As the international community grapples with how to approach the crisis in Afghanistan, many are questioning the role that international sanctions should play in seeking to encourage or pressure the Taliban not to revert to its ways of the past. This is not surprising given the limited diplomatic options on the table and the gravity of the Taliban’s earlier human rights abuses, particularly in relation to women and girls.

Read this article by Erica Moret published in the International Peace Institute on 14 October.