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The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research organisation based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and facilitating reflection and debate. Fundamental to AREU’s vision is that its work should improve Afghan lives...
1.01 Almost one year on from Berlin, now is an appropriate time to take stock of
developments and progress in SSR. Security is addressed under Pillar 3 of the Afghan Development Framework. The synergy between security and sustainable development is well understood by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; and security sector reform is seen as being central to sustainable security. 1.02 As stated in the Berlin Declaration of 01 April 2004, overall responsibility for the coordination of Afghan National Security Policy lies with the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Security Advisor (NSA), supported by Office of the National Security Council (ONSC).
THE AFGHANISTAN COMPACT
PURPOSE
The Afghan Government has articulated its overarching goals for the well-being of its
people in the Afghanistan Millennium Development Goals Country Report 2005 – Vision
2020. Consistent with those goals, this Compact identifies three critical and interdependent
areas or pillars of activity for the five years from the adoption of this Compact:
1. Security;
2. Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights; and
3. Economic and Social Development.
A further vital and cross-cutting area of work is eliminating the narcotics industry,
which remains a formidable threat to the people and state of Afghanistan, the region and
beyond.
The Afghan Government hereby commits itself to realising this shared vision of the
future; the international community, in turn, commits itself to provide resources and support
to realise that vision. Annex I of this Compact sets out detailed outcomes, benchmarks and
timelines for delivery, consistent with the high-level goals set by the Afghanistan National
Development Strategy (ANDS). The Government and international community also commit
themselves to improve the effectiveness and accountability of international assistance as set
forth in Annex
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Since the Taliban’s fall in 2001, the European Union (EU) has been a major contributor to Afghanistan. A substantial European Commission (EC) delegation oversees an annual budget of some €200 million in development aid, and a Special Representative (EUSR) is in residence. Altogether the EC and member states pledged nearly a third of the money at the 2002 Tokyo and 2004 Berlin donor conferences and the latter contribute over two thirds of the peacekeeping troops as well as Coalition forces battling anti-government insurgents. However EU influence is less than it should be. As a new agenda is drawn up to succeed the Bonn process, the EU needs more internal coordination if it is to gain greater leverage and hold the Afghan government to higher standards of governance and democratic development.
Human Rights Watch welcomed the sentence handed down this week against a CIA contractor convicted in the killing of an Afghan detainee in 2003, but said this was a singular exception to an otherwise poor record of accountability.
USAID extends its thanks to CSIS and its survey partners, especially Afghan citizens, for undertaking and participating in this far reaching and comprehensive study.
رقابت غيرقانوني
نگاهي تطبيقي به مالكيت تجاري صنعتي با تاكيد بر رقابت غير قانوني در قانون تجارت افغانستان و مقررات مرتبط بين الملل
Afghanistan’s Law from 1930 up to nowمجموعه قوانين افغانستان از 1930 تا كنون
source: idlo and Moj
Al-Qaeda's long march to war
By Michael Scheuer
In recent weeks, media reports from both Iraq and Afghanistan have suggested the appearance of a slow evolution of the Islamist insurgents' tactics in the direction of the battlefield deployment of larger mujahideen units that attack "harder" facilities.
A collection of best resaerch links on : Peace policy and peace research in Afghanistan
After the demise of the Taliban in October 2001, many positive changes have occurred in Afghanistan. More than three million students and 30,000 female teachers returned to schools . Radio and television began broadcasting cultural programs such as music, drama, and film (During the Taliban era these art forms were banned in the Afghan society). As an indicator of a flourishing press, dozens of new publications with relative freedom entered the market. The new interim government began to rebuild and repair many of Afghanistan's institutional, and economic infrastructure.
In this Paper, Dr.Ali Wardak examines the institution of jirga, its main forms, and the different social contexts in which each form operates as a mechanism of conflict resolution in Afghanistan. It is argued that jirga as a traditional Afghan institution is closely bound up with the social and economic realities...
Women’s emancipation as a component of social progress surfaced before the emergence of Iran’s constitutional movement (1906-1911). In 1840s, the Babi movement projected equality between the sexes in many domains of social life (Cole 1998). The Constitutionalists supported female education and increased social participation. Women contributed to the Revolution, but the Majlis, influenced by religious leaders, denied women enfranchisement, categorizing them with the mentally handicapped and criminals (Bayat-Philip 1978; Afary 1996).
Barnett R. Rubin drafted an earlier version of this paper for the Swiss Federal Government, whose support is gratefully acknowledged. While drafting, he consulted Ashraf Ghani, whose longstanding ideas about reconstruction and peacemaking form the basis for many of the recommendations. The Swiss sponsors solicited comments from Ahmed Rashid and Olivier Roy, which have been taken into account in the revisions. Ashraf Ghani and William Maley provided additional comments and suggestions for thefinal version. While the authors may disagree on some points, they all endorse the strategicapproach recommended.
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