02144cam a2200373 i 4500 rnd000000000047773 RAND 920212s1991 cau b 000 0 eng d 91226376 0833010751 RAND/R-3949 (Sirsi) a188996 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR a-af--- DS371.3 .K43 1991 Khalilzad, Zalmay. author. Prospects for the Afghan interim government / Zalmay Khalilzad. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xv, 43 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier This research "was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy program of RAND's National Defense Research Institute"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43). This report assesses the prospects for the Afghan Interim Government (AIG) formed by the Pakistan-based mujahedin leaders in February 1989 after the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. It focuses on the following issues: (1) whether the AIG is an asset, a liability, or of no importance in the conflict between the mujahedin and the Kabul regime; (2) the attitude of key commanders, the Afghan leaders based in Pakistan, and other noted Afghans toward the AIG; (3) the prospects for broadening the AIG; (4) the alternatives proposed by the important Afghans--the AIG leaders, resistance commanders, and the former king--on how the AIG should be broadened or replaced; (5) the implications if the AIG is not broadened; and (6) the alternatives to the current AIG. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Afghanistan Politics and government 1973-1989. International Security and Defense Policy Center. Rand Corporation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3949/ 599426 599426