Afghanistan
Book - 2015
Provides readers with opposing viewpoints on the issue of postwar reconstruction in Afghanistan.
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- Subjects
- Published
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Farmington Hills, Mich. :
Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
[2015]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 236 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780737772425
9780737772432
- What are security issues in Afghanistan? The United States needs to reach a negotiated settlement with the Taliban / Stephen Biddle
- Talks with the Taliban: first failure, then humiliation / Isaac Chotiner
- The United States should completely withdraw forces from Afghanistan / Ivan Eland
- The United States should retain troops in Afghanistan / Lisa Curtis
- Iran is central to solving the Afghan conflict / Aaron Ellis
- The Saudi-Iranian rivalry is central to the Afghan conflict / Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
- What issues confront Afghan democracy? Banyan: not a pleasant prospect / The Economist
- Afghanistan's culture does not support democracy / Thomas H. Johnson as told to Greg Bruno
- The growth of media shows progress in Afghan democracy / Associated Press
- US policy is responsible for high levels of corruption in Afghanistan / Anthony H. Cordesman
- Afghan officials are responsible for high levels of corruption in Afghanistan / Brian Cloughley
- U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption / Greg Jaffe
- Taliban preys on Afghanistan's corrupt police force / Brian Brady
- What are economic issues in Afghanistan? The Afghan war is driven by desire for Afghanistan's mineral resources / Michel Chossudovsky
- The Afghan war is not driven by desire for resources / Daily Bell
- Afghanistan needs to transition from opium to other crops / Alfred McCoy
- Poppies for pain relief / Charli Carpenter
- Afghanistan is making substantial economic progress / J. Alexander Thier as told to Jayshree Bajoria
- Afghanistan's economy continues to struggle as a result of war / Gopal Ratnam
- What is the human rights situation in Afghanistan? Western presence has improved the situation for women in Afghanistan / Tracy McVeigh
- Women's rights in Afghanistan depends on where one lives / Stuart Whatley
- US presence has hurt women in Afghanistan / Bretigne Shaffer
- Drone strikes are an unethical violation of human rights / Conor Friedersdorf
- Drone strikes are an ethical response to terrorism / David Aaronovitch.