Prospects for Security and Stability: Afghanistan Again

The riots in Kabul in May prompted a wave of pessimism about the outcome of the international intervention in Afghanistan, with predictions of an ‘arc of instability’ covering yet more of South Asia and the Middle East.

The World Today

Published 1 August 2006

Updated 15 October 2020 — 5 minute READ

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