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                                                 Reconstructing Peace in Afghanistan By:  Omar Zakhilwal
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Emergency Loya Jirga: Facts and Figures by Jan Mohammad, Institute for Afghan Studies
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Afghanistan's Reconstruction Needs a Scientific Approach
 By Dr. G. Rauf Roashan  While many politicians in Afghanistan and worldwide use the issue of Afghanistan's reconstruction for a variety of their own agendas, little has happened on the ground in Afghanistan to better the lot of its people or open up opportunities for its future development. Most of the money pledged for reconstruction still remains as pledges. Technicians and material are still awaited to be organized and utilized for the purpose. One of the tactics for reconstruction aid to Afghanistan has been highlighted by a report that Japan wants to use Kandahar as one of its reconstruction aid programs to Afghanistan. The idea of adopting provinces and regions as a tactic in delivering of assistance seems worth serious consideration. And all of the above require economic development planning based on scientific principles. The transitional government will do well to embark upon such planning and soon... more»

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  Thinking Models: Rebuilding a Nation
Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan By Center for Economic and Social Rights (75 pages)
National Develoopment Framework prepared for the Afghan Assistance Coordination Authority (AACA) (Draft copy)
Federal Options for Afghanistan October 2001
Loya Jirga by Dr. Rauf Roashan Dari Version

The Special Model of Provisional Government for Afghanistan by Dr. Nour Ali for Minister of Finance
Reconstruction and Peace building in a Regional Framework by Barnet Rubin, Ashraf Ghani, 
The Afghan Vortex By Elie Krakowski
White Paper 2000 by The Afghan Foundation
The Afghan Foundation's White Paper or Dark Paper by Dr. Hassan Kakar
The conceptual approaches of Kazakhstan to resolving the situation in Afghanistan Madina B. Jarbussynova
Don't Make Afghanistan a Victim Yet Again by Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Institute for Afghan Studies Alternative Leadership and Governance Arrangements
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The Afghan Political Landscape by Dr. Hassan Kakar
Afghan Loya Jirga by Noorullah Khan
Tradition Versus Ideology by Juma Khan Sufi
Play the King by Dr. Rauf Roashan
  Seminars: 
Alternative Leadership and Governance Arrangements  ROUNDTABLE ON AFGHANISTAN: Governance Scenarios and Canadian Policy Options Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa 12 October, 2001
Afghans Explain Afghanistan By Los Angeles Times

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Afghanistan, the taliban and the united state the role of human rights in western foreign policy  By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed NEW
Pakistan's Role in Creating and Sustaining Afghan Misery
An Introduction of Taliban by Kawun Kakar, Institute for Afghan Studies
Watch Pakistan by Dr. Rauf Roashan
Taliban: Flux in an Old Relationship by Tara Kartha, Research Fellow at IDSA
  Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance, A Brief Introduction by Jan Mohammad, Institute for Afghan Studies
The Northern Alliance, Iran, and Russia; Fueling the Afghanistan's War Taliban Wipes Out Opium Production Jim Teeple Jalalabad

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  Aid Management
  UN commissioner warns of Afghan starvation threat  By Guardian, 14 Oct. 2001 NEW
  The Politics Of Abandonment by Sima Wali
  Pakistan: Harassment and police brutality against Afghan refugees Amnesty International
  Unveiling the Taleban Dress Codes Are Not the Issue, New Study Finds By Sonia Shah
 
Thinking about Aid Management and Peace Building in Afghanistan by Ms. Farahnaz Karim

Taliban - Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmad Rashid
To Get at the Taleban, Apply Pressure on Pakistan
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) worked in tandem with Pakistan to create the "monster" that is today Afghanistan's ruling Taliban by Selig S. Harrison 
Stealthy Arabisation of Afghanistan By Dr. Rasool Amin
King Can Unify Afghanistan By Moni Bausi Atlantic Journal Staff
Afghanistan Veers Towards Chaos BBC
Central Asia's Great Game Turned on its Head  NEW The Great Game, the fabled race for power and influence in Central Asia, has been turned on its head by the U.S.-led "war on terror" that is rallying the whole world against Afghanistan

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  National Treasures:
Eisenhower in Kabul  New York Times see Foreign Affairs Page
From Glory to Plunder By The Flouran Wali
Taliban Edict that Brought the Bamyan Statues Down
How the Precious Statues of Afghanistan Got Destroyed A Chronology of Events
Pakistan's Foreign Minister tries to shift the blame away from the Taliban
Counting chickens Legions of aid and humanitarian workers are readying for the task of rebuilding Afghanistan. Nyier Abdou wonders if they are jumping the gun
NEW Afghan Currency worth more with the fall of Mazar
Economy Overview
The Afghan Economy in the war and pre-war periods by Abdul Aziz Babakarkhail, Institute for Afghan Studies
Afghanistan: Natural Resources and Energy
Reconstruction: Key Problems
Afghanistan: Return, Repatriation,  Reconstruction By Louis Dupree
Prospects for a post-Taliban Afghanistan By Paul Burton, South Asian editor, Jane's Sentinel
Afghan Economy: Past, Present & Future By Omar Zakhilwal, Institute for Afghan Studies 
The Political Economy of War and Peace in Afghanistan By Barnett R. Rubin


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