Afghanistan Research Newsletter Number 24, January/February 2010

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$ + # :$& ###999$)' + 69 $$x _+ # $ x November 2009, Voting Together — Why Afghanistan’s $)':$Z9U 2009 Elections were (and were not) a Disaster, by 6 W+8 Noah Coburn and Anna Larson. $$ :++# + $ +8# 6 W+8 $+ +9 S & $9 +8 December 2009, “Community-Based Dispute $#8 Resolution in Bamiyan Province” and “Community- $6W+ Based Dispute Resolution in ,” by E $ $9 Deborah J. Smith and Shelly Manalan, and Deborah J. Smith, respectively. The Afghanistan Research # 8 )+ ' ($ P+QO$ ( $ 8 #\$$8 @8 6 @ W+9 % 8 :$ @+8# :9 _#+8)' @ 6 #9 8$ $+:$3# $+8$$# $#E@*#:[$ ]# ; $ 8 $E@*#I[ $8$$E@*# being lost. $$8 :[E@*9) November 2009, Losing Legitimacy? Some Views on the Government, the International :+$ Community, and the 2009 Elections, by Noah Coburn. E@* C#S& 9+8 8 $+( # : # $ [$+ +9@# +[ ( $[ (

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Agriculture $ 9U$   P    ] +$ Resolution of Competing High Pasture Claims of in Afghanistan. Settled and Nomadic Communities in Afghanistan.” Kabul: Environment Programme E (UNEP), 2009. 99 p.   ]   publications/afg_tech/theme_01/afg_rangeland_ “Protection Assessment of Working Children at the EN.pdf (2.0 MB). $ Border Areas of Torkham and Islam Qala 2009.” Kabul: $+]#W Action Aid Afghanistan, 2009. 72 p. $$ 6_H$ +# 9 ##:$ # ? \ # Uz9U TH W+8 # $ ## @W+8TW+*6 +#3 ; 8 # 8 W+9 +$ O::$8>8< # ##9 # + I ( E_ roles when it comes to Khan, Jawad and Andy Miller. “Kansir Fort, Sarhad-e # Broghil, Upper Wakhan: a Preliminary Assessment ] # 6 and Survey.” Kabul: Ministry of Information and _H # Culture in conjunction with the Aga Khan Trust for 9; Culture, August 2009. 12 p.P$ ? 8 $6 U -+ E 6E $$ ?U- register of historic monuments, in collaboration with W E *$_?? +_H UEU$ 6WE]9 9 $ +8 I + +++6E 8E$8)$$8)9 $8( Wannell, Bruce. Calligraphy and Epigraphy in @8GC$+"9 and Afghanistan. [Kabul]: Aga Khan Trust for Culture $+6$$ (AKTC), 2009. 111 p. +$ & $$$$$ $@$+8$ 8 :$ \_U+9Q$9<9 $ # Khan, Jawad and Andy Miller. “Ziyarat of Nasir :9 U Khusraw: Hazrat Sa’id, Yumgan Valley: Preliminary

