Author: Mūsá K̲h̲ān JalālzīPublisher:
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Afghanistan's Internal Security Threats
Author: Mūsá K̲h̲ān JalālzīPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Afghanistan; Postwar [sic] Diplomacy and Internal Security Threats
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Author: Afghan National Army
Author: Mūsá K̲h̲ān JalālzaʼīPublisher:
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Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Afghanistan
Author: Securing Tyrants Or Fostering Reform?
Author: Seth G. JonesPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833040189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The United States has provided assistance to the security forces of a number of repressive states that do not share its political ideals. This practice raises several questions, the answers to which have significant policy implications: Has U.S. assistance improved the effectiveness of internal security forces in countering security threats? Has it improved the accountability and human rights records of these forces? What is the relationship between improving security and improving accountability and human rights? This study addresses these questions by examining the results of U.S. assistance to four states: El Salvador, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. U.S. assistance to El Salvador improved the accountability and human rights practices of the Salvadoran police but not their effectiveness as violent crime rates soared. In Uzbekistan, programs focused on counterproliferation, export control, and specific investigatory techniques were effective. But autocracy and repression by Uzbek officials, including security forces, have increased in recent years. Assistance to Afghanistan has somewhat improved the accountability and human rights practices of Afghan security forces. The vast majority of serious human rights abuses in the country are now committed by insurgent groups and warlords. In Pakistan, the U.S. government has not paid significant attention to the implications of its security assistance for the improvement of accountability and human rights, in large part because these goals have not been a focus of that assistance. Overall, these analyses suggest that efforts to improve the effectiveness, human rights, and accountability of internal security forces are more likely to be successful when states are transitioning from repressive to democratic systems. In addition, several factors are critical for success: the duration of assistance, viability of the justice system, and support and buy-in from the local government (including key ministries).
The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Author: Cyrus HodesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134975244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
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 struggled to find the troops and equipment it requires to complete its Afghan mission and the SSR process, from its outset, has been severely under-resourced and poorly directed. Compounding these problems, rampant corruption and factionalism in the Afghan government, particularly in the security institutions, have served as major impediments to reform and a driver of insecurity. This paper charts the evolution of the security environment in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, assessing both the causes of insecurity and the responses to them. Through this analysis, it offers some suggestions on how to tackle Afghanistan’s growing security crisis.
The Regional Security Puzzle around Afghanistan
Author: Helena Rytövuori-ApunenPublisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN: 3847409123
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Western military presence wanes in Afghanistan and a transformed security environment challenges borders and stability in Central Asia. This book examines how the tensions relating to the reorganization of external military presence interact with regional states’ ambitions and challenge the borders already contested by numerous dividing lines. It studies a complex political landscape across which radical Islam connected with international terrorism is feared to spread as the international mission initiated in the wake of the 9/11 attacks winds down.
The Spectre of Afghanistan
Author: Amin SaikalPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788317661
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Aiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country's past and present instability and how this impacts and is conceptualised by its neighbours as well as by international heavyweights such as Russia, China and the United States. Given Afghanistan's extensive cross-border ethnic, linguistic, sectarian and cultural ties with its neighbours – whatever transpires in the war-torn country is bound to have regional and global security implications. This study focuses on the current formal and informal defensive policies the states of Central Asia may or may not have in place in the event of the Afghan situation deteriorating further or the Taliban-led insurgency substantially widening their influence. The book also considers the positions and policy responses of three influential actors in the region: Russia, China and the United States. It assesses the convergence of interests between these great powers in stabilising Afghanistan, and their divergence of geopolitical objectives in the region. With President Donald Trump unpredictably upheaving American policy in Afghanistan, an assertive Russia continuing to expand its influence across Central Asia and China seeking to have a wider economic and security role in the region, this book offers a timely assessment of an internationally-important topic.
Threats to External and Internal Security of Pakistan In the Age of Globalization
Author: Zain Ul Abiden MalikPublisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3389067868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Diploma Thesis from the year 2024 in the subject Politics - Topic: International relations, grade: A, Jamia Hamdard University (School of History and Civilization Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.), course: International Relations, language: English, abstract: We live in an era of globalization, where the question of security has emerged in a new form and character. In this dissertation, an attempt has been made to assess the current external as well as internal security threats to Pakistan and to investigate feasible remedial measures to enhance the national structure on domestic fronts. As evident from the title, this dissertation revolves around the internal and external security threats to Pakistan in the light of globalization. Various external and internal security threats to Pakistan, weaknesses of our national response, and viable countermeasures are proposed in this dissertation. This topic is one of Pakistan’s most critical burning issues and is well recognized nationally and internationally as it evaluates the characteristics of the social order in Pakistan from several perspectives to find out the causes of domestic unrest and stresses the primary factors contributing in the peace of our society. The importance of this research study further increases as the articles and study papers available on this topic are still in want of more input to chalk out viable solutions of the problems/counter actions. In this dissertation, an active attempt has been made to assess the flaws of the security structure of Pakistan in order to propose practical countermeasures. In order to achieve progress and prosperity, all Pakistan need is sincerity, cooperation, and unity. The origin of the domestic security challenges of a country can be traced from the internal and external quarters. India and Afghanistan, the two immediate neighbors, pose a conventional or external threat to the stability of Pakistan. Furthermore, global powers like United States and Russia also threaten the stability of Pakistan due to their changing interests in the global order setting. On the other hand, internal threats to Pakistan are due to the domestic political, ethnic, sectarian, extremism and Jihadi culture prevalent in the country. It is often carried out by external activities. According to the official nationalism of Pakistan, the country was created on the basis of the two-nation theory, which clearly states that the Indian Muslims are a separate and distinct community for the Hindu nation.
Reconstructing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan
Author: Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (U.S.)Publisher: U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions
ISBN: 9780160948312
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This publication is the second in a series of lessons learned reports which examine how the U.S. government and Departments of Defense, State, and Justice carried out reconstruction programs in Afghanistan. In particular, the report analyzes security sector assistance (SSA) programs to create, train and advise the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) between 2002 and 2016. This publication concludes that the effort to train the ANDSF needs to continue, and provides recommendations for the SSA programs to be improved, based on lessons learned from careful analysis of real reconstruction situations in Afghanistan. The publication states that the United States was never prepared to help create Afghan police and military forces capable of protecting that country from internal and external threats. It is the hope of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John F. Sopko, that this publication, and other SIGAR reports will create a body of work that can help provide reasonable solutions to help United States agencies and military forces improve reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Related items: Counterterrorism publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterterrorism Counterinsurgency publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterinsurgency Warfare & Military Strategy publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/warfare-military-strategy Afghanistan War publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/afghanistan-war