Thirty years of conflict: drivers of anti-government mobilisation in Afghanistan 1978-2011 / Antonio Giustozzi. Kabul : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2012 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2012
Content
About the Author
About the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Table of Contents
Acronyms
Glossary
Key Players and Actors
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
3. Ideological War: 1978-92
3.1 The revolt unleashed: 1978-79
3.2 The impact of the Soviet invasion: 1980-92
3.3 Mobilisation in the 1980s
3.4 Afghan interpretations of the 1978-92 period
3.5 Economic drivers of conflict: 1978-92
4. Factional War: 1992-2001
4.1 The age of the warlords: 1992-96
4.2 The rise and consolidation of the Taliban: 1994-2001
4.3 Economic drivers of conflict: 1992-2001
5. Features of the Current Phase of the Conflict, 2002-10
5.1 Weak governance
5.2 Poverty and remoteness
5.3 Ethnic divisions
5.4 Conflict among communities
5.5 The rural-urban divide post-2001
5.6 Economic drivers
5.7 International intervention
5.8 Weighing the different factors
6. Organisation as a Driver of Anti-Government Mobilisation: The Taliban
6.1 The origins of the Taliban insurgency
6.2 Community mobilisation with the Taliban
6.3 Non-military community support for the Taliban
6.4 The role of foreign troops
6.5 Mobilisation of individuals with the Taliban
6.6 Funding
6.7 The overall role of the Taliban in the conflict
7. Conclusion
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