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A Step-by-Step Roadmap for Action on Afghanistan: What the United Nations and International Community Can and Should Do

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By Sultan Barakat Co-Author, Richard Ponzio Co-Author

Contributed by Stimson Center, The Doha Institute’s Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

Posted 10 December 2021

This Policy Brief argues that the United Nations is best-suited to rebuild trust between the Taliban and the international community—as well as among Afghans—in order to avert a humanitarian disaster and forge a step-by-step roadmap to peace. It explores the role the UN can play in assisting Afghanistan by increasing trust on the road to lasting reconciliation between the Taliban regime and the Afghan people, including by leveraging a future Loya Jirga for the purpose of increasing representation in the Taliban-led government and bridging deep-seated differences among different political factions. The Policy Brief also summarizes major challenges facing Afghanistan, identifies the key comparative advantages of the UN, and provides a set of key policy recommendations to all actors concerned with durable stability and prosperity for all Afghans. This Policy Brief is the first joint publication between the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies and the Stimson Center. It follows from an expert discussion, held on 26 October 2021 at both institutes (via video conference), on the Changing Role of the United Nations in Afghanistan.

   

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