Kepentingan Indonesia untuk Membantu Proses Perdamaian dalam Konflik di Afghanistan di Era Joko Widodo Tahun 2014-2019

This thesis aims to explain the reasons for Indonesia to help the peace process in the Afghan conflict. The Afghan conflict, which has not yet created a meeting point for peace between the Afghan government and the Taliban, has linked all relevant parties including major countries such as the US. In the National Interest Afghanistan chose Indonesia in an effort to assist in the peace process for the conflict in Afghanistan. This conflict is interesting because considering Indonesia's position in the Asia Pacific region, far from the center of the conflict. In responding to these problems, the Indonesian government made a policy to continue to help Afghanistan achieve peace. Indonesia's intensity in helping to seek peace in Afghanistan stimulates the emergence of questions about why Indonesia is helping Afghanistan and what are the real interests and goals behind the Indonesian government's policies in seeking peace in Afghanistan. To analyze the reasons why Indonesia helped the peace process in the conflict in Afghanistan, the author uses a qualitative method - explanatory, data mining through interviews, searches of journals, websites, daily articles and online news and uses the theory of the National Interest. Research responds that Afghanistan is influenced by internal and external factors which can be summed up in totality in Afghanistan's thinking towards Indonesia. Afghanistan's interest in Indonesia is due to the common characteristics of a Muslim population, a democratic country and the influence of ulama, Indonesia's activeness in world peace, its experience in dealing with conflicts in a pluralistic country, Indonesia which is neutral and does not have any interest in the Afghan conflict and the influence of Islamic organizations in peace. and the development of Indonesia and the world has attracted the attention of Afghanistan to accept and believe in assistance from Indonesia in the peace process for the conflict in Afghanistan. In this paper, we will present an analysis related to the reasons for the National Interest and policies regarding Indonesia's efforts to seek peace in Afghanistan