2014/01/01 by Sulaiman Sadia · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East #Peacebuilding and International Security #Political Conflict and Governance
paper · pdf · doi:10.32657/10356/62530
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The objective of this thesis is to analyze why the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan emerged despite lack of support from the Afghan people on the one hand and significant external assistance on the other.The study argues that the weaknesses in the post-conflict reconstruction framework developed at the Bonn Conference of December 2001 (Bonn-I), followed by inadequate implementation of the framework, resulted in the revival of the Taliban-led insurgency.The UN-brokered agreement negotiated at Bonn was the beginning of a process to bring an end to the conflict in Afghanistan and it was aimed at promoting national reconciliation, sustainable peace and stability and to ensure respect for human rights in Afghanistan.Under the auspices of Bonn-I, the international community initiated a process of post-conflict reconstruction on both security and non-