www.weforum.org 27.01.2011 In Afghanistan, the troops of the international community of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) states are more and more on the defensive. The Taliban is gradually gaining terrain. Tribal culture, corruption and cultivation of opium hinder the building of democracy. Has the West failed in its required reconstruction in Afghanistan? Do drug cultivation, corruption and failing democratic structures make Afghanistan ungovernable? What responsibility does the West carry? What are the consequences for Afghanistan and the West? • Martine van Bijlert, Co-Director, Afghanistan Analysts Network, Afghanistan • Fahrad Darya, Award winning singer, composer, peace and human rights activist, Afghanistan • Radoslaw Tomasz Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland • Ulrich Tilgner, Journalist, Germany • Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan; Social Entrepreneur Moderated by • Susanne F. Wille, Journalist, Swiss Television SF DRS, Switzerland
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