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Journal Article | 2010

The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability in Afghanistan

Aziz Hakimi (2010)
in Boston Review
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http://bostonreview.net/forum/something-nothing/west-can-encourage-legitimacy-and-accountability

This article is a contribution to the Boston Review debate on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. It argues that when the problem is cast in combat terms—Afghanistan as a theater in the “war on terrorism”—the solutions are inevitably military. But the central problem in Afghanistan is political.

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http://bostonreview.net/forum/something-nothing/west-can-encourage-legitimacy-and-accountability

Aziz Hakimi

Affiliated Senior Researcher
  • aziz.hakimi@cmi.no
  • +47 947 987 19
  • Afghanistan
  • Counterinsurgency

Also by this author:

Journal Article | 2021

'Good Men Don't Elope'. Afghan migrants men's discourses on labour migration, marriage and masculinties

Aziz Hakimi

History and Anthropology

Journal Article | 2021

'He should learn that he cannot get a woman for free’: Male elopers and constructions of masculinity in the Afghan justice system

Torunn Wimpelmann, Aziz Hakimi, Masooma Sa'adat

Men and Masculinities

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CMI Insight | Apr 2023

Understanding and addressing poverty and food insecurity in Afghanistan

Yograj Gautam

Report in External Series | Mar 2023

Is there legal pluralism in Afghanistan? Notes on injustice and access to justice

Antonio De Lauri

Report in External Series | Jan 2023

COAR Strategic Plan 2023-2027

Arne Strand

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