The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan by Hodes, Cyrus and Sedra, Mark - 2007

Abingdon, Oxon, England, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2007. Presumed first edition/first printintg. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 118, [2] p. Glossary. Illustrations. Notes. Adelphi Papers, 391. By the middle of 2007, Afghans had become increasingly disillusioned with a state-building process that had failed to deliver the peace dividend that they were promised. For many Afghans, the most noticeable change in their lives since the fall of the Taliban has been an acute deterioration in security conditions. Whether it is predatory warlords, the Taliban-led insurgency, the burgeoning narcotics trade or general criminality, the threats to the security and stability of Afghanistan are manifold. The response to those threats, both in terms of the international military intervention and the donor-supported process to rebuild the security architecture of the Afghan state, known as security-sector reform (SSR), has been largely insufficient to address the task at hand. NATO has… Read More