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Survey and Condition Assessment.” Kabul: Ministry Anthropological Association. October 14, 2009. of Information and Culture in conjunction with the 73 p. http://www.aaanet.org/cmtes/commissions/ Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), August 2009. CEAUSSIC/upload/CEAUSSIC_HTS_Final_Report.pdf 13, 4 p. P$I++# (324 KB).$ :$ _ UZ $ @ + ( ( $+ \8 +## \_U+ ]9U $$6E8 #( # #+&9 $ W+ +8 $$$ historic monuments in S#9 6$+8 Holland, Kenneth M. Canadian- 6E Engagement in Afghanistan: an Analysis of the ## “Whole of Government” Approach. Ottawa, $_ Ontario, Canada: Pearson Peacekeeping Center, ?? 2009. xii, 88 p. ISBN 9781896551760. http://www. UE peaceoperations.org/_CMS/Files/Complete_Can- U $ US_Afghanistan_WEB. 9Q$9<9 pdf (2.84 MB). *+$ P$ # # E “Assessment of Development Results: Islamic 'G : Evaluation of UNDP + $  !  Q #$ % &'() *+   ,\  # United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 8 $$ 2009. xxiv, 150 p. http://www.undp.org/eo/adr/ Q afghanistan.html (PDF 1.5 MB). $ $9 ;9 U # + +# '*WS + # ? +$ ("9#++#$I *+$ ?*8 8 $ G #'*W# W GW8 #$#$+$9 W+ W89 “Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan: Quarterly Report to Parliament for the Period of July 1 to Shahrani, M. Nazif. “Afghanistan’s Alternatives September 20, 2009.” [Ottawa]: Government for Peace, Governance and Development: of Canada. 20 p. http://www.afghanistan.gc.ca/ Transforming Subjects to Citizens & Rulers to Civil canada-afghanistan/assets/pdfs/docs/r09_09_e.pdf. Servants.” Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: The Centre $ E ++ $ for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), 69 August 2009. 17 p. (The Afghanistan papers / no. 2). %%%       \  *  .\   Afghanistan: the Tajik Ismailis Afghanistan%20Paper%202.pdf (660 KB). P of Takhar: an End to Isolation. Contemporary $ ' G Review v. 291 (no. 1694), Autumn 2009 (p. 288- $ $ 298). I + $+ #( + U + # + $ $8 :$ 6 *+$ +9 $$ #6* : $ #9 $ :$ + $$ “Final Report on the Army’s Human Terrain System S #(($ 9 Proof of Concept Program.” AAA Commission on C$$'G+ the Engagement of Anthropology with the US +8 Security and Intelligence Communities (CEAUSSIC), W + submitted to the Executive Board of the American

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Economy Parker, Philip M. The 2009 Afghanistan Economic and Product Market Databook. San Diego: Icon Group, 2009. 597 p. ISBN 0546448399. The #Z3 $IPQ $9>&8PpQ$9<;8P%Q$9O>>PW $Q$9O##9

6H+$$ :+: ($9Q9 I# Three Years Later: a Socio-political Assessment of + # from 2006 to 2009. Kabul: TLO 98+ #/     ,\ )   !  01 2334  56   I http://www.nrc.nl/multimedia/archive/00250/TLO_ [ $ Z Uruzgan_Assessm_250835a.pdf (PDF 4 MB). P' ]#['? 'H '? W+ [$$$ - % 9Q$9;9 * Bijlert, Martine van. “How to Win an Afghan Election: +( Perceptions and Practices.” [Kabul?]: Afghanistan 'H 8 Analysts Network, August 2009. 30 p. http://aan- + afghanistan.com/uploads/2009%20AAN-MvB%20 $* Afghan%20Election.pdf (408 KB). P# $+ PO(*Q + $$ +$8 $ + # # # # $!+8 8+$ ! $+9- W+ + $$ $Q$99 $S $ $9 +# )& $ # : $9 #$ + “Afghanistan: Elections and the Crisis of Governance.” #R:S Kabul/Brussels [Belgium]: International Crisis 8 # $ Group, 2009. 19 p. http://www.crisisgroup.org/ 9G$$   \ ( 750108 7964:870 (PDF +9U 685 KB)9PW _6HS( #$8 +&8##$ $+ $$+$8+ : # +S 9 9U$ $ ]# $ + $ $ #$# community’s commitment to the country’s nascent $+ 9 $$ 9 E $# 9Q ):+ 9 Election results Felbab-Brown, Vanda. “The 2009 Afghanistan # Elections and the Future of Governance.” [Washington, U$ ) E U)E3 D.C.: Brookings] August 13, 2009. 5 p. http://www. http://www.iec.org.af/9 _#+8 $ brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0813_afghanistan_ # 8 elections_felbabbrown.aspx;./<\ 591=>? An +$+* ++ U*U#$3http:// $$Z afghanistanelectiondata.org/data. &9PI:$

