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Conflict in Afghanistan I 92 Number 880 December 2010 Volume Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Part 1: Socio-political and humanitarian environment Interview with Dr Sima Samar Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Afghanistan: an historical and geographical appraisal William Maley Dynamic interplay between religion and armed conflict in Afghanistan Ken Guest Transnational Islamic networks Imtiaz Gul Impunity and insurgency: a deadly combination in Afghanistan Norah Niland The right to counsel as a safeguard of justice in Afghanistan: the contribution of the International Legal Foundation Jennifer Smith, Natalie Rea, and Shabir Ahmad Kamawal State-building in Afghanistan: a case showing the limits? Lucy Morgan Edwards The future of Afghanistan: an Afghan responsibility Conflict I in Afghanistan Taiba Rahim Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action www.icrc.org/eng/review Conflict in Cambridge Journals Online For further information about this journal please go to the journal web site at: ISSN 1816-3831 http://www.journals.cambridge.org/irc Afghanistan I Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief: Vincent Bernard The Review is printed in English and is Editorial assistant: Michael Siegrist published four times a year, in March, Publication assistant: June, September and December. Claire Franc Abbas Annual selections of articles are also International Review of the Red Cross published on a regional level in Arabic, Aim and scope 19, Avenue de la Paix Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. The International Review of the Red Cross is a periodical CH - 1202 Geneva, Switzerland published by the ICRC. 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Law School, Renmin University of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action Conflict in Afghanistan I Part 1: Socio-political and humanitarian environment CONTENTS 841 Editorial Conflict in Afghanistan I 847 Interview with Dr Sima Samar Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. Articles Socio-political and humanitarian environment 859 Afghanistan: an historical and geographical appraisal William Maley 877 Dynamic interplay between religion and armed conflict in Afghanistan Ken Guest 899 Transnational Islamic networks Imtiaz Gul 931 Impunity and insurgency: a deadly combination in Afghanistan Norah Niland 951 The right to counsel as a safeguard of justice in Afghanistan: the contribution of the International Legal Foundation Jennifer Smith, Natalie Rea, and Shabir Ahmad Kamawal 967 State-building in Afghanistan: a case showing the limits? Lucy Morgan Edwards 993 The future of Afghanistan: an Afghan responsibility Taiba Rahim 838 Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Articles published by the Review reflect the views of the author alone and not necessarily those of the ICRC or of the Review. Only texts bearing an ICRC signature may be ascribed to the institution. Books and articles 1003 Recent acquisitions of the Library and Research Service, ICRC TO FOLLOW IN Vol. 93 No. 881 (Conflict in Afghanistan II): 5 Interview with Ms Fatima Gailani, President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society Articles The law 11 Has the armed conflict in Afghanistan affected the rules on the conduct of hostilities? Robin Geiss and Michael Siegrist 47 International law and armed non-state actors in Afghanistan Annyssa Bellal, Gilles Giacca and Stuart Casey-Maslen 81 The Layha for the Mujahideen: an analysis of the code of conduct for the Taliban fighters under Islamic law Muhammad Munir 103 Annex: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Layha [Code of Conduct] For Mujahids 121 Combatants, not bandits: the status of rebels in Islamic law Sadia Tabassum 839 Volume 92 Number 880 December 2010 Articles published by the Review reflect the views of the author alone and not necessarily those of the ICRC or of the Review. Only texts bearing an ICRC signature may be ascribed to the institution. Humanitarian action 141 Between a rock and a hard place: integration or independence