On the anatomy and fault lines of the Afghan conflict / Bernt Glatzer.

In autumn 2002 I was allowed to participate in a joint fact finding mission to Afghanistan of the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ), the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), and the German Working Group of Peace and Development (FriEnt). The aim was to identify the main lines of conflict, and to find answers for the following questions: which are the main forms of conflict and of political unrest, who are the main actors, and what are the actors‘ motives, aims, strategies and tactics. In addition we interviewed common people and victims of violence.