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MiPAL: Afghanistan
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White House [31 Aug 10] Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq
NOTE: Paragraphs 17 and 18 concern the transition of combat operations in Afghanistan[23 Aug 10] Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 111th National Convention[18 Aug 10] Executive Order - Establishment of Pakistan and Afghanistan Support Office[25 July 10] Statement of National Security Advisor General James Jones on Wikileaks[20 July 10] Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom in Joint Press Availability[30 June 10] Statement by the President on the Confirmation of General Petraeus[24 June 10] Joint Statement by the Presidents of the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning Afghanistan[23 June 10] Readout of President Obama's Call with President Karzai[23 June 10] Statement by the President in the Rose Garden[12 May 10] Remarks by President Obama and President Karzai of Afghanistan in Joint Press Availability [10 May 10] Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, General McChrystal, and Ambassador Eikenberry [7 May 10] Briefing on Upcoming Visit of President Karzai
Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, and LTG Douglas Lute, Special Advisor to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan [28 March 10] Remarks by the President to the Troops [28 March 10] Remarks by President Obama and President Karzai after Meeting[4 Dec 09] The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Foreign Press Center briefing by Gen James Jones, National Security Advisor [1 Dec 09] Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan [1 Dec 09] Fact Sheet: The Way Forward in Afghanistan [1 Dec 09] Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's West Point Speech [1 Dec 09] Readout of President Obama's Video Teleconference with President Karzai[2 Nov 09] Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden after Meeting [20 Oct 09] Statement by President Barack Obama on Afghan Elections [20 Oct 09] Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq after Meeting
NOTE: First half of the transcript concerns the electoral process in Afghanistan[18 Oct 09] State of the Union with John King
Remarks by Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, and Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NOTE: Full-text made available by CNN. This is not an official U.S. Government transcript. [30 Sep 09] Readout from the Press Secretary on the President's National Security Meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan [16 Sep 09] Remarks by President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper during Joint Press Availability
NOTE: Contains remarks on Canada's transition to a civilian humanitarian development role in Afghanistan after 2011 [21 Aug 09] Remarks by the President on the Recent Elections in Afghanistan [6 July 09] Joint Statement by President of the United States of America Barack Obama and President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev Concerning Afghanistan [16 June 09] Statement by President Barack Obama on the Start of the Afghan Election Campaign [6 May 09] Press Briefing by National Security Advisor General James Jones on the President's Meetings with President Karzai of Afghanistan and President Zardari of Pakistan [6 May 09] Remarks by the President after the Trilateral Meeting with President Karzai of Afghanistan and President Zardari of Pakistan[9 April 09] White House: Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Request [4 April 09] Background Information: President Obama's Participation in the 60th Anniversary NATO Summit Celebration in Strasbourg-Kehl [27 March 09] Remarks by the President on a New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan [27 March 09] White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan [27 March 09] Press Briefing by Bruce Riedel, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and Michelle Flournoy on the New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan [27 March 09] President Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Strategy
Foreign Press Center Briefing by General James Jones, National Security Advisor [27 March 09] White House Press Office: What's New in the Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan [10 March 09] Remarks by Vice President Biden at Press Conference with NATO Secretary General [10 March 09] Remarks by Vice President Biden and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Joint Press Conference [10 March 09] Opening Remarks by the Vice President to the North Atlantic Council[27 Feb 09] Interview of President Obama by Armed Forces TV [17 Feb 09] Statement by the President on Afghanistan [18 Dec 08] President and Mrs. Bush Host Reception in Honor of the United States-Afghan Women's Council [15 Dec 08] President Bush Participates in Press Availability with Afghanistan President Karzai in Afghanistan [15 Dec 08] President Bush Visits with Troops in Afghanistan[20 Oct 08] Statement by Press Secretary Dana Perino
NOTE: Condemnation of an attack by the Taliban in Kandahar province [1 Oct 08] President Bush Meets with General David McKiernan, Commander for NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan [26 Sep 08] President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with President Karzai of Afghanistan, United States Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders, National Guard Agriculture Development Team Representatives, and Afghan Governors [26 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: Making Afghanistan More Secure with Economic and Reconstruction Assistance[9 Sep 08] President Bush Visits National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Discusses Global War on Terror
