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(2): Delivering Public Services in Insurgency-Affected Obeh District of Herat Province
One Land, Two Rules (2): Delivering public services in insurgency-affected Obeh district of Herat province Author : S Reza Kazemi Published: 9 December 2018 Downloaded: 8 December 2018 Download URL: https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-admin/post.php The matter of who governs the district of Obeh in the east of Herat province is complicated: control of the district is divided between the Afghan government and the Taleban, and shifts in unpredictable ways. The inhabitants of the district, usually via the mediation of elders, have had to learn how to deal with both sides. The dual nature of authority in Obeh is exemplified by public service delivery; it is always financed through and administered by the Afghan state but, in areas under Taleban control, it is the insurgents who supervise and monitor delivery. In this, the first of a series of case studies looking at the delivery of services in districts over which the Taleban have control or influence, AAN researcher Said Reza Kazemi investigates the provision of governance and security, education, health, electricity, telecommunications and development projects, and unpacks a dual form of governance. Service Delivery in Insurgent-Affected Areas is a joint research project by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). For the methodology and literature review, see here. Obeh district: the context 1 / 22 Approximately 100 km to the east of Herat city, linked by mainly non-asphalted roads; mountainous, cut through by fertile Harirud River valley -
World Bank Document
69363 v1 Public Disclosure Authorized FINAL REPORT: “SUPPORTING FEMALE SAFFRON PRODUCERS IN VALUE ADDITION ACTIVITIES IN HERAT PROVINCE” Public Disclosure Authorized SUBMITTED TO THE WORLD BANK FEBRUARY - DECEMBER 2010 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Paikob-e-Naswar, Wazirabad, PO Box 208, Kabul, Afghanistan Phone: (+93)(020) 220 17 50 Mobile (+93)(0)70 28 82 32 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dacaar.org 1 Before women’s involvement in saffron, some men beat their wives if the tea was late but now these men make tea for their wives because they are busy during the saffron season....... -Saffron Association Head, Pashtun Zarghun Background of the project: Saffron cultivation was brought back to Afghanistan in the early 1990s by farmers who migrated to Iran during the periods of conflict. DACAAR initiated a trial farming of saffron with four farmers from Pashtun Zarghun in 1998. Though it was difficult initially to convince the farmers to grow saffron as an alternative to opium, which was prevalent in Herat, today Pashtun Zarghun alone has more than 750 farmers growing saffron, including 175 women. Women have a significant role in saffron production amounting to 80% of the total work, with most of the work in harvesting, processing and packaging, but a very limited role in marketing and price negotiation with traders; men usually take over during the marketing stage of the spice. Given the role of women in saffron production and its potential in empowering women through engagement in economic activities, DACAAR supported the establishment of a female saffron association in 2006 in Pashtun Zarghun district (Herat province) with initial membership of 70 women who produced 700 kg of saffron corm. -
Western Basins Water Resources Management and Irrigated Agriculture Development Project (Cofinanced by the Government of Canada)
Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 36252 July 2005 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Western Basins Water Resources Management and Irrigated Agriculture Development Project (Cofinanced by the Government of Canada) FINAL REPORT Prepared by SMEC International in Association with Agrisystems Limited For the Ministry of Irrigation, Water Resources and Environment This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. All the views expressed herein may not be incorporated into the proposed project’s design. Western Basins Project Final TA Report Volume 1: Main Report July 2005 Table of Contents Western Basins Project Final TA Report – July 2005 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................... 1 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 1 2 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ................................. 3 3 BACKGROUND RATIONALE AND JUSTIFICATION .................................................... 4 3.1 Policy Framework ....................................................................................................... 4 3.1.1 The Water Sector Institutional Context...................................................................... 5 3.1.2 Main Stakeholders in Water Resources at Government Level and their Roles ....... -
End of Year Report (2018) About Mujahideen Progress and Territory Control
