Publication

This report assesses disarmament in Afghanistan. It states that the domination of Afghanistan's political landscape by armed parties and individual commanders is the principal obstacle to implementation of the political reform process agreed at the Bonn conference in late 2001. The report analyzes the Afghan security sector reform and focuses on the disarmament process and its economic and political implications in the northeast (Kunduz and Takhar), southeast (Khost and Paktia) and Kandahar regions.