THE CLASH OF STAKEHOLDERS’INTERESTS IN THE AFGHAN PEACE PROCESS
THE CLASH OF STAKEHOLDERS’INTERESTS IN THE AFGHAN PEACE PROCESS

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the actions taken by stakeholders following the United States’ alleged intention for a full troop drawdown from Afghanistan, which drew regional and international attention, thus facilitating a negotiating framework for attaining an Afghan peace agreement. Taliban Movement is the main player in brokering a political resolution to end the Afghan war, but, at domestic level, the negotiating forum needs to embody Afghan government officials and civil society minority representatives. A comprehensive and lasting Afghan peace pact demands the implication of external stakeholders which have contributed to the peace talks by orchestrating consultative summits or persuading specific actors to step into peace debates. The paper will endeavour to outline the geopolitical interests held by these players within Afghanistan and the Central Asian region, all of them struggling to entirely preserve and expand them to their advantage. Thus, it is difficult to reach a robust Afghan peace deal that satisfies all sides.

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