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Wijkamp, Oscar (2023)

Are US Sanctions impacting the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan?

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)

Last year, in August 2021, the US Troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan after 20 years of combatting the Taliban; since this was a deal made in 2020, the Taliban lay in waiting for the moment to come out of hiding. This paper focuses on finding out the impact of the sanctions placed on the Afghan country and society because of the Taliban’s re-entry into power. The method used for this research was a qualitative case study. This was done based on secondary sources concerning Afghanistan's history and contemporary events. Analysis of these sources showed the changing heart of America’s way of tackling these crises with a positive future perspective on handling these humanitarian crises. This research showed changing attitudes concerning the trade and official business with organisations deemed as terrorists; adversely, these changes will be seen in the future as current events are still largely influenced by the past notion of handling these humanitarian issues.

US Troops

Taliban

Afghanistan

US Sanctions

Author

Wijkamp, Oscar

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Muse, M.A.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en