Afghan civil society and a comprehensive peace process / Lisa Schirch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: (Peace brief ; 99)Publication details: Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2011.Description: 5 pages ; 31 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS371.4. S35 2011
Summary: Summary: “A successful, legitimate and sustainable approach to peace in Afghanistan requires the inclusion of Afghan civil society and their interests. For the most part, Afghan peace negotiations exclude representatives of civil society and center on a narrow agenda featuring concerns of armed groups. Attempts at a quick fix settlement could compromise the foundations of durable peace, resulting in more costs to the jinternational community, and more death and destruction on the ground…”—(page 1).

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“July 21, 2011”—at the head of title.

Summary: “A successful, legitimate and sustainable approach to peace in Afghanistan requires the inclusion of Afghan civil society and their interests. For the most part, Afghan peace negotiations exclude representatives of civil society and center on a narrow agenda featuring concerns of armed groups. Attempts at a quick fix settlement could compromise the foundations of durable peace, resulting in more costs to the jinternational community, and more death and destruction on the ground…”—(page 1).

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