Punching Above its Weight or Running with the Crowd? Lessons from Sweden’s Development Cooperation with Afghanistan 2002–2020

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Working Paper August 2021

This report reviews the lessons that can be drawn from Sweden’s
development cooperation with Afghanistan from 2002–2020 and the
implications of these for Sweden’s future engagement with the country.
It has been written at a time of the rapid takeover of the country by the
Taliban culminating in their seizure of Kabul on 15 August 2021.