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$#Z$+ History ++ $9Q$9>9 Block, Jeremy S. Embracing the Occupiers: Conversations with the Future Leaders of “Joint Monitoring of Political Rights: Presidential Afghanistan and Iraq. Westport, Conn.: Praeger and Provincial Council Elections / AIHRC-UNAMA.” Security International, 2009. x, 196 p. ISBN [Kabul]: United Nations Assistance Mission to 9780313365348 (alk. paper) l 0313365342.P Afghanistan (UNAMA), 2009. 3 v. First report 25 : # C UZ April-12 June 2009 (13 p.)—Second report (iii, 20 O+ p.)—Third report 1 August-21 October 2009 (i, 21 +#O+# p.), http://www.aihrc.org.af/english (PDFs 816 'G+8#8 KB). % + U8 $ I$$ 9Q@+9 elections. Christia, Fontini. “The Closest of Enemies: Matthews, Robert. “Afghan Elections 2009: Alliance Formation in the Afghan and Bosnian Civil Milestone for Progress or Mirror of Malaise.” Oslo: Wars.” May 2008. xiv, 324 leaves Thesis (Ph. D., Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, September 2009. Committee on Higher Degrees in Public Policy), 3 p. http://www.peacebuilding.no/eng/content/ %  666:5069:96+   @\ $ A Harvard University, 2008.PG (+#O8 artcl_AfghMattSept09.pdf (274 KB). P @8*E8-O #$ + $$9 # $ # # ]# $ + #9$ $#+$# $H8#+ H$++ +#+]S $$9 U $ I9 $ $ + # $ +9C# 9 $$ $ + $$S\($$ # ; +# +9 $+O# +S+ :$8#8I@# +9Q # $8 8 + # “A Question of Legitimacy: ’ Perceptions 9 U # # [ about Legitimacy in the Current Karzai Government: [#[[ a Survey.” Kabul: Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM), $9 U $ November 2009. [3] p. http://arm.org.af/index. $#+# ( 7 A  (PDF 336 KB). The results of 8 $+$$ #T$UGTUG #6H+3 (H$#p+$ Z#<$$ $@8G+$ O>$+9 +9Q9 Health Feifer, Gregory. The Great Gamble: the Soviet War in Afghanistan. New York: Harper, c2009. 326 p. “Rapid Assessment of Male Vulnerabilities to HIV and ISBN 9780061143182.G+# Sexual Exploitation in Afghanistan: Final Report.” # Kabul: Naz Foundation International, 30 March 2009. ; 9 W # G+ + 92 p. %%% \  %  ' %  A '9G9 + centre/NFI%20publications/Reports/2009-Final%20 UZ $ 9 G+ ' Afghan%20MSM%20report.pdf (1.49 MB). Between $ %+"8$ + 8 # + : :$ 8 $#+ # _U + 8 9 G+ $ # #686?H(G9 ++8 ;+## +# # H + #+##$$9 8Z#

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        ]  Washington, D.C.: The Middle East Institute, 2009. 352 p. http://www.mei.edu/Portals/0/ Publications/Afghan%201979-2009.pdf (15 MB). E3 U9 G3 U W WO 8 W CH )H TOW(@ 3 (G _ G8 \ HOC C3_8?88GZGOU U$ E ' *H 6# 8 G ? _OE EZ *H 8 ?9 d _O * @ @8 W E+O\ \ @8 COSP@8Q@T9O U+8;&"(>8WE+ ?E+(*O$SG+8 OE E @ C3 $ EW8UOU$U3 'E8d@9 UU9 G3 U$ * ): CO_# T @ )3 #\G;86EOW(G+WU3 _#\8I-O$_3W#?IS EU8G?O3U]8T9O ? % \ p} ?H G ?+ d U8 TH CH ?HOU8 8 -3 # ) ?I E]@C8?G$O-TG$3? W#8U$8U8dO-8*9E#O )O(p\8?96O8 6H8?GOEG8-9EO$G\ W8HH_9 UUU9W3EW$OW$+**H8 -OW-$W(3EC8GE$ ?H *OS *3 C ' ?H8 OW -8@OSGW3_#$ C#)8?+@IOUE)3_$ _ * *+$x $ @IO U G G8 EdOW$HE3P\Q8EG TO-ExEG8GGO)C 8G9 U9 ) *+$3 E W$O' U U 8W6OS%$W$$)8WOG*$3 G?8?OCGd GWW$86O-_?8# \O3W?U$+)8C9CZH9 9G3W$WO\TTxWE+8 GGOSE3Op\8?9GZHO_# _?\-xW):$\#U?8 ~CO-W$*+$W86I?OGE) 8 C9 GO\S 3 C G++ E8 W#_O_SG3CE8%HO\SW$ 3 %$$ %$$x E $O %$$ \ 3 C8C8*8?O?_T?8G$$ HI(?O ) ?3 @ G$ \x \H CO)G8_*$OE+GE?H 8\H9 ?$OGOG@$$9>(O<;9

