• Missing from the picture: Men imprisoned for ‘moral crimes’ in Afghanistan 

      Hakimi, Aziz; Wimpelmann, Torunn (CMI Insight 2018:2, Report, 2018-06-01)
      Recent years have seen sustained focus on the prosecution of Afghan women and girls for ‘moral crimes’ such as adultery and ‘running away’. However, many Afghan men are also charged with and convicted for moral crimes. ...
    • Nato i Afghanistan: Fredsbevaring eller antiterroroperasjon? 

      Strand, Arne (Others, 2009-11-10)
    • Norwegian non-military collaboration with Afghanistan: A slightly different approach 

      Strand, Arne (Noref Policy Brief, Research report, 2012-09-27)
      Norway has a long history of providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through non-governmental organisations and the United Nations, and has played an active role in aiding the rebuilding and development of the ...
    • Peace Processes and Statebuilding: Economic and Institutional Provisions of Peace Agreements 

      Suhrke, Astri; Wimpelmann, Torunn; Dawes, Marcia (Research report, 2007-06-26)
      This report originates in the growing international engagement in statebuilding and postconflict reconstruction during the past decade. The 2005 Paris declaration of the OECD referred to an emerging international consensus ...
    • Peacebuilding: Lessons for Afghanistan 

      Suhrke, Astri; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Knudsen, Are; Ofstad, Arve; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This report examines lessons from previous peacebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and from other countries, in order to highlight issues of central relevance for the present phase of peacebuilding and economic recovery. It ...
    • Problemet er systemet 

      Suhrke, Astri; Strand, Arne (Others, 2009-01-01)
      The Problem is the System (English version) Valgkrisen i Afghanistan var bisarre til det siste. President Hamaid Karzai – utskjelt som korrupt leder og valgfusker i stort format – ble utropt til vinner av sin egen ...
    • Programmes for assisted return to Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Ethiopia and Kosovo: A comparative evaluation of effectiveness and outcomes 

      Strand, Arne; Bendixsen, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad; Lidén, Hilde; Paasche, Erlend; Aalen, Lovise; Kefale, Asnake; Khadir, Sara; Kurdistani, Ali; Limani, Hana; Sarwari, Akbar (CMI Report R 2016:2, Research report, 2016-05-01)
      Norway encourages assisted return for persons without legal residence permits in Norway and for those who wish to return to their country of origin. Those who apply for assisted return receive help with the application ...
    • Promoting women's rights in Afghanistan: a call for less aid and more politics 

      Wimpelmann, Torunn (NOREF Policy Brief, Research report, 2012-11-01)
      To NATO countries, promoting women’s rights in Afghanistan is often framed as a choice between committing to high levels of aid for gender-related activities and an uncompromising public stance vis-à-vis the Afghan ...
    • Protection of civilians: Why they die in US strikes 

      Suhrke, Astri (CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 7, Report, 2015-01-01)
      Read online The US military strike that devastated the MSF hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on 3 October generated profound, if short-lived, outrage in much of the world. The US government promised an ...
    • Quiet Engagement with the Taliban 

      Suhrke, Astri; Strand, Arne (Survival vol. Vol 63 no. No 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-01)
    • Reconstruction as Modernisation: The 'post-conflict' project in Afghanistan 

      Suhrke, Astri (Third World Quarterly vol. 28 no. 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-09-01)
      This paper examines the post-war reconstruction programme in Afghanistan, arguing that it contains the seeds of radical social change. The paper analyses the tensions of the present reconstruction project in light of the ...
    • Return in Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return Programme to Afghanistan 

      Strand, Arne; Akbari, Arghawan; Chaudhary, Torunn Wimpelmann (Research report, Research report, 2008)
      This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI), to assess the programme for voluntary return to Afghanistan. The programme is open to Afghan nationals whose asylum ...
    • Review of Den Nationale Scenes (DNS) programme:"Continued cooperation with Afghan National Theatre" 

      Strand, Arne (CMI Report R 2011:10, Research report, 2011-01-01)
      Since 2002, Den Nationale Scene (DNS), Bergen, Norway, has collaborated with the Afghan National Theatre. In 2009, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), funded the three year project ”Continued Cooperation with ...
    • Review of Norwegian development assistance to Afghanistan 2011–2014 

      Strand, Arne; Taxell, Nils (CMI Report R 2016:4, Research report, 2016-06-01)
    • Review of prison advisory project in Faryab, Afghanistan 

      Bauck, Petter; Chaudhary, Torunn Wimpelmann; Nemat, Orzala Ashraf; Strand, Arne (Norad Report Discussion 18/2010, Research report, 2010-10-11)
      INTRODUCTION As part of the international follow-up of the 2001 military intervention, Norway increased its engagement in Afghanistan from the end of 2001. In accordance with the Bonn Agreement, the goal of the engagement ...
    • Robustness and vulnerabilities to corruption in Denmark’s aid funding modalities in Afghanistan 

      Strand, Arne; Disch, Arne; Wardak, Mirwais (CMI Report R 2017:2, Research report, 2017-06-01)
      The Danish Embassy’s risk management and mitigation system is well-structured and effective. The Embassy has a coherent and comprehensive anti-corruption approach that addresses both internal and external dimensions, and ...
    • ROUNDTABLE: Women on the Bench 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2023-08-01)
      In long-established western democracies, women have made inroads as judges only during the past few decades. In post-conflict and transitional developing countries, however, women constitute an increasingly larger proportion ...
    • Seeking out their Afghan sisters: Female Engagement Teams in Afghanistan 

      Azarbaijani-Moghaddam, Sippi (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:1, Working paper, 2014-03-25)
      Almost a decade after the 2001 intervention by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, women were once again taking centre stage in NATO planning. With a new counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy in play, gaining ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: A comparative mapping 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon; Stephenson, Matthew C. (U4 Issue 2016:7, Research report, 2016-12-01)
      Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised anti-corruption institutions. While anti-corruption agencies with ...
    • Strengthening Nordic development cooperation in and with Afghanistan 

      Bauck, Petter; Strand, Arne (Norad Report Discussion 3/2009, Research report, 2009-03-01)
      The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to enable them to be a more concerned partner for the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) ...