Taming the Unruly: The Integration of Northern Afghan Militias into the Afghan Local Police
Jan Koehler, Basir Feda, Kristóf Gosztonyi – 2015
Though states frequently attempt to formalise and regulate militias, there has been very little research whether or not such a formalisation can, indeed, improve the performance of militias in terms of greater security provision and reduction of abuses against the population. Using original quantitative and qualitative data from North-East Afghanistan, we show that the integration of unregulated anti-Taliban militias into the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in late 2011 and early 2012 has, indeed, led to an improved performance of these militias in the eyes of the population: fear of militias dropped, while their perceived positive security impact increased when compared to their assessment prior to the establishment of ALP.
Title
Taming the Unruly: The Integration of Northern Afghan Militias into the Afghan Local Police
Author
Jan Koehler, Basir Feda, Kristóf Gosztonyi
Publisher
Nomos
Location
Baden-Baden
Keywords
Afghanistan, armed groups, security, Research Project C9
Date
2015
Identifier
ISSN 0175-274X (Print) ISSN 0175-274x (Online)
Source(s)
Appeared in
Sicherheit und Frieden, 33 (4), 218–224.
Language
eng
Type
Text