LEGITIMACY, INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THE TALIBAN

Abstract

The Government of Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan or IEA) has not been “expressly” recognized by any country in the world since its formation in 2021. There is no provision in International law about the recognition of the government that comes through revolutionary means and states grant recognition to a government if that suits its own national interests. The governmental recognition is often linked to the internal legitimacy of the government, measured on the basis of its “effective control” service delivery and stability. The IEA have been effective in all these areas including their efforts to give consent from the leading 4000 members Jirga that accepted their rule and requested international community to recognize the IEA as a legitimate government of Afghanistan. But still there is no state that has recognized it “expressly”. There are some states that has been engaged with the IEA, such as China, an emerging power, Iran and Turkey among others that have sought and established continuous diplomatic interaction that could be categorized as “implied” recognition. This paper primarily investigated the whether the IEA effectively control Afghanistan, whether they have stabilized the country or not. The paper argue that the IEA has not been recognized because some countries are waiting for the right times and other will decide whenever their own national interests suits the decision. Afghans, The United Nations and the countries of the world want the Taliban to make some changes in the government, accept some reasonable demands of the international community, like giving the right of education and work to the women then they will recognize their government.