A member of the Afghan National Police (ANP) teaches new recruits to use an automatic weapon during a training session in a police base south of Herat, western Afghanistan (REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi).
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Afghanistan’s Deep Challenges and Transition Opportunities
January/February 2014, Vanda Felbab-Brown
The overall situation in Afghanistan in 2013 remained full of political, security and economic uncertainties, explains Vanda Felbab-Brown. While the upcoming elections might enable a political renewal, a problematic security situation, stalled peace negotiations with the Taliban and an economic downturn will continue to pose severe challenges for the country in the upcoming year, Felbab-Brown argues.