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Linking Security and Development in Fragile
States:
Recent Lessons from Afghanistan
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Three quotes“I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building.”
Governor George W. Bush, Presidential Debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 2000.
“We will stay until the mission is done. … Peace will be achieved by helping Afghanistan develop its own stable government. …[We] are working in the best traditions of George Marshall. Marshall knew that our military victory in World War II had to be followed by a moral victory that resulted in better lives for individual human beings.”
President George W. Bush, Virginia Military Institute, April 17, 2002.
“The United States Congress has stepped in to find nearly $300m in humanitarian and reconstruction funds for Afghanistan after the Bush administration failed to request any money in the latest budget.”
BBC World Service, 13 February, 2003.
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Comparison of Aid Levels
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Comparative Peace-Keeping Commitments since 1993
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Combined OEF Costs and Aid ($ in Millions)
02000400060008000
100001200014000160001800020000
1990-2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Foreign AidOEF
Data Source: Congressional Research Service
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US Aid to Afghanistan($ in Millions)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
1990-2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Foreign Aid
Data Source: Congressional Research Service
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Troop Levels in Afghanistan
05000
100001500020000250003000035000400004500050000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total TroopsUS, Non-ISAFUS, ISAFNon-US, ISAF
Data Source: Congressional Research Service, media reports
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US Aid to Afghanistan: Security, Counter-Narcotics, Health & Education
($ in Millions)
0200400600800
1000120014001600
18002000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Security
Counter-Narcotics
Health & Education(USAID)
Data Source: Congressional Research Service, USAID
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The Sequencing Problem