Afghanistan : Politics, Elections, and Government Performance / Kenneth Katzman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Congressional Research Service, 2009.Description: [4] unnumbered pages, 22 pages : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781116265279
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS371.3. K389 2009
Summary: Summary: “The Afghan government’s limited writ and widespread official corruption are helping sustain a Taliban insurgency, and have fed pessimism about the Afghanistan stabilization effort. However, president Hamid Karzai has been able to confine ethnic disputes to political competition by engaging in compromises with major faction leaders, combined with occasional moves to weaken them. This strategy has enabled Karzai to focus on trying, with limited success to date, to win over members of his ethnic Pashtun…”—(page summary).
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Cover title.
“August 17, 2009”.

“This report describes fundamental politics in Afghanistan including the post-Taliban transition and political landscape, government capacity and performance, and the 2009 elections”—back cover.

“CRS report for Congress”.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: “The Afghan government’s limited writ and widespread official corruption are helping sustain a Taliban insurgency, and have fed pessimism about the Afghanistan stabilization effort. However, president Hamid Karzai has been able to confine ethnic disputes to political competition by engaging in compromises with major faction leaders, combined with occasional moves to weaken them. This strategy has enabled Karzai to focus on trying, with limited success to date, to win over members of his ethnic Pashtun…”—(page summary).

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