PEACEWORKS Displacement and the Vulnerability to Mobilize for Violence EVIDENCE FROM AFGHANISTAN By Sadaf Lakhani and Rahmatullah Amiri NO. 155 | JANUARY 2020 Making Peace Possible NO. 155 | JANUARY 2020 ABOUT THE REPORT This report examines whether displaced persons in Afghanistan are more vulnerable to radicalization and mobilization to violence than groups that have not experienced VIOLENT EXTREMISM displacement. Fieldwork—which included surveys and interviews conducted in eight Afghan provinces throughout 2018—was carried out by The Liaison Office (TLO), a research and peacebuilding organization based in Kabul. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Sadaf Lakhani is CEO of Cognitiks, a company that assists organizations in fragile states integrate data science into their decision-making processes. Before this, she spent eighteen years working on development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts for the World Bank, USIP, and other organizations. Rahmatullah Amiri is a senior researcher and analyst with TLO, where he works on sociopolitical issues, peacebuilding and reconcilia- tion, countering violent extremism, and humanitarian access. Cover photo: Internally displaced Afghan men line up to receive winter relief assistance at a refugee camp in Kabul in January 2017. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters) The views expressed in this report are those of the authors alone. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Institute of Peace. An online edition of this and related reports can be found on our website (www.usip.org), together with additional information on the subject. © 2020 by the United States Institute of Peace United States Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202.457.1700 Fax: 202.429.6063 E-mail:
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