The River is for Washing Carpets Safira Lakhani Contemporary peacebuilding, notably as it is practiced in Afghanistan, consistently fails to address local needs in favour of international priorities for global security.  Despite the significant presence of foreign agencies and aid mechanisms in the country, peace in Afghanistan remains elusive.  Any semblance of peace achieved is neither durable, nor sustainable, particularly because of international ignorance of on-the-ground environmental and social realities, with specific reference to natural resource management and gender dynamics.  These failures are localised in Bamyan,...