Congressional Testimony by James Dobbins: Ending Afghanistan's Civil War

"The resurgence of civil war in Afghanistan can be attributed to two fundamental causes. One is the failure of the United States, the Karzai government, and the international community as a whole to take advantage of the lull in that conflict that followed the collapse of the Taleban regime in late 2001 to strengthen the capacity of the new Afghan government to project its authority and provide public services, including security, to the population beyond Kabul. The second cause is
the fragmentation of the international coalition that the United States put together in late 2001 to stabilize and reconstruct Afghanistan."

Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on January 30, 2007. Source: Rand Corp

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