![Studied Ignorance: The Unacceptability of the State Department’s Lack of Atrocity Determination Process](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/afghanistan_1629715330.jpg)
For the past 18 months, ever since February 29, 2020, when President Donald J. Trump Jr. finalized a deal with the Taliban to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, international organizations and civil society groups have been warning of the potential for increased violence and potential mass atrocities in the country. [...]