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Separating the Taliban from Al-Qaeda: The Core of Success in Afghanistan | A CIC Study

Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn are researchers and writers based in Kandahar. They have worked in Afghanistan since 2006, focusing on the Taliban insurgency and the history of southern Afghanistan over the past four decades. This paper published by CIC, expands on the following key findings:

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Is a Regional Pact to Stabilize Afghanistan Possible?

At the London Conference on Afghanistan held on January 28, 2010, the government of Afghanistan and the international community stated that regionally owned and steered initiatives stood the best chance of success. President Karzai and President Obama echoed that theme during the former’s May 2010 visit to Washington – their joint statement “underscored the importance of regional cooperation in promoting regional security and in combating illicit financial, criminal, and terrorist networks.”

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Tom Gregg
South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Drug Production and Trafficking, Counterdrug Policies, and Security and Governance in Afghanistan

This report by Jonathan Caulkins, Mark Kleiman, and Jonathan Kulick contributes to the ongoing debate about counter-narcotics policies in Afghanistan, and in relation to counter-insurgency operations by adding a heretofore missing element–applied economic analysis of the effect of counter-narcotics policies. It does so by applying to a stylized depiction of the Afghan situation a standard model that economists and policy analysts have applied to a large range of policy areas.

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Jun 01, 2010
Jonathan Caulkins, Mark Kleiman, Jonathan Kulick
South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project