LEADER 03169nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910967389703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60741-404-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786434 035 $a(EBL)3018466 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11122542 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10018997 035 $a(PQKB)10076889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3018466 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3018466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660327 035 $a(OCoLC)430019167 035 $a(BIP)25526748 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786434 100 $a20090105d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfghanistan security /$fLawrence B. Peabody, editor 210 $aHauppauge, N.Y. $cNova Science Publishers$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a1-60692-149-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aPolitically, the Afghan central government is relatively stable. The post-Taliban transition was completed with the convening of a parliament in December 2005; a new constitution was adopted in January 2004, successful presidential elections were held on October 9, 2004, and parliamentary elections took place on September 18, 2005. The parliament has become an arena for factions that have fought each other for nearly three decades to peacefully resolve differences, as well as a centre of political pressure on President Hamid Karzai, who is running for re-election in 2009. Major regional strongmen have been marginalised. Afghan citizens are enjoying personal freedoms forbidden by the Taliban, and women are participating in economic and political life. Presidential elections are to be held in the fall of 2009, with parliamentary and provincial elections to follow one year later. To help stabilise Afghanistan, the United States and partner countries are deploying a 53,000 troop NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) that now commands peacekeeping throughout Afghanistan, including the restive south. Of those, over 23,000 of the 34,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan are part of ISAF. The U.S. and partner forces also run regional enclaves to secure reconstruction (Provincial Reconstruction Teams, PRTs), and are building an Afghan National Army and National Police. The United States has given Afghanistan over $23 billion (appropriated, including FY2008 to date) since the fall of the Taliban, including funds to equip and train Afghan security forces 606 $aNational security$zAfghanistan 606 $aInternal security$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xArmed Forces 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aInternal security 676 $a355/.0330581 701 $aPeabody$b Lawrence B$01863383 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967389703321 996 $aAfghanistan security$94470011 997 $aUNINA