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Article: National Reconciliation in Afghanistan. Conflict History and the Search for an Afghan Approach
- Article from:
- Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Arnold Bergstraesser Institut May 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Introduction
Three years after the war in Afghanistan unofficially ended in late 2001, first attempts have already been made by Afghan and international organizations to document past human rights abuses, consult the Afghan people on how to make the perpetrators accountable, and build capa
cities in peacebuilding. This is an encouraging sign. However, the people in general are still too reluctant to speak about their suffering during the war. Instead, their current priority is to struggle for economic survival in the highly competitive post-war reconstruction "business" with its emerging social injustice. This pragmatic attitude causes a basic problem. If the past is not addressed, efforts ...