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State-Building and Human Rights in Afghanistan & Pakistan

This program will deliberately challenge and critically examine some of the core assumptions underpinning the international intervention in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It aims to generate a more informed and nuanced debate on the international engagement in the region, in order to contribute to policies that better serve the needs of Afghans, Pakistanis, and the international community.

Af-Pak Forum

* Featured Articles *

“Harnessing Local Capacity”
By Nadia Naviwala

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“Dangerous Correlations”
by Masooda Bano

Response by
Nadia Naviwala, Belfer IGA Fellow:

The influx of $7.5 billion in development aid to Pakistan over the next five years has raised a critical and contentious question: how can local NGOs be best engaged? “Dangerous Correlations” and “Harnessing Local Capacity” suggest that the best NGOs in Pakistan are locally-initiated and locally-funded. However, USAID is not structured to work with these organizations because...

In the Press

	January 9: Foreign Affairs, Carr Center Fellow Michael Semple comments on Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid's announcement that the group will open a political office in Qatar as part of a process that could bring a peaceful end to the war in Afghanistan.
	October 10: ForeignPolicy, Carr Center fellow Michael Semple discusses the significance of the recent capture of Mali Khan. More than just a trophy, Khan really has been one of the lynchpins of the Haqqani Network, and his capture will pose a whole series of challenges for those who lead and cooperate with them.
	September 23: Foreign Affairs, Carr Center fellow Michael Semple discusses how the network of militants operating in Pakistan's tribal areas are playing an increasingly destabilizing role in NATO's possible negotiations with the Taliban.
	September 19: The New Yorker, Former Carr Center fellow Dexter Filkins (2007-08) tells the story of a courageous journalist who, having been warned by Pakistani intelligence officials to curb his reporting on the links between the Pakistani military and Al Qaeda, was later found murdered.

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Spotlight

Recent Publications
	David Mansfield, “Managing Concurrent and Repeated Risks: Explaining the Reductions in Opium Production in Central Helmand between 2008 and 2011” May 2011.

	Michael Semple, “Rhetoric of Resistance in the Taliban's Rebel Ballads.” May 2011.

	David Mansfield, “Drugs and (Dis)order: a study of the opium trade, political settlements and state-making in Afghanistan.” Nov. 2010.
Featured Videos
	Rory Stewart, Carr Center Faculty Director Rory Stewart provides a brief introduction to the new State Building Afghanistan Pakistan program.

	Michael Semple, “Talking Helmand': The Political Officer's advice for armies campaigning in the Pashtoon heartland” Sept. 15, 2009

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