Afghanistan: Identity, Society and Politics since 1980

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Over the last three decades Afghanistan has been plagued by crisis - from Soviet invasion in 1979 and Taliban rule to US invasion following the events of 9/11. Here the top specialists on Afghanistan, including Olivier Roy, Ahmad Rashid and Jonathan Goodhand, provide a unique overview of the evolution, causes and future of the Afghan crisis. Covering political and military events and examining the role of ethnic groups, religious and ideological factors and the role of the leaders and war chiefs of the period - from the anti-Soviet resistance to the presidency of Hamid Karzai - this book will prove essential reading to all interested in Afghanistan and the wider Middle East region. Examining recent events in the light of the country's economy, Afghan civil society, cultural heritage and state reconstruction attempts, this is a comprehensive and diverse look at a country whose recent history has been marked by internal conflicts and foreign intervention. Front Cover Title page Copyright page Table of Contents Preface Introduction Map of Afghanistan Part I. The Pdpa Regime, 1978–89 1. The Bridge on the Amu Darya 2. All Roads Lead to Rome 3. The Geopolitical Stakes from the Soviet Point of View 4. Pakistan on the Frontline 5. The Land Reform of 1979 and Its Aftermath 6. The Kabul Government Institutions 7. What Is Becoming of the Kyrgyz in Turkey? 8. The Afghan Situation in Summer 1987 9. Towards a Soviet Withdrawal? 10. Afghan Women Today 11. Pakistan and the Afghan Issue 12. Afghanistan: An American View 13. The Political Reconstruction of Afghanistan: The Hazaras a
Hundred Years after Abdur Rahman 14. The Russians Ready to Intervene in Afghanistan at France’s
Request: A Century Ago Part II. The Mujahedeen Moment, 1990–95 15. Finding a Political Solution: Rejection or Participation 16. Pakistan’s Afghan Policy: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
Mushahid Hussain 17. Afghanistan and the Arab World 18. Consociationalism and Afghan Political Order 19. The Reconstitution of the Afghan State 20. Afghan Women View the Future 21. Herat: A Model and an Opportunity for Afghanistan 22. Reflections on the Political Development since the Fall of the
PDPA Regime 23. From Pashtunistan to Central Asia: Pakistan’s Afghan Policy 24. The Instability of Power 25. Ethnicity Cannot Be the Basis for a Common Policy: The
Hazara Failure in the Struggle for Afghanistan 26. Some Reflections on the Pashtunistan Problem Part III. Afghanistan Under The Taliban, 1996–2001 27. Regional Impact of the Taliban Breakthrough 28. The Taliban: Fundamentalist, Traditionalist or Totalitarian? 29. The Kabul Museum under the Taliban 30. Greater Afghanistan: A Missed Chance? 31. The End of US Policy Towards Afghanistan? 32. The Taliban: The New Forces of Law and Order in Afghanistan 33. The Taliban: Revolutionary Dynamic and Regional Environment 34. The Impact of the Taliban on the Afghan Economy 35. The Culture of Music in the Afghan Transnational Community 36. Afghanistan’s War Economy and Global Reach 37. Farewell to the Buddhas of Bamiyan Part IV. After The Taliban 38. Afghanistan after the Taliban 39. Ethnicity and Politics in Afghanistan: The Role Played by Setam-e melli 40. Ahmad Shah Massoud: The Man Behind the Legend 41. Reconstituting State Power in Afghanistan 42. A Bad Start to Reconstruction 43. Letter to a Father: Bashfulness and Emotion in the Midst of
Migration 44. Agriculture in Afghanistan: A Contribution to a Better Understanding 45. Afghanistan and Pakistan 46. The New Afghan Constitution 47. What Went Wrong? Humanitarianism in Crisis in Afghanistan 48. Five Theses on the Structural Instability of Afghanistan 49. Founding a New Islamic State in Afghanistan 50. Making a Presidential System Work 51. The Uzbeks of Afghanistan since the End of Taliban Rule 52. How Many Nomads Are There in Afghanistan? 53. Campaign Harvests: Media Coverage of the Presidential Elections of October 2004 54. Buzkashi Then and Now 55. Processes of Political Ethnicization in Today’s Afghanistan 56. Order and Justice in Afghanistan: Some Reflections on the
Problem of Amnesty Part V. An Evolving Future 57. The Afghan Roots of the Neo-Taliban Movement 58. Soviets and Westerners in Afghanistan: What Elements of
Continuity? 59. NGOs and Afghanistan: New Challenges, Old Dilemmas 60. State Administration and Local Power Brokers in Afghanistan’s Provinces 61. Afghanistan and the Global Failure of Counter-Narcotics 62. President Obama and the Future of US Policy in Afghanistan 63. A Muted Voice? Religious Actors and Civil Society in Post-2001 Afghanistan 64. Defending Urban Heritage 65. The Hazaras in Afghanistan: Origins and Linguistic Evidence 66. The Future of the Afghan National Army: Problems and
Reforms 67. Afghan Cultural Heritage as Seen by the Afghans 68. Will the US Achieve a Permanent Military Presence in Afghanistan? 69. Afghanistan 2011: An Archipelago of Sovereignties 70. Negotiating with the Taliban 71. Towards a New Civil War? Western Withdrawal and the
Dynamics of Regionalization 72. Young Afghanistani Refugees in Iran: Professional Training,
Work and Perspectives 73. China and Afghanistan: A New Phase? 74. Afghanistan 2014: Another Excuse for Yet More Disaster? Main Afghan Mujahedeen Parties Chronology List of Acronyms List of Contributors Index