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DESCRIPTION:How did the Taliban gain the trust of the Afghan population thr
 ough decades of conflict? How did they put themselves in a position to regu
 late social relations? And with what consequences for Afghan society? Based
  on his book Taliban Courts in Afghanistan. Waging War by Law\, Adam Baczko
  will demonstrate that the movement achieved this not merely through milita
 ry force or ideology\, but by building a legal order. While the internation
 al coalition sponsored a corrupt and inadequate justice system\, the Taliba
 n established hundreds of courts across the countryside. By emphasizing due
  process\, impartiality of judges\, and the enforcement of verdicts\, these
  courts became one of the few predictable institutions in the daily lives o
 f Afghans. \n\n \n\nDrawing on extensive fieldwork conducted between 2010 a
 nd 2016 across multiple Afghan provinces\, with rare access to Taliban judg
 es and court users\, Adam Baczko’s book rethinks the place of law and court
 s in contexts of civil war. It also sheds new light on why Western interven
 tion failed and how the Taliban ultimately took over the country.
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LOCATION:1957 E Street NW\, Voesar Conference Room\, Suit 412
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SUMMARY:Waging War by Law: Taliban Courts in Afghanistan
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URL:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/waging-war-by-law-taliban-courts-in-afgh
 anistan
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