'DECOMPOSING7 AN INSURGENCY

摘要

While conventional wisdom holds that reintegrating ex-combatants into society is a post-conflict activity, ISAF's commander, General John Allen, sees removing fighters from the battlefield through reintegration and the resolution of local grievances as a means of 'decomposing' the insurgency in Afghanistan. John Alexander argues that the combination of the Afghan-led Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme with ISAF and Afghan military pressure, as well as divisions within the Taliban over peace talks, provides the ingredients for accelerating reintegration in Afghanistan.