End of year report (2018) about Mujahideen progress and territory control: The Year of Collapse of Trump’s Strategy 2018 was a year that began with intense bombardments, military operations and propaganda by the American invaders but all praise belongs to Allah, it ended with the neutralization of another enemy strategy. The Mujahideen defended valiantly, used their chests as shields against enemy onslaughts and in the end due to divine assistance, the invaders were forced to review their war strategy. This report is based on precise data collected from concerned areas and verified by primary sources, leaving no room for suspicious or inaccurate information. In the year 2018, a total of 10638 attacks were carried out by Mujahideen against invaders and their hirelings from which 31 were martyr operations which resulted in the death of 249 US and other invading troops and injuries to 153 along with death toll of 22594 inflicted on Kabul administration troops, intelligence operatives, commandos, police and Arbakis with a further 14063 sustaining injuries. Among the fatalities 514 were enemy commanders killed and eliminated in various attacks across the country. During 2018 a total of 3613 vehicles including APCs, pickup trucks and other variants were destroyed along with 26 aircrafts including 8 UAVs, 17 helicopters of foreign and internal forces and 1 cargo plane shot down. Moreover, a total of 29 district administration centers were liberated by the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate over the course of last year, among which some were retained -
Russia's March Towards India, Vol. 2 Indian Officer
University of Nebraska Omaha DigitalCommons@UNO Books in English Digitized Books 1-1-1894 Russia's march towards India, vol. 2 Indian Officer Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno Part of the International and Area Studies Commons Recommended Citation Russia's march towards India, by 'an Indian officer'. London: S. Low, Marston & co., 1894. 2 vols., folded map This Monograph is brought to you for free and open access by the Digitized Books at DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Books in English by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. .. - ., , , . .. , ,. , , . , ., . , ., , ,, , , ,, , , , . - ., , . , , , ,, ~~~~ia'smarch towards India. PnIwuo IIY BPOTTIBN001)li AND CO., NII\$'-ETII1(E'L' SQUARlC LONDON RUSSIA'S MARCH TOWARDB INDIA BY (AN INDIAN OFFICER' WITH A MAP LONDON SAMPEON LOW, MARSTON JG COMPANY (LINITED) St, ID~~l~otnll'o'filolroc FETTER LANE, vLEET STREET E.C. 1804 CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME CHAPTER XI 1873-1876 THE TURKOMANS OF KHIVA I'AQB Kaufmann's treatment of the Yomuds-Policy of extormine- tion-A legacy of hatred and revenge-Construction of Fort Petro-Alexandrovslr-TYitl~drawal of Russian forces from I<liiva--Formation of Trans-Caspian Military district -Lomalrin's exploring expeditions . 1 CHAPTER XI1 1866-1876 ANNEXATION OF KHOKAND Insurrections in Ilholrand-Abd~~r Ral~nlan Aftobatcha- Attaclr on Russian Embassy-Battle ofMalshram-Capture of Andijan-Annexation of I<holrand -
Weekly Analysis-168
Weekly Analysis/168 www.csrskabul.com Center for Strategic & Regional Studies Kabul Weekly Analysis-Issue Number 168 (June 11-18, 2016) Weekly Analysis is one of CSRS’ publications, which significantly analyses weekly economic and political events in Afghanistan and the region. The prime motive behind this is to provide strategic insights and policy solutions to decision-making institutions and individuals in order to help them to design best policies. Weekly Analysis is published in local languages (Pashto and Dari) and international languages (English and Arabic). ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ In this issue: · Preface………….…..………………………………………………..……………………………….……………. 2 Infrastructural projects: dams and recent progresses · The need to build dams..…...….…………………………………………………..…………………. 4 · The capacity to build dams in Afghanistan……………………………….………………. 5 · Salma, Kajaki and Bakhshabad Dams…………………………….………………..…..……. 6 · Obstacles in the way of constructing dams…………………………….….……...……. 7 The NUG and electoral reforms · The need for electoral reforms….……………………………………..……………………...... 9 · Legislative decrees of the President..…………………………………………..……….…... 9 · People’s view about electoral reforms (survey)…….………………………….….... 12 · Conclusion………..………………………………………………………………………………..……….…... 14 1 Weekly Analysis/168 www.csrskabul.com Preface The Salma Dam constructed by India in Herat province was recently inaugurated. -
The Politics of Statebuilding in Post-Taleban Afghanistan
1 crisis states programme development research centre www Working Paper no.33 RESPECTABLE WARLORDS? THE POLITICS OF STATE-BUILDING IN POST-TALEBAN AFGHANISTAN Antonio Giustozzi Development Research Centre LSE September 2003 Copyright © Antonio Giustozzi, 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher nor be issued to the public or circulated in any form other than that in which it is published. Requests for permission to reproduce any part of this Working Paper should be sent to: The Editor, Crisis States Programme, Development Research Centre, DESTIN, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. Crisis States Programme Working papers series no.1 English version: Spanish version: ISSN 1740-5807 (print) ISSN 1740-5823 (print) ISSN 1740-5815 (on-line) ISSN 1740-5831 (on-line) 1 Crisis States Programme Respectable Warlords? The Politics of State-Building in