No. 11: The Difficult Stabilization of Afghanistan

Author(s): Cornelius Friesendorf
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 11
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated in recent months. While the Taliban and al-Qaida have re-formed in the tribal areas on the Afghan-Pakistani frontier, the Afghan government has been unable to increase its tenuous domestic legitimacy, and the drug trade is booming. It is proving extremely difficult to bring about a sustainable stabilization of the country, which would require the international military engagement to be complemented by a more constructive attitude on the part of Pakistan, economic investments in the Afghan-Pakistani border areas, and political reforms in Afghanistan.

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