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Essay / National reconciliation and peace process in Afghanistan
Summary: After decades of war in Afghanistan in late 2001, the first attempts have already been made by Afghans and international organizations to consult the Afghan people on how to strengthen pace building abilities, which was an encouraging sign. However, the general population is still too reluctant to talk about their suffering during the war. Instead, their current priority is to fight for economic survival in a highly competitive sector of post-conflict reconstruction and emerging social injustice. This pragmatic attitude poses a fundamental problem. If the past is not addressed, efforts to build lasting peace are threatened. As lessons from other post-conflict societies have shown, national reconciliation helps overcome the past and reunify a society divided by war (Schirch, Rafiee, & Sakhi, 2013). There are several ways to achieve peace, stability and harmony in Afghanistan. This paper reviews some crucial issues for discussing and designing a national reconciliation strategy. Furthermore, to narrow the gap between rival perceptions, it is also necessary for an Afghan peace process to prepare the ground for peacebuilding and a future reconciliation process and the implementation of a mechanism Afghan national reconciliation process taking into account “lessons learned”. post-conflict societies. History and Structure of the Conflict: There are other protracted conflicts that have also gone through different stages and seen several regime changes. However, almost no conflict has a history as complicated as that of Afghanistan. The beginning of this conflict dates back to the late 1970s, when Kabul witnessed a bitter power struggle between four ideological schools, including conservative members of the royalist elite... middle of paper... ...who have specialist knowledge and experience. and the skills needed to work on comprehensive peace processes can advise and leverage support from other areas of government towards developing a sustainable outcome. Works CitedCouncil, HP (2012). The vision of Afghanistan by 2015. Kabul: Legal Committee of the High Peace Council. David, L. (2012). Afghanistan: Pathways to peace, new directions for inclusive peace in Afghanistan. Peace Build, 5-12. Jarvenpaa, M. (2013). Making peace in Afghanistan: the missing political strategy. United States Institute of Peace, Peace brief, 3-9. Maass, CD (2012). National reconciliation in Afghanistan: history of the conflict and search for an Afghan approach. International Aisenforum, 7-29. Schirch, L., Rafiee, A. and Sakhi, N. (2013). Designing a comprehensive peace process for Afghanistan. United States Institute of Peace, 5-30.