Post-Taleban Afghanistan Antonio Giustozzi Development Research Centre, LSE The re-establishment of the Afghan state after the fall of the Taleban regime is proving a more complicated task than was originally expected. By mid-2003, press reports abounded about the resurgence of the Taleban, the permanence or even the strengthening of the warlords and the lasting influence of Islamic fundamentalists. While there is no denying that progress in the first 18 months of the post-Taleban period was modest indeed, a picture of complete stagnation would be misleading. Hamid Karzai and his circle of pro-western allies within the transitional administration, who identify themselves as the bearers of the interests of the central state, have been carrying out a slow but steady confrontation with the main warlords, trying to limit the warlords’ power and increase their own. -
AFGHANISTAN Lyangar AFGHANISTAN Sarhadd Parkhar Panjeh Kerki Vrang FULL NAME: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Dushanbe TAJIKISTAN UZBEKISTAN ✪ CHINA Qarshi Khorugh AFGHANISTAN Lyangar AFGHANISTAN Sarhadd Parkhar Panjeh Kerki Vrang FULL NAME: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Afghanistan literally Chah-e Ab Feyzabad means Land of the Afghan. Shir Khan CAPITAL: Kabul (population about 700,000) Rostaq Baharak LOCATION: Central Asia Emam Saheb Chakaran Qarqin Termiz BORDERING COUNTRIES: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Rajikistan, Bayramaly Keshem Jorm Eshkäshem Uzbekistan, China Hazareh Toghay Qonduz Taloqan Zibak KASHMIR AREA: 647,500 square miles. Landlocked with mostly rugged mountains Aqcheh Farkhar Kholm Khanabad and some plains in the north and southwest. Andkhvoy AREA SIZE: Slightly smaller than the state of Texas. TURKMENISTAN Balkh Eshkamesh POPULATION: 26.8 million (July 2001 estimate) Sheberghan Mazar-e Sharif Shahr-e CLIMATE: Arid to semi-arid; cold winters and hot summers Baghlan Monjan RELIGION: Sunnit and Shiit Muslims Boyni Qara Nahrin LANGUAGE: Pashtu, Dari, Turkic languages Samangan LIFE EXPECTANCY: Male: 46.97 years Female: 45.47 years Dowlatabad Deh Khavak Aq Kopruk Banow Pol-e Komri Kamdesh INDEPENDENCE: Aug. 19, 1919, from the United Kingdom over Afghan Sar–e Pol foreign affairs NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Independence Day, Aug. 19 Meymaneh Tokzar Qal‘eh-ye Sarkari Banow Barikowt BACKGROUND: The Soviet Union invaded and occupied Afghanistan Mashad Asmar in 1979, but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-communist Belcheragh Sarowbi Mikh- Zahrrin Golbahar Asadabad Saidu mujahedeen forces supplied and trained by the United States, Saudi Qeysar Jabal os Saraj Arabia, Pakistan and others. The rebels quickly turned their guns on Sayghan Charikar Narang each other, causing the rise of the fundamentalist Islamic Taliban, which Bala Morghab Teylan Tarkhoj Konar-e Khas seized most of the country starting in 1994. -
United Nations Development Programme Afghanistan Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP)
United Nations Development Programme Afghanistan Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP) - UNDP Support Third Quarter Report 2011 Reconciliation event in Badakhshan province (left) and Jawzjan province (right), August 2011 Project ID: 00076674 Project Period: August 2010 – July 2015 Strategic Plan Component: Crisis Prevention and Recovery CPAP Component: Stabilization and Peace Building ANDS Component: Security Total Budget: USD 221,205,252 Responsible Agencies: APRP Joint Secretariat PROJECT DONORS Government of Denmark Government of Germany Government of Italy Government of Japan Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 3 I. Context .............................................................................................................. 4 II. Results and Impact ............................................................................................ 5 III. Implementation Arrangements ........................................................................25 V. Lessons Learned .............................................................................................. 28 VI. Future Plans ..................................................................................................... 29 VII. Financial Information ........................................................................................ 31 Annexes: Annex I: Policy and Knowledge Products ................................................................ -
Livelihood Trajectories in Afghanistan: Evidence from Three Villages in Herat Province
