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Afghanistan, the limits of counter-insurgency

01/08/2008 By Juan Garrigues, Robert Matthews

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As the conflict in Afghanistan worsens and extends, a series of debates is unfolding in NATO and the need for discussion about the political options available to the international community and the political forces within Afghanistan is becoming increasingly urgent. One option suggested by many analysts is to promote an agenda of national reconciliation that includes the Taliban in negotiations.

In order to address the issues that surround a revised counter-insurgency strategy and political reconciliation, FRIDE organised a seminar last March in Madrid entitled: “Afghanistan: is there a political solution?”. The event was attended by more than 40 experts, government workers and members of the armed forces.


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Afghanistan Civil society Civil war Middle East NATO United States

Bio author: Juan Garrigues

Juan Garrigues holds a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an MA in International Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Bio author: Robert Matthews

Robert Matthews, Associate Fellow of FRIDE, holds a Ph.D in Latin American history from New York University, where he was a teacher at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. For twenty years was a collaborator with the Peace Research Center - Centro de Investigación para la Paz (CIP) - in Madrid, specializing in United States foreign policy.