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Notwithstanding the richness of the existing plethora of literature, they do not take a comprehensive view of current Afghan impasse and do not focus on the dynamics and fate of the Afghan state in this contemporary phase of transition. What is needed is a comprehensive analysis of the progress and the pitfalls of the process and suggest some workable responses to the problem of Afghanistan, which is the basic objective of this research.
To achieve the above-mentioned objective, the work seeks to answer the following questions.
l What were the causes of protracted conflict in Afghanistan and how
was it perpetuated?
l What are the consequences of such prolonged conflict upon the state institutions and infrastructure of Afghanistan?
l How have external actors helped perpetuate the conflict?
l What are the major challenges for nation-building in contemporary
Afghanistan?
l Are the peace-building efforts in Afghanistan addressing the issues of
reconciliation and social rehabilitation, effectively, to end ongoing
hostilities?
l What are the measures that would constitute a workable response?
Although the study looks back into the history of conflict, yet the timeframe of the study is kept limited to the high–intensity period of the conflict from 1979 till 2001, i.e. the period of Soviet intervention, phase of Mujahideen rule and the Taleban regime. However, conflict in Afghanistan cannot be ascribed to Soviet intervention of 1979 as is often erroneouslydone. Itanalysesthe9/11phenomenonandalsolooksatthe post-2001 developments to analyse the process of conflict resolutions, nation-building and peace-building initiatives adopted till date.
The first half of the book is a historical survey to understand the problem of the Afghan state and the dynamics of state formation, collapse and state-building in Afghanistan has been attempted through a descriptive-analytical method. The same methodology is also used to study the Afghan conflict, politics of global interests, and the regional politics which have helped perpetuate the conflict.
In the later half, the attempt is to search for a workable response to end the current crisis and to build sustainable socio-political and economic institutions.
To be continued...