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$ G+ ' $9 'G @ W?#$T #$++#9 C:]$$+ :$# 9 _ :+ 9: ($ +# # $$ $+$ ]8++$ @$ ++$#+ R+9SQ$9O9 Z9 -? Fitzgerald, Paul. Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold story / by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Hozyainova, Anastasiya and Saeed Parto. “A Pilot Gould. San Francisco: City Lights Books, c2009. x, Study of the Casual Labor [Market] in Kabul.” Kabul, 389 p.ISBN 9780872864948 (pbk.). This account by Afghanistan: Afghanistan Public Policy Research, #:$I [2008?]. 5 p. http://appro.org.af/downloads/Casual_ with a long interest in Labor_Kabul.pdf (111 KB). E8 + $ H $ + ##9 + 'G $$$$ ++ $ # + 9 ES $($$6# wages. P $ -#8-#d Afghanistan Independent +$ Human Rights Commission 9Q (AIHRC) Annual Report 2008. Kabul: AIHRC, 2009. Hopkins, B. D., 1978-. The Making of Modern 70 p. http://www.aihrc. Afghanistan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, org.af/English/eng_pages/ c2008. xix, 258 p. ISBN 9780230554214. reports_eng/Annual_Rep/ : + annual_reports.html. # @S $$G $ + #9 9U $ “Fixing Bagram: Strengthening Detention that the Afghans were Reforms to Align with US Strategic Priorities.” $# Sahr Muhammed Ally. New York: Human Rights ( First, November 2009. 17 p. http://www. $ +9 U8 humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/Fixing-Bagram-110409. it argues that the way the pdf (140 KB). _ C )UE$ +'G $*C 8:$ $ + 9W issues central to the region #+$+ 9 'G8$$+ $9 “Tora Bora Revisited: How we Failed to get Bin Laden 8 and Why it Matters today: a Report to Members of $+ $ 'G $8 the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States $ Senate.” Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing # ,\  63 $+ !  2334  56   http://foreign. $9 senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Tora_Bora_Report.pdf (3.09 MB).P$ The Law on Copyright: the Law to Support the Rights %-Z of Author, Composer, Artist and Researcher. [2008]. :+$9 20 p. PDF (120 KB). -S $ #$$$

