Afganistán, 20 años después: del inicio de la Operación Libertad Duradera al Acuerdo de Doha. Un recorrido desde el Derecho Internacional

Abstract

The Doha Agreement, signed on 29 February 2020 between the Taliban and the United States, was presented as a “peace agreement” between two sides of the conflict, which inevitably invited the thought of an upcoming ceasefire in Afghanistan. This article is intended to contextualize the signature of this agreement in order to demonstrate whether it deserves such a qualifier and to demonstrate that its content focuses exclusively on establishing the terms on which the United States will leave the country after 20 years of intervention; something confirmed by Joe Biden's administration. Beyond United States’ renunciation to continue in Afghanistan, talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, still ongoing, will determine whether there is indeed hope for peace in a country ravaged by violence for more than two decades