NOTE: Discussion of Afghanistan begins in the second half of the transcript [29 July 08] Interview of the First Lady by Wendell, Goler, Fox News [12 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at International Conference in Support of Afghanistan [12 June 08] What I Saw in Afghanistan
Op-ed by Laura Bush [12 June 08] Fact Sheet: The Afghanistan Support Conference: Renewed U.S. and International Commitment[11 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at a Reception with U.S.-Afghan Donors Conference Participants [8 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the Kabul Presidential Palace [8 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks and President Karzai of Afghanistan in Press Availability[17 May 08] President Bush Meets with President Karzai of Afghanistan [29 April 08] Press Conference by the President
Note: Discusses the attempted assassination of President Karzai half way through [2 April 08] President Bush Visits Bucharest, Romania, Discusses NATO [2 April 08] President Bush Meets with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer[20 March 08] Remarks by Vice President Cheney and President Karzai of Afghanistan in Press Availability[13 March 08] President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders and Brigade Combat Commanders[13 March 08] Fact Sheet: Helping Afghanistan Achieve Sustainable Progress[26 Sep 07] President Bush Meets with President Karzai of Afghanistan[6 Aug 07] President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with President Karzai of Afghanistan[23 July 07] President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Mohammad Zahir Shah[21 May 07] President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer [1 March 06] President and Mrs. Bush Dedicate U.S. Embassy Building in Afghanistan [1 March 06] President Bush Thanks U.S. and Coalition Troops in Afghanistan TOP Department of Defense [current] Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan [current] Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [2 Sep 10] Joint Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan from Kabul, Afghanistan[2 Sep 10] DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Richard Mills, Commander, Regional Command Southwest, via Teleconference from Afghanistan[23 Aug 10] DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, via Teleconference from Afghanistan[5 Aug 10] U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan Would Benefit from a Finalized Comprehensive U.S. Anti-Corruption Strategy
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[5 Aug 10] DOD News Briefing with Vice Adm. Robert Harward, Commander, Joint Task Force 435, and Ambassador Hans Klemm, U.S. Embassy Coordinating Director of Rule of Law and Law Enforcement, from Afghanistan[1 Aug 10] NBC 'Meet the Press'
ADM Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[1 Aug 10] Press Release: General Petraeus Issues Updated Tactical Directive: Emphasizes "Disciplined Use of Force"
Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan[29 July 10] DoD News Briefing with Secretary Gates and Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon[28 July 10] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. John Campbell, Commanding General, Regional Command East, and Mr. Thomas Gibbons, Senior Civilian Representative, at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan[25 July 10] U.S. Embassy Kabul Town Hall
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff[25 July 10] GMIC (Government Media Information Center) Press Availability
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff[22 July 10] ANP Compound at Kandahar Generally Met Contract Terms but Has Project Planning, Oversight, and Sustainability Issues
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[21 July 10] Statement by British Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, Commander, NATO-ISAF Regional Command, from Afghanistan[15 July 10] DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Richard Mills, Commanding General, Regional Command Southwest, from Afghanistan[7 July 10] DOD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, Commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, from Afghanistan[4 July 10] Letter to the Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, and Civilians of NATO's International Security Assistance Force
GEN David Petraeus, USA, Commander, International Security Assistance Force, and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan[29 June 10] Actions Needed to Improve the Reliability of Afghan Security Force Assessments
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[24 June 10] DOD News Briefing with Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen from the Pentagon[22 June 10] Defense Secretary Gates Statement on McChrystal Profile [14 June 10] Special Defense Department Briefing from the Pentagon Arlington, Virginia
Paul Brinkley, Director, DoD Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan, Jack Medlin, Regional Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, International Programs, Kathleen Johnson, Mineral Program Director, U.S. Geological Survey [11 June 10] Press Availability with Secretary Robert M. Gates from the NATO Ministerial at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium [10 June 10] DoD Media Roundtable with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), at the NATO Headquaters in Brussels[3 June 10] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, USA, Commander, NATO-ISAF Regional Command East and Combined Joint Task Force-82 (CJTF-82), and Dawn Liberi, Senior Civilian Representative, CJTF-82, at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference in Afghanistan [26 May 10] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, Commander, Regional Command - South, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), via Teleconference from Afghanistan [24 May 10] Controls Over Funds Appropriated for Assistance to Afghanistan and Iraq Processed Through the Foreign Military Sales Network
