The politics of demobilization in Afghanistan

Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 126-164

  Bhatia, Michael Vinay ^a   Muggah, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84917744162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886915     Document Type: Chapter

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