State building

Challenges in War-torn
Country of Afghanistan
M. Naeem
Mi-20335
MSc iR 4th Morning
 Core Argument
• During their 20 year stay in Afghanistan, United States failed to provide basic
governing infrastructure and institutional structure which interned created grave
challenges for the newly formed Taliban regime. The Taliban regime faces
enormous challenges from foreign policy to domestic political stability and there
is extreme efforts required to meet those challenges.
 Introduction
Research Questions
• What are the challenges to Taliban in state building?
• What were the flaws in US strategy during their 20 year rule of
Afghanistan?
• What are policy recommendations for newly formed Taliban
regime?
Research Objective
• To investigate the aspects that aid in the resolution of a wide range
of concerns about the new Taliban regime.
 Introduction
Problem statement
To find out state building challenges faced by taliban regime and to provide policy
recommendations in order to cope up with these challenges.

Methodology
The paper mainly uses secondary type of research; collecting data from various sources such as
published research papers, news articles, books, recorded interviews and other secondary
sources of data collection. The research method is purely qualitative in nature, uses deductive
reasoning and after a deep analysis of collected data, arguments asserting the research
objectives are formulated.
 Challenges

• Political challenges
• Humanitarian challenge
• Governance challenge
 Elements of Weakness
• Sovereignty Gap
• International Aid dependency
• Dysfunctional Economy
• Regional cooperative relations
• Domestic security
• International and regional security
• Failed Domestic Politics
 US 20 year flaws
• Weakly installed democracy without institutional development
• Puppet government; representing minute fraction of afghan society
• Blind eye towards massive corruption
• US adapted a policy of revamping afghan security structure but fail to do so
despite spending million of dollars.
 Policy options/ Recommendations
• Zamir Kabulav
• Strength political & institutional legitimacy
• Strength state capacity
• Address external drivers of fragility
• Dilemma in addressing the drug industry
• Leadership and ownership are indispensable
 Conclusion
• Jeopardy future
• Barnett Robin