Inspector General [13 May 10] DOD News Briefing with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, USA, Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force, from the Pentagon [30 April 10] Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [28 April 10] DOD Background Briefing with Senior Defense Officials from the Pentagon [20 April 10] DOD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Steven Kwast, Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, U.S. Air Force, from Afghanistan [13 April 10] Media Availability with Secretary Robert M. Gates en Route to Lima, Peru
NOTE: Contains the Secretary's remarks on the chain of command and the risks associated with civilian casualties in Afghanistan[9 April 10] Afghanistan's Control and Audit Office Requires Operational and Budgetary Independence, Enhanced Authority, and Focused International Assistance to Effectively Prevent and Detect Corruption
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [2 April 10] DOD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. William Webster, U.S. Army, Commanding General, Third Army, Kuwait, from Kuwait [April 10] Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan and United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces[31 March 10] Government Media and Information Center Press Conference
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[17 March 10] DOD News Briefing with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and Ambassador Sedwill, NATO Representative in Afghanistan, from Afghanistan [10 March 10] Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates and Afghanistan Minister of Defense Addul Rahim Wardak from Afghanistan [9 March 10] Press Availability with Secretary Robert M. Gates from Forward Operating Base Cafferata, Afghanistan [8 March 10] Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from Afghanistan[4 March 10] 73rd Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Defense Associations
Remarks by GEN David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command [4 March 10] DOD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, Commander, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, from Afghanistan[22 Feb 10] DOD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen from the Pentagon
NOTE: Discussion of Afghanistan and the ongoing operations in Marjah begins in Admiral Mullen's opening statement [18 Feb 10] DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Nick Patrick Carter, British Army, Commander, NATO-ISAF Regional Command South, from Afghanistan [9 Feb 10] DOD Obligations and Expenditures of Funds Provided to the Department of State for the Training and Mentoring of the Afghan National Police
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense [8 Feb 10] A Two-Part Interview with Secretary Robert M. Gates by Greta Van Susteren, Fox News [5 Feb 10] Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates from Istanbul, Turkey [4 Feb 10] Press Roundtable with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, in Istanbul, Turkey[4 Feb 10] DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. John Campbell, Commander, 101st Airborne Division, and Maj. Gen. Stephen Layfield, Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, Joint Forces Command, via Teleconference from Ft. Campbell, Ky. [25 Jan 10] Remarks at the House of Commons All-Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic Security
William J. Lynn, III, Deputy Secretary of Defense [21 Jan 10] Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Pak TV Interview [15 Jan 10] Afghanistan Energy Supply Has Increased but An Updated Master Plan is Needed and Delays and Sustainability Concerns Remain
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[12 Jan 10] DoD News Briefing with Col. Drinkwine from Afghanistan [15 Dec 09] DoD News Briefing with Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, at the Pentagon [15 Dec 09] National Defense University Pakistan
Remarks by ADM Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan [14 Dec 09] Press Conference with Royal Netherlands Army Maj. Gen. Mart de Kruif, Former Commander of Regional Command South, Afghanistan [14 Dec 09] Kabul Press Conference
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[10 Dec 09] Press Conference
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [8 Dec 09] Joint Press Conference with Secretary Robert M. Gates and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from Kabul, Afghanistan [8 Dec 09] Media Availability with Secretary Robert M. Gates en Route to Afghanistan [8 Dec 09] U.S. National Security Strategy Update
Foreign Press Center briefing by ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff [2 Dec 09] ISAF Commander's Statement Regarding U.S. President's Announcement
GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, Commander, NATO International Security Asssistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan [2 Dec 09] Message to the Troops on the Way Ahead
GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan [2 Dec 09] Charlie Rose Show
ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [20 Nov 09] Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Canadian Minister of Defense Peter MacKay [4 Nov 09] Government Executives Events Group Discussion: Military Leadership
