Talking about talks :

ACKU

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2012.

iv, 45 pages : color map ; 30 cm.

Summary: “A negotiated political settlement is a desirable outcome to the conflict in Afghanistan, but current talks with the Taliban are unlikely to result in a sustainable peace. There is a risk that negotiations under present conditions could further destabilise the country and region. Debilitated by internal political divisions and external pressures, the Karzai government is poorly positioned to cut a deal with leaders of the insurgency. Afghanistan’s security forces are ill-prepared to handle the power vacuum that will occur following the exit of international troops. As political competition heats up within the country in the run-up to NATO’s withdrawal of combat forces at the end of 2014, the differing priorities and preferences of the parties to the conflict – from the Afghan government to the Taliban leadership to key regional and wider international actors – will further undermine the prospects of peace. To avoid another civil war, a major course correction is needed that results in the appointment of a UN-mandated mediation team and the adoption of a more realistic approach to resolution of the conflict…”—(page summary).

English

Afghan War, 2001-.
Internal security – Afghanistan.
National security – Afghanistan.
Peace-building – Afghanistan.
Military assistance, American – Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction – Afghanistan.

,Afghanistan – Foreign relations – United States.

,Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.

Pamphlet UA853. / A3. / T355 2012

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

3ACKU000540582

(Asia report ; No. 221)

Cover title.

“26 March 2012”.

Includes bibliographical references.

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