Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance

Abstract

The central government's limited writ and its perceived corruption are helping sustain a Taliban insurgency and painting President Hamid Karzai as a weak leader. However, factional and ethnic differences have remained confined to political debate, the largest regional strongmen have been marginalized, and Karzai is focused on reversing the perception of security deterioration in the runup to his re-election bid in the fall of 2009. See CRS Report RL30588, Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, by Kenneth Katzman.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 28, 2008
Accession Number
ADA487514

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Agreements
  • Alliances
  • Department Of State
  • Elections
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Political Parties
  • Security
  • Speed Regulators
  • Supreme Court

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.