EUROPEAN SECURITY FORUM A JOINT INITIATIVE OF CEPS, IISS AND DCAF AFGHANISTAN: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? ESF WORKING PAPER NO. 25 APRIL 2007 PETER BERGEN JULIAN LINDLEY -FRENCH HEKMAT KARZAI ISMAIL KHAN ANDREI ZAGORSKI © COPYRIGHT 2007, CEPS, IISS & DCAF ISBN-13: 978-92-9079-717-3 CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES GENEVA CENTRE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES Place du Congrès 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2.229.39.11 Fax: +32 (0)2.219.41.51 www.ceps.be E-mail: info@ceps.be Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place London WC2R 3DX, United Kingdom Tel. +44(0)20.7379.7676 Fax: +44(0)20.7836.3108 www.iiss.org E-mail: iiss@iiss.org Rue de Chantepoulet 11, P.O. Box 1360 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland Tel. +41(22)741.77.00 Fax: +41(22)741.77.05 www.dcaf.ch E-mail: info@dcaf.ch