"Culture of peace" or "culture of war"? War crimes and resurgent violence in Afghanistan

Citha Doris Maaß

No 18/2006, SWP Comments from Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Abstract: The latest outbreaks of violence in Afghanistan corroborate a phenomenon which has frequently been observed in other post-war countries. It seems that one of the reasons why post-war countries experience a resurgence of conflict after a relatively peaceful transitional phase is that they have failed to come to terms with their war-torn past. Supported by the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU), has begun to develop its own approach to dealing with its past. However, this process is meeting resistance from influential warlords who are important for President Karzai's government and who fear having to face charges. As an added complication, lacks certain fundamental structures which are needed for the process. For example, the judicial sector would need to be reformed and frameworks developed for due criminal procedures. However, Afghanistan will have to deal with its war experiences in one way or another if it wants to escape the spiral of violence which also represents a threat to the troops of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (SWP Comments / SWP)

Date: 2006
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/256011/1/2006C18.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zbw:swpcom:182006

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in SWP Comments from Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ().