Afghanistan

Guidelines for a Peace Process

James Dobbins, James Shinn

ResearchPosted on rand.org Aug 1, 2011Published In: Survival, v. 53, no. 4, Commentary, Aug.-Sep. 2011, p. 5-12

The overarching Western objective in Afghanistan should be to prevent that country from becoming not just a haven for transnational terrorists, but a terrorist ally as well. That was the situation prior to 9/11 and it would be so again if the Taliban returned to power with al-Qaeda backing.

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  • Copyright: The International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2011
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-50292

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