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Toward a New Mandate for the UN Mission in Afghanistan
The UN mission in Afghanistan will soon be up for renewal
- In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Ashish Pradhan and Graeme Smith discuss how the UN Security Council could update its list of responsibilities with the Taliban back in charge.
The UN Security Council faces hard choices about the future of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
The UN’s role in Afghanistan has grown more important following the Taliban victory in August 2021 and the shuttering of many embassies and international organisations.
UNAMA, originally launched in 2002 after the U.S. toppled the first Taliban government, has stayed in place, acting as a…