Researching livelihoods and services affected by conflict Livelihood trajectories in Afghanistan: evidence from three villages in Herat Province Working Paper 54 Danielle Huot, Adam Pain and Ihsanullah Ghafoori December 2016 Funded by the EC About us Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) aims to generate a stronger evidence base on how people make a living, educate their children, deal with illness and access other basic services in conflict-affected situations. Providing better access to basic services, social protection and support to livelihoods matters for the human welfare of people affected by conflict, the achievement of development targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals and international efforts at peace- and state-building. At the centre of SLRC’s research are three core themes, developed over the course of an intensive one- year inception phase: § State legitimacy: experiences, perceptions and expectations of the state and local governance in conflict-affected situations § State capacity: building effective states that deliver services and social protection in conflict- affected situations § Livelihood trajectories and economic activity under conflict The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the lead organisation. SLRC partners include the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) in Sri Lanka, Feinstein International Center (FIC, Tufts University), the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Pakistan, Disaster Studies of Wageningen University (WUR) in the Netherlands, the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research (NCCR), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium SLRC Working Papers present information, analysis and key policy Overseas Development Institute recommendations on issues relating to livelihoods, basic services 203 Blackfriars Road and social protection in conflict affected situations. -
AFGHANISTAN South: Fighting and Civilian Displacement Continued
AFGHANISTAN Weekly Humanitarian Update (24 – 30 May 2021) KEY FIGURES IDPs IN 2021 (AS OF 30 MAY) 115,825 People displaced by conflict (verified) 100,730 Received assistance (including 2020 caseload) NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2021 (AS OF 30 MAY) 22,624 Number of people affected by natural disasters Conflict incident UNDOCUMENTED RETURNEES Internal displacement IN 2021 (AS OF 30 MAY) 473,480 Disruption of services Returnees from Iran 5,233 Returnees from Pakistan 12 South: Fighting and civilian displacement continued Returnees from other Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state countries armed group (NSAG) continued in Hilmand, Kandahar and Zabul provinces with HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and armed clashes that affected PLAN (HRP) REQUIREMENTS & civilians and humanitarian activities. FUNDING In Kandahar province, armed clashes were reported in Panjwaiy, Shah Wali Kot, 1.28B Khakrez, Maywand and Zheray districts. A total of 3,500 people from Maywand Requirements (US$) – HRP district were displaced to Kandahar city due to fighting with further displacement 2021 predicted due to continued fighting. Insecurity and illegal check points in Khakrez, Shah Wali Kot and Dahla Dam are affecting farmers who are not able to access 171.5M water for their agricultural activities in Arghandab, Panjwaiy, Zheray Kandahar 13.4% funded (US$) in 2021 Dand and Daman districts. AFGHANISTAN HUMANITARIAN In Hilmand province, fighting continued in Bolan, Nahr-e-Saraj, Lashkargah, Nad- FUND (AHF) 2021 e-Ali and Nawa-e-Barakzaiy districts. According to WHO, the Bolan Basic Health Clinic in Hilmand province was recently closed due to fighting in the area 40.70M depriving more than 13,000 people of their access to basic health services. -
Livelihood Trajectories in Afghanistan: Evidence from Three Villages in Herat Province Working Paper 54 Danielle Huot, Adam Pain and Ihsanullah Ghafoori December 2016
Researching livelihoods and Livelihood trajectories in Afghanistan: evidence from three villages in Herat Province Working Paper 54 Danielle Huot, Adam Pain and Ihsanullah Ghafoori December 2016 ISBN Code: 978-9936-628-52-6 (ebook) AREU Publication Code: 1702E Funded by the EC About us Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) aims to generate a stronger evidence base on how people make a living, educate their children, deal with illness and access other basic services in conflict-affected situations. Providing better access to basic services, social protection and support to livelihoods matters for the human welfare of people affected by conflict, the achievement of development targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals and international efforts at peace- and state-building. At the centre of SLRC’s research are three core themes, developed over the course of an intensive one- year inception phase: § State legitimacy: experiences, perceptions and expectations of the state and local governance in conflict-affected situations § State capacity: building effective states that deliver services and social protection in conflict- affected situations § Livelihood trajectories and economic activity under conflict The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the lead organisation. SLRC partners include the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) in Sri Lanka, Feinstein International Center (FIC, Tufts University), the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Pakistan, Disaster Studies of Wageningen University (WUR) in the Netherlands, the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research (NCCR), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium SLRC Working Papers present information, analysis and key policy Overseas Development Institute recommendations on issues relating to livelihoods, basic services 203 Blackfriars Road and social protection in conflict affected situations.