Debate: The future of Afghanistan
FRIDE (C/ Goya 5-7, Pasaje 2ª) Madrid, Spain 28/10/2010
Description
Organisers: FRIDE and the Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax)
The debate centred on Europe’s role – in particular that of EUPOL, the EU’s police mission in the Asian country, and that of the international forces under NATO command (ISAF) – in Afghanistan’s reconstruction, and the unfolding scenario following the recent Afghan elections.
Key speakers included:
- Edward Burke, Policy, Analysis and Reporting (SPAR) Officer, Head of Mission's office, EUPOL;
- Alessandro Parziale, Chief of Party, Democracy International in Kabul (the USAID-funded electoral observation mission); and
- Gabriel Reyes, Project Coordinator, Middle East and Mediterranean Programme, CITpax; and observer during the Afghan elections in Mazar-i-Sharif and Samangan province.
The event was held in English and under the Chatham House Rule.
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