Can a peace settlement be reached in Afghanistan?

Can a peace settlement be reached in Afghanistan?

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Can a peace settlement be reached in Afghanistan?

dc.contributor	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)	en_US
dc.contributor	Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service	en_US
dc.contributor	South Carolina Educational Television Network	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Asia	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Central Asia	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Afghanistan	en_US
dc.creator	Selig S. Harrison (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Edward Luttwak (Interviewee)	en_US
dc.creator	Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic) (Moderator)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-20T22:50:22Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-20T22:50:22Z
dc.date.created	1986-01-25	en_US
dc.date.issued	1986-01-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552516
dc.description	In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, marking the beginning of a long and violent conflict that drew the involvement of the United States, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. While the Soviets quickly established a puppet regime in Kabul, they were met with fierce resistance in the countryside from fighters known as the mujahideen. Initially lightly armed and poorly equipped, the mujahideen would eventually receive hundreds of millions of dollars worth of covert aid from the United States and other nations. As the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan entered its seventh year, however, Pakistan and the Soviet-backed Afghan government were engaged in high-level peace talks sponsored by the UN. Yet despite some progress between the two parties, many in the international community questioned whether these negotiations were a serious and significant endeavor or simply a sideshow to the military conflict taking place on the ground. In this episode of American Interests, host Peter Krogh sits down with defense strategist Edward Luttwak and Selig Harrison of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss the UN peace negotiations and the future of Afghanistan.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Examines the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the UN sponsored peace negotiations that sought to end the conflict.	en_US
dc.format.extent	28 min.	en_US
dc.format.medium	MPG4 H.264	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.relation	Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archive	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://mediapilot.georgetown.edu:443/sharestream2gui/getMedia.do?action=streamMedia&mediaPath=0d21b62021aa9288012209025d6a0152&cid=0d21b62018c663370119bf04f6be0a8b
dc.source	American Interests	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union	en_US
dc.subject.other	Mujahideen	en_US
dc.subject.other	Soviet Invasion	en_US
dc.subject.other	Soviet Occupation	en_US
dc.title	Can a peace settlement be reached in Afghanistan?	en_US
dc.coverage	Conflict and War	en_US
dc.coverage	Conflict Resolution	en_US
dc.coverage	International Diplomacy	en_US