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nd Tamang, Ritendra. “Afghan Forced Migration: “An Introduction to the .” 2  \   \       F   ed. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford Law School, 2009. vii, Aid.” Asian Social Science v. 5:1 (January 2009) p. 162 p. http://www.afghanistanlegaleducation.com/ 3-12. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ publications.php (2.6 and1.4 MB). The Afghanistan ass/article/view/496/449 (PDF (240 KB).P$$ -)WI-)W :$ $+9 # #:# $88$88$# "(& 6 '+ Z9Q9 9 + : $$ # %$ + #9 U : E -# E -# # “Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: the Transnational +'-$OD9O&<";!>>O!& Threat of Afghan Opium.” Vienna [Austria]: United €W*C5;>6@79 $ ,\  B    ;E$,B?2334  Moen, Husain and Ahmad Zia Mohammadi. 142 p. http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and- “International Criminal Court (ICC) in Afghanistan: analysis/Afghanistan/Afghan_Opium_Trade_2009_ a Report on the Consultative Meeting on Obligations web.pdf (7.84 MB). $ $$ of Afghanistan under ICC, October 24, 2009.” P%$G+&8Q$ Kabul: Afghanistan Watch, 2009. 23 p. + 1 DVD Z + (3.8 GB). %%% %   \  8 @ ) Report_English.pdf PDF (884 KB). Also available in $ )$8 C8 : a 0 LO )% \\`[ b À , ` _, http:// EU9 %%% %   \  AB  . Afghanistan Opium + Survey 2009. Vienna: 6S E   $  ,\    GUEE Drugs and Crime, 2009. O9 ** $$ 145 p. http://www. # $ $ + unodc.org/unodc/en/ meeting. crop-monitoring/index. “Undue Process: an Examination of Detention and html (PDF 18.0 MB). The Trials of Bagram Detainees in April 2009.” New +# York: Human Rights First, November 2009. 44 p. S $ %%%    \    .CDE D #$$ Process-Afghanistan-web.pdf (1.57 MB). As of $$">=&=9 G$&8D+ Aikins, Matthieu. “The Master of Spin Boldak: @@W#$+89 E +  %    S  B D\'  ? 8 ( Border Police.” Harpers, December 2009 (p. 52-62). #8 W + #z8W9 # $8 Blanchard, Christopher M. Afghanistan: Narcotics and + + US Policy. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009. $ viii, 66 p. PU +$8$ @ ( $+ 8 $ 9 _ S + $$8 :$ ( C +# 8 +# 'G $ $ $ ;9 $ 'G[ $ # # 'G$8$ $8 # $$$8+++$8 were able to challenge 'GE9QW9 89 Peters, Gretchen. Seeds of Terror: how Heroin is Bankrolling the and al Qaeda. St. Martin’s

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Press: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. xvii, 300 p. #$$;; ISBN 9780312379278 (alk. paper), 0312379277 O>$+9<< (alk. paper). @ +# # $ O $+9 ? + 8# :+$9$ intelligence agents, the author traces the success of $$3$ 9 #8Z88 # $$$ 9 G 8 $+ 8 $ #($$ + 6 literacy, etc. ] ( $ # “Police Perception Survey 2009: the Afghan ($ Perspective.” Kabul: UNDP, 2009. 67 p. http:// $:] www.undp.org.af/News/2009/081209_PR_ occurring in Afghanistan. PolicePerceptionSurvey.pdf (1.0 MB). The main Police $$#$+ $$$# Chilton, Scott, Eckart Schiwek, and Tim Bremmers. +$9EG%+#<8;$+ 9 Report.” Kabul: IBF International Consulting in P#$$$ cooperation with Agmin Italy Sri, 2009. 146 p. (PDF +$ ? 4MB). P $ $+ I+ U8U$8+ #+9I+#( 57WW9Q $$$8 P#H$# $+8+$ $ :$ $ ++ :$#;(:$9Q $ 8 $ + # + $ $#+8# +8H $9Q$9;9 $#8+#9):+ “Reforming the Afghan National Police.” Philadelphia, 8$9" Pa.: Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and Legon, Andrew. “Ineffective, Unprofessional, and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), [2009]. iv, 182 Corrupt: the Afghan National Police Challenge.” p. http://www.fpri.org/research/nationalsecurity/ Philadelphia, Pa. [United States]: Foreign Policy afghanpolice/ReformingAfghanNationalPolice.pdf Research Institute (FPRI), 2009. 7 p. http://www.fpri. (159 KB). $ org/enotes/200906.legon.afghannationalpolice. 8 $ html (108 KB).$$++$+ # $ Z8 W #$ $8 9 ; $# ( ( rule of law in Afghanistan. $( +( $ $ 8 ( Murray, Tonita. “The Darkest Hour before the $8 O Dawn?: a Case Study of the Status of Women in the 8 > $+ Afghanistan National Police 2009.” Kabul : Ministry criminal justice sector. of Interior, 2009. 29, 2, 5 p. ( + WT+ *33)ÀÀ) *+ &H )%a c+ H;H[ @_32/ P    S  . ,\   ,+   $  ?==Fa 0c LO \_. [  \    H    W3$ňa /[ and Donor Support to become an Effective Anti- %32G /) [Ĩ*ǹ$_ corruption Institution.” Arlington, Va. [United %ĹŬ%ǹ0 [ \_a 0c LO States]: SIGAR, 2009. iii, 20 p. (PDF 1.77 MB). ?==FH[ @_ H; P $ ($ U < # ;D( $$$'9G9T+S ;" $# (E$G9S_% $[ %+ _%% # W 6H #6 d"+

