Local contours of security in Afghanistan / by Prakhar Sharma. (Record no. 10597)

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Classification number Pamphlet DS 371.4 .S53 2010
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Personal name Sharma, Prakhar.
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Title Local contours of security in Afghanistan / by Prakhar Sharma.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Washington, D.C. : The Henry L. Stimson Center, 2010.
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Extent 15 p. ; 30 cm.
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General note Cover title.
General note May 2010.
General note Regional voices—cover page.
General note Includes bibliographical references.
General note “Stimson”—at head of title.
General note Summary: Sharma analyzes non-traditional security challenges in Afghanistan and their implications on the prospects for internal political dialogue and regional consensus. The paper is a result of over two years (2007-2009) research inside the country that involved undertaking provincial- and district-based assessments by traveling across all Afghan regions, and designing perception surveys to support the livelihood and broader stabilization initiatives in Afghanistan. The fieldwork consisted largely of conversations with diplomats, Afghan government officials, journalists, NGO workers, and researchers based in Afghanistan. It also entails a review of previous studies, research reports, publicly available perception surveys, statistics, and news reports. In Section I, “Impediments to Security”, Sharma identifies the issues that serve as the primary impediments to security in Afghanistan. In Section II, “Analyzing the Elements of Insecurity”, Sharma then provides an account at the roots of each of these issues and the local political dynamics and actors that continue to drive them. “Among the key findings of the study are: (1) There is a growing nexus between criminals and insurgents; (2) There is an increasingly ethnic dimension to the insurgency that is being driven by perceptions of economic and political marginalization; (3) International actors’ partnerships with local groups with questionable human rights records are endangering international credibility; (4) Reconciliation between ethnic groups is becoming increasingly difficult; (5) The rearming of tribal militias is undermining the important Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) initiatives; and (6) The continued return of Iran- and Pakistan-based refugees is placing an unsustainable strain on Afghan infrastructure and tribal relations”—(p. 2).
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Internal security – Afghanistan.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghanistan – Social conditions.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Military assistance – Afghanistan.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 17/10/2012   Pamphlet DS 371.4 .S53 2010 20939 17/10/2012 17/10/2012 Books
          Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 17/10/2012     20940 17/10/2012 17/10/2012 Books