Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 03/2010

The dangers of militarized aid in Afghanistan

January 2010

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

As eight non-governmental organizations, working in Afghanistan for up to fifty years and currently serving over 5 million Afghans across the country, we are deeply concerned about the harmful effects of this increasingly militarized aid strategy. As leaders from 70 nations gather in London to debate the future of Afghanistan, we urge them to revaluate this approach to development and reconstruction.