Afghanistan after 2014 : five scenarios / Stefan Olsson, Erika Holmquist, Samuel Bergenwall, Helene Lackenbauer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2012.Description: 100 pages ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 16501942
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet UA853. A3.
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Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. The Geostrategics of the Afghanistan conflict—3. The role of Pakistan in Afghanistan—4. The Kabul regime : political actors and current trends—5. Prospects for a negotiated peace—6. Post-2014 scenarios—7. Conclusions—8. References—9. Appendix.
Summary: Summary: “By the end of 2014 the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), will, if the timetable remains fixed, have withdrawn from Afghanistan. After a period of transition which already has begun the full responsibility for security will be transferred to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). But the signs of progress have so far been few. A number of uncertainties keep hanging as a dark cloud at the horizon. The Taliban insurgency is not broken, the ANSF are still not fully manned, and the national government suffers heavily from widespread corruption. The list of problems, that ideally should have been solved many years ago, is long…”—(page 5).
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet UA853.A3.O588 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000543552
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Cover title.
“April 2012”.
“FOI-R—3424—SE”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. The Geostrategics of the Afghanistan conflict—3. The role of Pakistan in Afghanistan—4. The Kabul regime : political actors and current trends—5. Prospects for a negotiated peace—6. Post-2014 scenarios—7. Conclusions—8. References—9. Appendix.

Summary: “By the end of 2014 the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), will, if the timetable remains fixed, have withdrawn from Afghanistan. After a period of transition which already has begun the full responsibility for security will be transferred to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). But the signs of progress have so far been few. A number of uncertainties keep hanging as a dark cloud at the horizon. The Taliban insurgency is not broken, the ANSF are still not fully manned, and the national government suffers heavily from widespread corruption. The list of problems, that ideally should have been solved many years ago, is long…”—(page 5).

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