TY - BOOK AU - Ahmar, Moonis. ED - University of Karachi. Department of International Relations. Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions. ED - Hanns Seidel Foundation (Islamabad). TI - The challenge of rebuilding Afghanistan / edited by Moonis Ahmar U1 - B 4.3843 AHM 15136 CY - Karachi : Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutions, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Islamabad), 2005. KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- . KW - Postwar reconstruction – Afghanistan KW - HPL N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index.; Contents: Section One-Conceptual framework: Dynamics of internal power politics in Afghanistan; Kamal Matinuddin (1-12)– Afghanistan after 9; 11; Moonis Ahmar (13-27)–Section Two–Major domestic challenges in post-Taliban Afghanistan and attempts at their solution: Warlordism, the disarmament program, and the rebuilding of the Afghan National Army Andreas Rieck (31-36)– The resurgence of poppy growing and the impact of drug money of Afghan economy and politics; Abdul Raziq Asmar (37-42)–Taliban remnants and other armed resistance groups : a diminishing security challenge; A. R. Siddiqi (43-54). – Security challenges faced by the Afghan regime in the post-Taliban period; Abubaker Saddique (55-60)– The 2004 Afghan presidential elections and challenges for the forthcoming parliamentary elections; Thomas Ruttig (61-71)– Ethnic fault lines in Afghanistan and the challenge of national unity; Gul Rahman Qazi (73-77)–The state of Afghanistan’s economy: mass poverty, underdevelopment and [the] legacy of war; Saifuddin Saihoon (79-88)– Rebuilding of government and law enforcement institutions in Afghanistan; Hameedullah Atayee (89-99)–The role of women in rebuilding Afghanistan; Sameera Ayyubi (101-116)--Repatriation of Afghan refugees: achievements and obstacles; Nasreen Ghufran (117-139)–The challenge of environmental degradation in Afghanistan; Syed Aamir Hameed (141-161)–Section three: rebuilding Afghanistan: the international and regional dimension–The US involvement in Afghanistan since 9; 11 : strategic objectives, security and reconstruction; Marvin Weinbaum (165-179)–The role of Russia and Central Asian states in Afghanistan; Hazrat Wahriz (181-189)–Peace-building support by the United Nations; Eckart Schiewek (191-197)–-Pakistan’s relations with post-Taliban Afghanistan; Rasul Bakhsh Rais (199-210)–Rebuilding Afghanistan: the resurgent role of India and Iran; Saleem Kidwai (211-227)–Section four: Future prospects for Afghanistan–Afghan civil society : an emerging new political culture?; Azizur Rahman Rifaee (231-237) ER -