Afghanistan's reintegration challenges : land and housing / Ingrid Macdonald.

Caption title.

May 2010.

Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Afghanistan's decades of conflict have forced millions of its people – a third of the population from their homes, their land and their country. Today, many face major problems reintegrating back into society, which are made even worse by escalating conflict and insecurity since the mid-2000s. two key problems are the lack of access to land and adequate housing, without which many returning refugees and internally displaced people have been forced to live in poor, overcrowded and makeshift conditions. The flaws of Afghanistan's legal systems (both formal and informal), and of the government's land allocation scheme, mean that progress in delivering results on the scale needed has been limited. This neglected issue, which a few aid agencies such as the UNHCR and the Norwegian Refugee Council are tackling, requires greater attention and support from the international community—(p. 1).