After years of military interventions the current situation in Afghanistan is highly
ambivalent and partially contradictory - especially regarding the interplay of development
peace security education and economy. Despite numerous initiatives Afghanistan is still
confronted with a poor security and economic condition. At the same time enrollment numbers in
schools and universities as well as the rate of academics reached a historical peak. This
volume investigates the tension between these ambivalent developments. Sociologists political
and cultural scientists along with development workers educators and artists from Germany and
Afghanistan discuss the idea that education is primary for rebuilding a stable Afghan state and
government.