Remarks by Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Tim Clark, Editor-in-Chief, Government Executive Magazine and James Kitfield, National Security and Foreign Affairs Correspondent, the National Journal, at the National Press Club [30 Oct 09] Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [28 Oct 09] Barriers to Greater Participation by Women in Afghan Elections
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [23 Oct 09] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates During the NATO Defense Ministers Meeting [20 Oct 09] Press Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates En Route from Hawaii to Tokyo [Oct 09] Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan[30 Sep 09] Documenting Detention Procedures Will Help Ensure Counter-Narcotics Justice Center is Utilized as Intended
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [30 Sep 09] Special Plans and Operations: Report on the Assessment of U.S. and Coalition Plans to Train, Equip, and Field the Afghan National Security Forces
Inspector General [27 Sep 09] Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Interview on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos [23 Sep 09] DoD News Briefing with Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the DoD Briefing Room, The Pentagon, Arlington Va. [22 Sep 09] Strategy and Resources Needed to Sustain Afghan Electoral Capacity
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [15 Sep 09] Senate Armed Services Committee Reconfirmation Hearing
Testimony by Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the Senate Armed Services Committee [9 Sep 09] Increased Visibility, Monitoring, and Planning Needed for Commander's Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [4 Sep 09] Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Interview with Al Jazeera at the Pentagon [3 Sep 09] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen from the Pentagon[31 Aug 09] Media Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates at Lockheed Martin Factory, Fort Worth, Texas
NOTE: Remarks on the situation in Afghanistan occur in the middle of the transcript [27 Aug 09] Actions Needed to Resolve Construction Delays at the Counter-Narcotics Justice Center
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[18 Aug 09] DoD News Briefing with Australian Brig. Gen. Damian Cantwell, Chief, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Election Task Force and ISAF Spokesman Canadian Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay from Kabul, Afghanistan [13 Aug 09] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright from the Pentagon [12 Aug 09] Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Phase III - Accountability for Equipment Purchased for the Afghanistan National Army
Inspector General[12 Aug 09] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Walter Givhan, Commander, Combined Air Power Transition Force-Afghanistan, from Afghanistan[5 Aug 09] Remarks on National Public Radio's Morning Edition
Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [4 Aug 09] DoD New Briefing with Dutch Army Brig. Gen. Tom Middendorp, Outgoing Commander, Task Force Uruzgan in Southern Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, via Teleconference from Afghanistan [4 Aug 09] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force 82, and Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division U.S. Army, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, via Teleconference from Afghanistan [30 July 09] A Better Management Information System is Needed to Promote Information Sharing, Effective Planning, and Coordination of Afghanistan Reconstruction Activities
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[30 July 09] Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[20 July 09] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, from the Pentagon [8 July 09] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, Commander, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, from Afghanistan [7 July 09] CSIS: Statesmen's Forum: "Security and Stability in the Broader Middle East: A Comprehensive Approach"
Remarks by Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
NOTE: Remarks on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan can be found in the second half of the transcript[6 July 09] UN Action Urged to Strengthen Afghanistan Capacity to Support Future Elections
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction[6 July 09] Tactical Directive
Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan
NOTE: Contains the releasable portions of a Tactical Directive issued by General McChrystal for the guidance of ISAF and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)[25 June 09] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Mart De Kruif, Commander, NATO-ISAF Regional Command South, Royal Netherlands Army, at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan [23 June 09] DoD News Briefing with Col. Spiszer, Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan [18 June 09] USCENTCOM's Unclassified Executive Summary: U.S. Central Command Investigation into Civilian Casualties in Farah Province, Afghanistan on 4 May 2009
U.S. Central Command[18 June 09] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen
NOTE: Concerns the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and the U.S. partnership with NATO forces in Afghanistan[12 June 09] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates following NATO Ministerial Meetings in Brussels, Belgium[2 June 09] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, Commander, Combined Joint Task Force - 101 Afghanistan, from Afghanistan[June 09] Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Report to Congress [19 May 09] Contract Oversight Capabilities of the Defense Department's Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) Need Strengthening
