to legitimise an external intervention in Afghanistan and their use of force during the War on Terror. It explores the extent to which such external interventions, military strategies, narratives and justifications by the USA may have contributed to state failure in Afghanistan. As the legitimacy of earlier external interventions is called into question, while the road ahead for Afghanistan remains precarious, thinking about a new paradigm of post-war reconstruction becomes important for the country and its people in years to come.
KW - Afghanistan
KW - al Qaeda
KW - US intervention
KW - Taliban
KW - War on Terror
U2 - 10.1177/0262728020964609
DO - 10.1177/0262728020964609
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 70
EP - 86
JO - South Asia Research
JF - South Asia Research
IS - 1
ER -