Farhad Arian is a Senior Analyst at the Edmund Rice Centre in Sydney. He is former Deputy Director of the Department of Human Rights & Women’s International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and has worked with numerous NGOs and international development agencies. He has recently completed a Master of International Affairs with a special focus on human rights at the Australian National University.
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Published in: openSecurityCould power-sharing build the consensus necessary for peace in Afghanistan?For there to be stability in Afghanistan, all major ethnic groups must be guaranteed a share of power. The support...
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Published in: openSecurityPurging the Afghan government will not build the consensus necessary for peace talks
The resignation of a host of pro-Western, anti-Taliban officials from the Afghan government bodes badly for peace...