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9781842779569

Afghanistan The Mirage of Peace

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  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-10-15
  • Publisher: ZED BOOKS
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Summary

Widely portrayed as the 'success of the war on terror', Afghanistan is now in crisis. Increasingly detached from the people it is meant to serve, and unable to manage the massive amounts of aid that it has sought, the administration in Kabul struggles to govern even the diminishing areas of the country over which it has some sway. Whatever political progress that has been possible now takes place against a backdrop of mounting casualties among innocent Afghan civilians and NATO troops. Many Afghans feel themselves to be trapped, hostage between two forces, both of which claim to be their liberators. Perceived by some to be part of a wider struggle that extends to Iraq and Palestine, NATO's campaign in the south seems 'unwinnable'. Now, more than ever, it is important to understand Afghanistan and examine the recent experience of international engagement, and the myths and half-truths that abound.Drawing on long experience of living and working in Afghanistan, Chris Johnson and Jolyon Leslie examine what the changes of recent years have meant in terms of Afghans' sense of their own identity and hopes for the future. They argue that lasting peace and stability will only be brought about through a form of engagement that respects the rights of Afghans to determine their own political future, while delivering on the responsibilities that come with military intervention.

Author Biography

Chris Johnson lived in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2004. She first worked for Oxfam, then set up a joint UN/NGO/donor research unit, the Afghanistan research and Evaluation Unit, where she worked until early 2002. She then undertook a wide range of consultancy work for different organizations concerned with the transition. She now works for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.

Jolyon Leslie is an architect who has lived and worked in Afghanistan since 1989. He currently manages an urban conservation program in Kabul and Herat.

Table of Contents

Illustrationsp. vii
Abbreviationsp. viii
Glossaryp. ix
Prefacep. x
Forewordp. xii
Mapp. xv
Introduction: four years onp. 1
Losing the warp. 2
State buildingp. 6
Corrupting the statep. 8
Human rightsp. 10
Religion and statep. 11
Walking the tightropep. 12
Political developmentsp. 12
The way forwardp. 13
The international dimensionp. 15
The mirage of peacep. 19
Illusions of peacep. 21
'Liberation'p. 23
Raising the stakesp. 25
Bombing-in a peacep. 29
Losing hearts and mindsp. 31
New beginnings?p. 34
'Failure is not an option'p. 39
Identity and societyp. 41
New values and oldp. 41
Rooted in Islamp. 46
Identity and othersp. 48
Civil society?p. 57
Making decisions, being representedp. 59
War and social changep. 63
Ethnicityp. 70
Closing ranksp. 75
Managing the world beyondp. 75
Dreaming a pastp. 77
Ideology and differencep. 81
Confronting the Talibanp. 84
The UN and the Strategic Framework for Afghanistanp. 87
An alien way of looking at the worldp. 92
Could it have been different?p. 96
The legacy of confrontationp. 100
One size fits all - Afghanistan in the new world orderp. 102
Reasons for warp. 102
Early courtshipp. 105
Changing attitudesp. 107
Isolating the Talibanp. 111
Aid, rights and the US projectp. 113
Stitching up a countryp. 116
Human rightsp. 121
NGOs - wanting it both waysp. 123
Failing the Afghansp. 124
The makings of a narco state?p. 128
Seeding recoveryp. 128
Or corrupting the state?p. 133
Transitional attitudesp. 141
Agency responsesp. 143
Double standards - or caught in a bind?p. 145
Statep. 153
State and nationp. 153
A short historyp. 156
The Taliban statep. 163
Aid and the statep. 165
The UN and the failed state modelp. 166
The legacy of centralizationp. 171
Bonn and beyond, part I: the political transitionp. 173
Inauspicious beginningsp. 175
Imagining a statep. 176
The political transitionp. 182
Building state failurep. 188
Enduring security?p. 192
Bonn and beyond, part II: the governance transitionp. 198
The state: who is in control?p. 198
International failurep. 215
Letting the Afghans downp. 225
Concluding thoughtsp. 227
Who's whop. 235
Partiesp. 239
An Afghan chronologyp. 240
Further readingp. 242
Referencesp. 243
Indexp. 248
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