Afghanistan: Challenges and Options for Reconstructing a Stable and Moderate State
Abstract
The U.S.-led effort to end Afghanistan's role as host to Osarna bin Laden and other anti-western Islamic terrorists requires not only the defeat of the Taliban but also the reconstmction of a stable, effective, and ideologically moderate Afghan state. Otherwise, the country could continue to be a potential base for teuorism and a source of regional instability. An important beginning was made with the December 22, 2001, installation of a muhi-ethnic intenm Afghan administrntion under Hami Karzai, following U.N.-sponsored negotiations in Bonn, Gen%any. An ethnic Pushtun with ties to the fbn%er royal lamily, Karzai has gained the nominal support of major regional warlords, but his leadership remains dangerously dependent on his status as a compromise figure. who can attract foreign assistance while not posing a threat to the warlords and other an%ed contenders for power. Moreover, the viability ofthe process set in motion in Bonn has yet to be established, especially the outcome of an Emergency T%%'a iiiga (%%Grand Council") which is to appoint a Transitional Authority in June 2002, with the task of drafting a new constitution, and the holding of national elections by about December 2003.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 24, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA476223
Entities
People
- Richard P. Cronin
Organizations
- Library of Congress