Strangers across the Amu river : community perceptions along the Tajik-Afghan borders / Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Kosimsho Iskandarov, and Abdul Ahad Mohammadi.

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  • Pamphlet DS365. T335 2015
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Contents: Summary and recommendations—1. The context : borders security and the human factor—2. The findings—3. Implications for reconceptualizing central Asian border security—4. Voices from the borders : recommendations from communities—5. Appendixes—About the authors—Acknowledgements.
Summary: Summary: “Securing a total of 2387 km river-border they share with Afghanistan is high on the national security agenda of the three Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, concerned as they are about any potential trespassing of traffickers, extremists and terrorists. But borders are not only physical barriers, they also consist of spaces inhabited by people who once consisted of the same family or kin groups before nation states came into existence. They often have a different perception than do policy makers sitting in distant capitals of what the border represents in terms of threats and opportunities…”—(page summary).
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Contents: Summary and recommendations—1. The context : borders security and the human factor—2. The findings—3. Implications for reconceptualizing central Asian border security—4. Voices from the borders : recommendations from communities—5. Appendixes—About the authors—Acknowledgements.

Summary: “Securing a total of 2387 km river-border they share with Afghanistan is high on the national security agenda of the three Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, concerned as they are about any potential trespassing of traffickers, extremists and terrorists. But borders are not only physical barriers, they also consist of spaces inhabited by people who once consisted of the same family or kin groups before nation states came into existence. They often have a different perception than do policy makers sitting in distant capitals of what the border represents in terms of threats and opportunities…”—(page summary).

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