Afghanıstan And Beyonddıplomacy Under Sıege, 1995-97journal Of A Turkısh Dıplomat

Introduction by Hikmet Çetin

Foreword

1. Prelude My Appointment and the Spiny Road to Kabul

   My Appointment to Kabul Prior to my Departure from Geneva and the UN

   Departure from Geneva and Final Review of the Situation in Ankara

   Departure for Afghanistan

   First Contacts in Islamabad

2. Arriving at Kabul and Peace Efforts

   Kabul, a Capital under Siege and The Turkish Embassy in Kabul

   My Mission Commences

   First Shocks in Kabul

   President Prof. Dr. Burhanuddin Rabbani

   Ahmad Shah Massood

   My Fiftieth Birthday in Kabul

   Calls for Alliance to General Dostum

   Women’s Associations of Kabul under Fire

   Peace Efforts (?) Mazar-e Sharif

   Girls’ College in Kabul

   Contacts in Islamabad and Ankara

3. Afghanistan Warms Up

   Resurgence of Gulbiddin Hekmatyar

   Buzkashi

   A Synagogue in Kabul

   The Living Memory of the Embassy: Imameddin Shiva

   Rabbani’s Reconciliation Efforts Face Growing Reactions

   Rehearsal for Doomsday!

   “Invisible” Visitor from the United States

   Turkey’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day of April 23

   Announcement of my Promotion: I Win my Fight Crescendo

4. Racing to the Finale, Collapse of Common-Sense

   Last Opportunities, Last Mistakes

   The Final Count-Down

   Finale

5. Post Mortem Diplomacy: Negotiating Peace with the Taleban

   Afghanistan Fally: into Darkness: the Taleban Era

   Back in Islamabad

   My New Interim Position: Ambassador in Nişantaşı, Istanbul

   Turkey’s New Peace Initiative for Afghanistan

   Shuttle Diplomacy: My First Contacts with the Taleban

   The Anti-climax

   My Mission Comes to an End While the Crisis Escalates

6. Conclusions: The Afghan Crisis and its Global Aftermath

   From Afghanistan to the Middle East and the Black Sea

   Russia is Back in the Game

   Understanding Current State of Affairs and a Flashback

   The Expanded Great Game and Turkey

   Remembering a Centennial: The Russian Bolshevik Revolution 195

   Afghanistan: The Political Big Bang of our Times?

7. A Chronology of Afghanistan’s Political History, Turkish-Afghan Relations and Related Developments since the Late Nineteenth Century Index