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... Afghanistan: Reconciliation plans, tribal leaders and civil society by Thomas Kirk ... of understanding Afghanistan's social context and ordinary Afghan's opinions" when he himself may belie a lack of knowledge therein. For ...

Journal Article - Jan 4 2011 - 11:28am - 10 comments

... This paper presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a manner that achieves U.S. objectives in Afghanistan. This ... Northern Alliance based government. This is the target of Reconciliation, and if the ISSUES (not the men or groups) driving this ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... exercised near-genocidal levels of violence against the Afghan population, as did the Nazis in occupied Russia. Neither was attempting ... lot of Catholics in Ireland stopped fighting because of a reconciliation process. That process was in part brought about by events like ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... silly. Our way of life is American... not Iraqi, Egyptian, Afghan, etc, etc, etc... ... but then... what do I know... I am not a ... be subjugated to efforts that focus on identification and reconciliation of the principle issues of the Taliban and the subsuquent ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments

... have to wonder why Army SF is specifically tasked for the Afghan Commando and CDI training/equipping mission. Must be those evil Tab ... main effort focused on political reform (new constitution, reconciliation with Taliban govt in exile, end of Karzai stranggle hold on all ...

Journal Article - Dec 13 2009 - 10:25am - 77 comments

... to live with and try manage the problems (or allow the Afghan government to manage its problems) especially given the complexity of ... leadership for the taliban (the target of Karzai's reconciliation program) want to keep it going and as long as the Coalition is ...

Blog entry - Jul 18 2010 - 6:08am - 66 comments - 0 attachments

... support the growth in capacity and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and facilitate improvements in ... lane to "fix" the government of Afghanistan? To demand reconciliation and the coming together of all stakeholders to craft a new and ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... Sniper). Nor have I been a proponent of the ridiculous reconciliation program. There is absolutely no point of similarity between the ... that is, the increased religious radicalization of the Afghan Taliban given the protracted nature of the campaign and the prolonged ...

Journal Article - Dec 11 2010 - 9:53am - 67 comments

... group is anti-slavery (a modern concept)? (Attempts at reconciliation having failed and both sides of the population now willing to go ... population want the bomb. b. Large segments of the Afghan population want all NATO forces to leave yesterday. c. Large ...

Blog entry - Jun 13 2010 - 7:00am - 69 comments - 0 attachments

... so through a kleptocratic, illegitimate, and unaccountable Afghan national government (GIRoA) will not succeed. This conceptual error is ... that creates a dictatorship. This must be coupled with reconciliation of THE ISSUES driving the insurgency with the leadership of the ...

Journal Article - Oct 13 2010 - 1:39pm - 60 comments