Publikation
Afghanistan - Conflict Areas, Challenges and Entry Points for Peace Building
Desk Study for the German Development Service (DED).
Reasons for a peace and conflict analysis:
The German Development Service/Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) is working in Afghanistan also in the field of peace building and conflict transformation. The Civilian Peace Service is a specific instrument supporting these processes. But other programmes could also contribute to peace building and conflict transformation processes. The implementation of DED’s development work is closely linked to local and international partner organisations.
So the question is: What could the specific contribution from development Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working in Afghanistan in the field of peace building and conflict transformation be in the area:
• to reduce violent conflicts;
• to prevent new violent conflict;
• to heel the wounds of former violence; and/ or
• to support a sustainable peace building in Afghanistan?
Contents (extracts):
0. Introduction......................................................3
1. Summary..............................................6
2. Challenge 1: State and Government Building.......................9
3. Challenge 2: Security........................................................17
4. Challenge 3: Economy and corruption.................................................20
5. Challenge 4: Drug economy....................................................................23
6. Challenge 5: Tension between centre and periphery.................................25
7. General obstacles, challenges and entry points for development NGOs in peace building....29