State-building in Afghanistan [Elektronische Ressource] : the role of institutional capacity / vorgelegt von Sardar M. Kohistani

Justus-von-Liebig-Universität Gießen Fachbereich 07: Mathematik und Informatik, Physik, Geographie Institut für Geographie State-building in Afghanistan: The role of institutional capacity. vorgelegt von Dipl. Geograph Sardar M. Kohistani Dissertation Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Dr. rer.nat im Fachbereich Geographie Gießen, Oktober 2009 Dedication To my father Acknowledgements It is my pleasure to express my thanks to my advisors Prof. Dr. Andreas Dittmann and Prof. Dr. Eckart Ehlers for their time and for their kind cooperation. I would like to express my gratitude for Christine Issa who was very supportive throughout the period of my study in Bonn and then in Giessen. She also benefited me in reading and commenting this dissertation. I wish to express my gratitude to Bernd Goecke and Nadine Vorbeck for preparing the maps as well as Dr. Frank Schuessler for reading the paper and commenting on it, and Anika Merschhemke who proofread the dissertation. My thanks also go to Mr. Klaus Haker Mrs. Erika Haker who generously supported me during my stay in Germany especially in the final stages of preparing this dissertation. . There are many people in Kabul and in Germany who I cannot name all and were so kind and supportive. I wish to thank them all.