Thirty Years of Afghan Conflict - Anti-Government Mobilisation (AREU Paper Jan 2012)

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) has published a paper that examines "  . . . the structural factors driving anti-government mobilisation in Afghanistan in each successive phase of the country's thirty years of conflicts".  The paper also looks at the Taliban as a political organization enabling and driving conflict. 

Thirty Years of Conflict: Drivers of Anti-Government Mobilisation in Afghanistan 1978-2011
Dr. Antonio Giustozzi
January 2012

Learn more about the roots of insurgency in Afghanistan.