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The EU and Afghanistan: Supporting renewal through security
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While Afghanistan has made notable progress, the country continues to face insurgency within its own borders, and the spill over effects of a new wave of violence in neighbouring Pakistan. This volatile situation is followed closely on the ground by the EU, which has a significant presence throughout the country, combining social and economic development projects with an overall focus on the long-term aspects of security.
At the refurbished police academy in Kabul, a group of fresh recruits is drilled in a
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scenario likely enough in Afghanistan, a raid of a hideout known to house several kidnappers.
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It's six years since the Taliban were driven from power here, but residual forces are gathering
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strength and from controlled areas in the south and east are bringing violence to parts
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of the country once considered safe.
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The cadets' performance is watched closely by a senior officer from the Italian Carabinieri,
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who's part of a force from the European Union contributing to police reform and training.
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It's a recognition that Afghanistan's future security rests as much in the talents of the
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police as in those of the army.
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Here in a program launched by Germany, recruits receive a rounded training lasting between
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nine months and three years.
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You cannot gain confidence of the people in their police if it is going to fulfill military
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tasks.
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The administration of justice is intimately linked to the rule of law, and for those helping
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the Afghan government, reform of the judiciary is as pressing as police reform.
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Afghanistan is particularly complicated.
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It's gone through 30 years of civil conflict.
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It has a mixture of civil law, Islamic law, and traditional customary law.
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The process of building institutions such as the police or the justice system can only
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be done progressively.
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Yet it can't come a moment too soon for these women.
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Without exception, they've been married off young only to flee years of abuse in their
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marital homes.
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Like Huma, she didn't want her real name disclosed, fearing reprisals.
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But she spoke of a litany of acts of violence against her by her young husband.
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But it's not just the police, army, and justice system that define security in Afghanistan.
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In the eastern province of Nangarhar, the EU's
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implementing partner, HealthNet TPO, has been leading the way with better antenatal and
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postnatal services, better outpatient care after surgery, and a program of continuing
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works and expansion.
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The health care system that's been built is designed to go to the people, not the other
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way around.
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The European Union is in Afghanistan for the long haul.
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Uniquely, it's pledged funding through to 2013, one measure of its commitment to supporting
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the peace and building the state through security, prosperity, and adherence to the
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universal rights which protect every man, woman, and child.
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- Nivel Intermedio
- Autor/es:
- The European Union
- Subido por:
- EducaMadrid
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
- Visualizaciones:
- 1016
- Fecha:
- 21 de enero de 2008 - 12:28
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- European Commission
- Duración:
- 03′ 31″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
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