Kabul: Identity, legitimacy and governance

Video Cities and Cities that Work

What roles do cities, with their youthful populations, play in developing a sense of identity and legitimacy in fragile contexts? This panel takes Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan and the fifth fastest-growing city in the world, as a case study to examine how urban contexts and actors can support, or undermine, national stability by providing a dense spatial context where new networks of solidarity, resistance and governance emerge.