Perspectives on reconciliation options in Afghanistan: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, July 27, 2010.
Perspectives on reconciliation options in Afghanistan: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, July 27, 2010.
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In this timely and thorough volume, Michael Semple analyzes the rationale and effectiveness post-2001 attempts at reconciliation in Afghanistan. He explains the poor performance of these attempts and argues that rethinking is necessary if reconciliation is to help revive prospects for peace and stability in Afghanistan.
This paper reports on the results of its interviews with high-ranking officials among the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to the information released by RUSI, the Taliban is prepared to renounce its past ties to al-Qaeda, agree to a ceasefire and end its 11-year conflict with NATO forces. In exchange for allowing it a role in the government of the country, it is prepared to allow U.S. military bases to remain on Afghan soil. This paper, which does not feature an abstract or formal conclusion, outlines how the senior Taliban officials would anticipate such steps being carried out.
"In May of 2010 Tuft University's Institute for Global Leadership gathered a select group of Afghan politicians and military officials, Pakistani journalists and scholars, United Nations officials, diplomats, humanitarian workers, and U.S. military representative to discuss on the opportunities for, and obstacles to, security and political reconciliation in Afghanistan. This report presents a summary of that meeting"--Publisher's description.