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CIAO DATE: 10/5/2006
From Soldier to Civilian: Disarmament Demobilisation Reintegration in Afghanistan
Peter Dahl Thruelsen
June 2006
Abstract
In the late 1980s it came apparent that post-conflict peace-building had entered a stage of complexity that needed new comprehensive tools if success were to be achieved. One of the new tools emerging on the scene were programmes to demobilise former warring factions guerrilla groups, rebel movements or government forces so that sustainable peace could be achieved. The objectives of these new initiatives were not total disarmament or large scale social rehabilitation, but simply the demobilisation of combatants..
