LOAC: A Conversation on the Intl. Law Implications in Afghanistan Following the Withdrawal of Troops
Channel: U.S. Naval War College
Date: 2022-01-19

Colonel Chris Ford, the Staff Judge Advocate for the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Command and Professor Laurie Blank of Emory Law School, along with Major Chris Koschnitzky, a Military Professor at the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College, discuss conflict classification, noncombatant operations, future operations, and rule of engagement among other topics pertaining to the Afghanistan conflict.  This discussion follows a law of armed conflict (LOAC) workshop entitled "Afghanistan 2021:  International Legal Implications of the Conflict" that explored these topics and was hosted by the Stockton Center for International Law, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, on December 6-7, 2021.