Since 2003 Heinrich Böll Stiftung is actively involved in post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan. The main goal of our work in Afghanistan is the support of democratization through promotion of a gender sensitive legal framework and citizenship agency. Moreover we want to contribute towards domestic and regional stability and security and to a sustainable development process through people’s participation.
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Afghanistan is currently working in the field of Democratization, Peace & Security and Ecology.
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Interview with Dr. Bente Aika Scheller, Director of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Kabul, about the Afghanistan Conference in London.
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State-building light won’t work. The path of re-constructing Afghanistan – -
In this commentary, former UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, discusses the outcome of the London Conference with a focus on US and German engagement in reconstructing Afghanistan.
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- President Barack Obamas strategy for Afghanistanprobably only satisfied the American audience who will support a continued US war effort only if there is a fixed deadline for starting to pull out US troops. Those who feel the war is futile were bound to be disappointed. But the reaction in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been equally skeptical. By Ahmed Rashid more»
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) issued a press release for the London Conference. It hopes that all actions taken are based on active participation of Afghans, that human rights, women’s rights, freedom of speech and media and civil society’s activities are protected and supported and that the values of justice, litigation and ending of impunity are top priorities. more»
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The six major coordinating bodies of civil society and NGO groups in Afghanistan call on the participants of the London Conference to ensure that the needs of the Afghan people remain forefront on the international community’s agenda. The statement highlights priorities in three areas—security, governance, and economic and social development—and includes the call to immediately cease any attempt to utilise civil society and NGO actors to pursue a military objective.
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Civil Society Develpment Conference in Afghanistan – - Three Afghan Civil Society Development Conferences i.e. 2003, 2006 and 2008 was implemented in Kabul. There was a keen interest to conduct a fourth Afghan civil society development conference in order to review the situation and revisit the findings. It was also deemed necessary to check the mile stone and achievements set in the previous meetings and conferences. more»
- Since the mid-1970s Afghanistan has been dominated by a spiral of violence which could not be reversed until the aftermath of Operation Enduring Freedom in late 2001. Despite these and many other real changes brought about in the lives of most Afghans, especially women, Afghans continues to suffer from human rights abuses in many areas of life. more»
Demands of the “50% Campaign” to the International Afghanistan Conference – - On January 16, 2010, the 50% Campaign, an Afghan group of women’s rights and citizenry activists, published an open letter. They ask the Afghan Government and the international community at the International Afghanistan Conference in London to stand by their obligations before the Afghan women and to deal with their demands. more»
- Today an important element of the election is presence of successful media. This book mainly focuses on three important issues: Organizing media, training media and monitoring process of their work before, during and after the election process. more»
- In many parts of Afghanistan, non-state institutions remain relevant to security and stability, despite repeated and concerted state-led attempts from the late 19th century onward to expand its administrative influence, including control over the provision of security and the administration of justice. This policy brief examines the historical background of tribal contracts, to what extent they still play a role in local governance today, and what implications can be drawn for the current promotion of community governance arrangements. Download Policy Paper (PDF in English, 14 pages, 336 Kb)
