Reconstructing Afghanistan : Prospects And Limitations
Contents: Introduction. I. Conflict and peace-building in Afghanistan: the experience so far: 1. Thanking of security in the shadow of conflict/Binoda Kumar Mishra. 2. Challenges and dilemmas of reconstruction and institution building: social, economic and political factors/Shahmahmood Miakhel. 3. State-building and stabilization in Afghanistan--design constraints to effectiveness/Shakti Sinha. 4. Indigenisation of Afghan reconstruction/Jamal Rehman. 5. Challenges of peace-building in Afghanistan/Sanaullah Tasal. 6. The geo-political dynamics of Afghanistan and the American strategic perspective/Sanjeev Bhadauria. 7. America\'s coming war in Afghanistan: the bloody Iraq model/Jagmohan Meher. II. Regional approaches to peace in Afghanistan: 8. Developing a regional approach to development and security in Afghanistan/Gulshan Sachdeva. 9. Role and relevance of the region in Afghanistan/Aunohita Mojumdar. 10. Idea and politics of reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan/Vishal Chandra. 11. Empowering grassroots through capacity building measures: Indian initiatives in Afghanistan/Mondira Dutta. 12. The Afghan cauldron beyond Kabul/P.L. Dash. 13. Afghanistan: a security challenge for Eurasia/Sreemati Ganguli. III. Mitigating war effects through development interventions: 14. Development interventions in Afghanistan/Abdul Rahman Ulfat Mahmoodi. 15. Ownership of policy-making in an aid-dependent country: formulation of Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS): a case study/Sayed Muhammad Shah. 16. Mitigating war effects and promoting peace-building through an effective education system in Afghanistan: pitfalls and development/Alef Shah Zadran. 17. The involvement of Jirga system and role of community based councils in reconstruction of Afghanistan/Farhat Akram. Index.
The volume focuses on how domestically driven processes can be designed to work in Afghanistan and similar contexts starting with the attributes of such an approach of Afghanization why some programmes worked and others did not during the 2001-08 period; and suggest some ways forward. The discussions revolve around the themes such as peace-building in post-conflict contexts challenges and dilemmas of reconstruction and institution-building, progress and pitfalls of the reconstruction and state-building 2001-08 mitigating war effects through development interventions, regional approaches to peace and a grass roots approach to capacity building in Afghanistan. The book may be useful for research scholars policy makers and the readers having interest in South Asia.
The volume focuses on how domestically driven processes can be designed to work in Afghanistan and similar contexts starting with the attributes of such an approach of Afghanization why some programmes worked and others did not during the 2001-08 period; and suggest some ways forward. The discussions revolve around the themes such as peace-building in post-conflict contexts challenges and dilemmas of reconstruction and institution-building, progress and pitfalls of the reconstruction and state-building 2001-08 mitigating war effects through development interventions, regional approaches to peace and a grass roots approach to capacity building in Afghanistan. The book may be useful for research scholars policy makers and the readers having interest in South Asia.