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$#S +# # ($ *+$ G9 * 8 $ GUT ; +# $+ "8: ' G $ # +$_%%8 9 U # # $$_%% + + 8O'9G9_%%9 $ $$'9G9 $+ $ 8 $+ #9GUT$ ( 68\8*9E9 of women in Parliament. G$ + & # Guistozzi, Antonio. $ + 9Q “The Eye of the Storm: Cities in the Vortex of $9;9 Afghanistan’s Civil Wars.” London: Crisis States Barbi, Barbara. “Innovazione e tradizione nel regime Programme, Crisis States Research Centre, 2009. dei Talebani.” 434 p. (Unpublished thesis from the 25 p. http://www.crisisstates.com/download/wp/ Universita di Bologna, 2001/2002). An account of the wpSeries2/WP62.2.pdf (665 KB). P $ 8 P#(U8Q $ H8 ##: $ # + 9 # $$ $ $$$ 8$ of Afghanistan’s history. $ 9 U $ Dorronsoro, Gilles. “Fixing a Failed Strategy # 8 # in Afghanistan.” Washington, D.C.: Carnegie R $S # Endowment for International Peace, 2009. 41 p. $ %%%   %  \ \I A ]9 + failed_strategy.pdf (PDF 3.55 MB).P 8 8 # + '9G9@ #Z9_#+8$# &+_W+ not just one way. The cities were necessary to the +$#$ R#S# 9C8#$8 $ #+Z9G8 ] $ 9 _#+8 ; + +$$#R#S $$8$W9 # +8 # ( 8+ $# :8 Z RHS # +$#$# 9T+#+ +9Q9 WG “Independent Directorate of Local Governance ) +8 (IDLG) Annual Report 2008-2009.” Kabul: IDLG, 2009. '9G9 + ++ 42 p.$U*-T #9U8UE8# &9#U*-TS $$$$8 $$++ 3 $+ $8$+$# 8+ U*-TW(T+SC8?$ (z # T+ G$$ W8 ?$ 8 $ + W8T+(W 8 + $;O"9 $##9 Jackson, Ashley. “The Cost of War: Afghan #89Q *I      ] 04:1D2334 Q #=! () Fleschenberg, Andrea. Afghanistan’s Parliament [Oxfam], November 2009. 52 p. http://www.oxfam. in the Making: Gendered Understandings and   %%% I \    D D Practices of Politics in a Transitional Country. cost-of-war.pdf (832 KB). P Berlin: Heinrich Boll Stiftung, 2009. 192 p. ; 21 # + :$ cm. ISBN 9783869280066. http://www.boell.de/ + ] 8 audio/publications/Afghanistan_s_Parliament_in_ +H$ the_Making-Endf.pdf (2.42 MB). 8 ;>$+9

