1、The Economic Imperative:Stabilizing Afghanistan Through Economic GrowthA p r i l 2 0 1 0By Nathaniel Fick and Clare lockhartAmericas strategy in Afghanistan is predicated on a belief that sustainable security there and in the broader region requires a sovereign Afghan state that meets its internal r
2、esponsibilities to protect and serve its citizens and meets its obligations to the international community.Smart execution of this strategy must proceed simultaneously across several lines of operation.These include not only the provision of basic security for the Afghan people but also support for
3、a political process characterized by consensus building,the development of participatory politics,good governance,and attention to political and economic concerns in the broader region.The strategy also depends on successful efforts to foster economic development in an impoverished and war-weary cou
4、ntry with poor infrastructure,low literacy rates,and little recent economic integration with the rest of the world.This economic component is the least fully developed aspect of the American and NATO campaign to deny Afghan territory to non-state actors and to prevent the wider destabilization of Ce
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