A thread on our international partners and the love for short-cuts: Since Bonn, and then the Emergency Loya Jirga in Afghanistan (2002), in which my father, Ismail Akbar was involved for a short period, our international partners have looked for shortcuts in Afg.
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Elections is another example. N d process f creating a shortcut 2 democracy,no substantive thought has been given 2 creating credible dispute resolution mechanisms, thus making prolonged electoral disputes inevitable. One f several serious unaddressed flaws f d electoral system.
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We continue building on mistakes of d past, without correcting course or rethinking our appraoch. I hope this won't be the case with efforst 2 end d war. This discussion about Eric Prince is another reminder of the obsession with shortcuts.
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I hope we r wiser as we move forward with discussion & decisions regarding d peace process. I hope we don't invest on a process that assumes peace can b built without inclusivity & attention 2 justice. I hope we don't repeat d shortcut approach, as it has continued to fail us all
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We Afghans r responsible for d future of Afg,but so r our international partners, as they continue 2 have d power n determining d course.F they continue 2 empower d most ineffective, corrupt & detached, & continue 2 invest on shortcuts,not solutions, we will all continue 2 suffer
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