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+ :$ 2009. 7 p. http://www.americanprogress.org/ $ ]8 $$ issues/2009/10/afghan_power_brokers.html. % ]+ $$#$$3z + 9 57 ? C8 T GH8 \ 6H ? 6H8 *8 $+ U68668?8 G8 G ? H8 _H $ +# 9P57$$$ :$9 I$$9'9G9 8 #$#:(# fully articulate Afghan ++8+ :$] + $ 9 % # + # + S $# $ # # $ + $ 9_#+8H# 9Q $## \9 $$ $ 9Q Karthikeya, Raja. “The Danger to Afghan \ Democracy.” 8 September 2009. 3 p. Published in ‘Open Democracy News Analysis,” www. Qassem, Shayeq. “Afghanistan: Imperatives of opendeomcracy.net/article/email/the-dangers-to- Stability Misperceived.” Iranian Studies v. 42:2 afghan-democracy (PDF 84 KB).E (April 2009) p. [247]-274. P? + +9 + $ + international community in Afghanistan, yet the “Local governance: IDLG newsletter.” Kabul: Islamic +8 Republic of Afghanistan, Independent Directorate of :$## Local Governance. Also published in Dari: ) &_ account. The worsening situation in Afghanistan \ _.$#+ $ 8 $ $+ + $ + $++9)'+9;9?& $ 8 +9;9+&9 $ Majeed, Sana. “Pakistani Interests vis-à-vis the AfPak ($ $ Strategy and Broader Implications for a Regional #+9\# Solution.” Oslo [Norway]: Norwegian Peacebuilding x Centre, August 2009. 9 p. http://www.peacebuilding. $ no/eng/content/download/21211/87680/version/4/ $ \ $ A AF'  AH    A 34 + pdf (324 KB). PG + #W +$$ %8 9Q W[+( 9 8#$ Rais, Rasul Bux. $9'G$$WS Recovering the Frontier engagement in the region require a number of State: War, Ethnicity, W9_#+8# and State in Afghanistan. 'G W + $$ Lanham, MD: Lexington # + W +S Books, c2008.xi, 237 p. #W8'G ISBN 9780739109564. W H + WS+##US 9 U W $ +$$ 8$+ on what went wrong in WS+9Q9 # PF\     F%  >'  .” [Washington, D.C.?]: Center for American Progress, October $$8

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+#8 + 'G 8 +$#$ #9 9 U # D( Khosa, Raspal. “A Long and Winding Road: Australia’s GC+8 Role in Building an .” Barton, + Z %!UGC 'G ACT, Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Insitute +$PZ9QU$ (ASPI), August 2009. 20 p. (Strategic insights / $+# Australian Strategic Policy Insitute). http://www. # %!UGC [ $ UGC! aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details. $8888  I(  HB7226 (PDF 1.99 MB). $$ 9QOU9 : * Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan C $$ # Field / editor, Antonio Giustozzi. London: Hurst, + 2009. xii, 318 p. ISBN 9781850659617. $ 9 #$##$ McChrystal, Stanley A. “Commander’s Initial +8 $ $+ Assessment, 30 August 2009.” [Kabul?]: NATO 9 E3 E$ ;9 P International Security Assistance Force [ISAF], 2009. %$ 8Q T G9 WO9 P ca. 70 p. http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/ 8Qd OO9 P politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109. 68-\8Q?  (  7/2334342336053 An initial assessment of %Z)O>9P-WSU3 the military situation in Afghanistan by the incoming _ZZ#)8 %UGC'G9 U G8Q O<9 P*8TH8Q Younossi, Obaid. The Long March: Building an E$@pOD9P Afghan National Army. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, _3%_8QEO9P' 2009. xviii, 65 p. ISBN 9780833046680 (pbk.: E W# G3 alk. paper), 0833046683 (pbk.: alk. paper). #'H8Q?+@IN"9P ~3 \S 8Q ## +9 ~#O&9 P\ $S$ 6S8Q 888$ T GO;9 $9U#+3( P S ?3 +##'9G98%8[ _8 C8 @ $+'9G9[$([ T8Q $$+ THHO;;9 P + $ + 9 E( the ANA has come a long way since the outset of the 68Q *+ 6O ]8 ;9 P ):$ 8$' 8Q G$$ G8 # $ HI ?O 8 $ ;O9 P( W8QEC9 $9 “Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Zaidi, Syed Manzar Abbas. The New Taliban: Afghanistan: Background and Analysis,” by Moshe Emergence and Ideological Sanctions. Hauppauge, Schwartz. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, c2009. 64 p. ISBN Service (CRS), 2009. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/ 9781606928820 (pbk.), 1606928821 (pbk.). P natsec/R40764.pdf (most recent version). '$ H + G$ & ;< $9 #H8 *;>8&<$99 W98]8+ +WS8H Kagan, Frederick W, and Kimberly Kagan. #$9W “Afghanistan Force Requirements.” Washington, 8 D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy H H 9 Research, 19 September 2009. 46 p. http://www.aei. 8 8 # 9Q org/docLib/20090921-Kagan-Afghanistan.pdf (3.11 W9 MB). $$I'G$

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