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This paper discusses security sector reform in Afghanistan. The author argues that the current five-pillar SSR Process (military reform; police reform; judicial reform; the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex-combatants; and counter-narcotics) is a flawed system. The author provides a detailed analysis of the five pillars, offers the necessary next steps for each of them, and concludes with a set of measures the Afghan government and its international partners must take to achieve effective security sector reform.