International Conference on Afghanistan, Bonn (2001)
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After
Substance
The Conference brought together many adversaries with a common enemy: the Taliban. The US, Russia, and Iran, fervent enemies, all sat down together and cooperated against the Taliban. So too did rivals India and Pakistan. Also included were representatives of the Northern Alliance (the main Taliban adversary within Afghanistan), and various Afghan ethnic and interest groups. Not included were the Taliban themselves, which seemed like an obvious choice at the time since they appeared defeated, but in hindsight their absence may have greatly prolonged the Afghan conflict. The Conference was organized by US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the behest of President George W. Bush.[2]
The conference was borne out of necessity: with the Taliban toppled, there was no obvious government in Afghanistan. The country risked sliding back into the anarchical warlord period of the
Karzai was a charismatic
Signatories to the Bonn Conference
signatory | appointment | notes |
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Mr. Sayed Hussein Anwari | Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock 2001-2004 |
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Mr. Hedayat Amin Arsala | Vice President 2001–2004 |
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Mr. Sayed Hamed Gailani |
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Mr. Rahmatullah Mousa Ghazi | ||
Abdul Hakim |
Ministry of Communications (Afghanistan) 2001–2002 |
Tajik ethnic group.
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Mr. Houmayoun Jareer | ||
Abbas Karimi | ||
Mr. Sayed Mustafa Kazemi | Minister of Commerce 2001-2004? | |
Dr. Azizullah Ludin | ||
Mr. Ahmad Wali Massoud | ||
Mr. Hafizullah Asif Mohseni | Son of Muhammad Asif Muhsini
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Prof. Mohammad Ishaq Nadiri | Senior Economic Advisor to President Karzai | Currently Jay Gould Professor of Economics at New York University. |
Mr. Mohammad Natiqi | Former Afghanistan Commerce Minister. | |
Mr. Aref Noorzay | ||
Mr. Yunus Qanuni | Interior Minister |
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Dr. Zalmai Rassoul | Minister of Civil Aviation 2002-? Minister of Foreign Affairs 2010-2013 |
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Mr. Mirwais Sadiq | ||
Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams | Economic minister 2006-2009 | |
Professor Abdul Satar Sirat | ||
Mr. Humayun Tandar | ||
General Abdul Rahim Wardak | Deputy Minister of Defense |
Minister of Defense following the election of 2004 until 2012.
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Mr. Azizullah Wasifi | Served under Zahir Shah and Sardar Daud as governor of Nangarhar province and agriculture minister respectively. | |
Mr. Pacha Khan Zadran | Governor of Paktia |
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Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan
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See also
- Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)
- List of international conferences on Afghanistan
- Politics of Afghanistan
- International Conference on Afghanistan, Bonn (2011)
External links
The Guardian: The new Afghan administration
References
- ^ "AGREEMENT ON PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN PENDING THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS". United Nations. 2001-12-05. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ OCLC 1240264784.