Understanding Afghanistan : collection of articles 2001-2012 / Shahmahmood Miakhel.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: 1. Foreword—2. Enlisting Afghan aid : op-ed in the Washington Post (16 September 2001)—3. Understanding Afghanistan : the importance of tribal culture and structure in security and governance—4. A plan to stabilize Afghanistan—5. Many thanks to Donna Singmaster of Fallbrook, CA for her assistance in editing—6. Human security and the rule of law : Afghanistan’s experience—7. Repeating history : parallels between Mujahidin tactics and Afghanistan’s current insurgency—8. Advantages and disadvantages of supporting a community force : the history of the Arbaki system and its use in the present context of Afghanistan—9. Peace negotiation with Afghan Taliban : options and constraints—10. Fundamentalism and Islamic militancy in Afghanistan : history and the situation today—11. Wilton Park speech—12. Finding common grounds for peace : Afghanistan-Pakistan-India trilateral track two dialogue—13. Transparency and communication—14. High level conference on multidimensional and integrated peace operations : organized by foreign ministry of Norway in Oslo—15. Wilton Park (UK), conference 1087 talking while fighting—16. Rethinking international intervention in Afghanistan—17. We should support the Afghans’ approach to justice—18. A brief overview of the Afghanistan stabilization program (ASP) : a national program to improve security and governance—19. Myths and the impact of bad governance on stability in Afghanistan—20. Rebuilding Afghanistan’s political immunity—21. Many Shuras do not a government on stability in Afghanistan—22. Myths and misconceptions in the Afghan transition—23. Resolving provincial-level disputes and stability in Afghanistan : USIP’s provincial dispute councils program.

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