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [18 May 09] The Future of Global Engagements and Defense Budget Priorities
Remarks by Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Brookings Institution[11 May 09] Press Conference with Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Leadership Changes in Afghanistan from the Pentagon [7 May 09] Press Conference with Secretary Robert Gates from Kabul, Afghanistan [5 May 09] Media Availability with Secretary Robert M. Gates at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [30 April 09] Quarterly and Semiannual Report to the United States Congress
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [29 April 09] Secretary Robert M. Gates Interview with CNN [29 April 09] DoD News Briefing with Gen. James Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, at the Pentagon[22 April 09] DoD Briefing with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, International Security Assistance Force, and Deputy Commander for Operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, from Afghanistan [21 April 09] U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Remarks by Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, at Center for Strategic and International Studies [7 April 09] Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Interview with Judy Woodruff, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer [April 09] United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces [31 March 09] Secretary Robert Gates Interview with Afghan TV [31 March 09] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Formica, Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, from Kabul[20 March 09] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Mart de Kruif, Commander, Regional Command South Afghanistan, from Afghanistan [20 March 09] DoD News Briefing with Col. Thomas O'Donovan, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan Engineer District, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington Va.[11 March 09] Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Interview with Tavis Smiley [10 March 09] Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Interview on All Things Considered NPR[6 March 09] DoD News Briefing with Colonel John P. Johnson, Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan [5 March 09] Media Stakeout with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Candadian Minister of Defense Peter Mackay outside the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. [3 March 09] Media Available with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and French Minister of Defense Herve Morin
NOTE: Discussion of international efforts in Afghanistan occurs in the middle of the transcript [18 Feb 09] Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Enroute to Krakow [18 Feb 09] DoD News Briefing with Gen. David McKiernan, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan and NATO's International Security Assistance Force, from the Pentagon[17 Feb 09] Press Release: DoD Announces Afghanistan Force Deployment [8 Feb 09] The Future of the Alliance and the Mission in Afghanistan
Remarks by GEN. David H. Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, at the 45th Munich Security Conference [4 Feb 09] DoD News Briefing with Col. Spellmon from Afghanistan [30 Jan 09] Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [27 Jan 09] Testimony by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, to the Senate Armed Services Committee [22 Jan 09] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen
NOTE: Discussion of need for additional troops in Afghanistan and difference in goals for Afghanistan between the Bush and Obama Administrations begins at the midpoint of the transcript [22 Jan 09] DoD News Briefing with Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, Director, Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Clyde Vaughn, Cdr, Texas Agricultural Team Army Col. Stan Poe, and Sultan Hussein Abasyar, Director of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan[Jan 09] Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan [11 Dec 08] Media Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates from Kandahar, Afghanistan [5 Dec 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Tucker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for ISAF, Deputy Commander for Operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, from Afghanistan at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington VA [25 Nov 08] Foreign Press Center Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) [21 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Colonel John P. Johnson, Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, from Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA [18 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Colonel John Spiszer, Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Via Teleconference from Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA [12 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command, from Afghanistan [30 Oct 08] Quarterly Report to the United States Congress
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [29 Oct 08] DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon
NOTE: Second half of the transcript concerns the Taliban and the situation in Afghanistan [24 Oct 08] Assessment of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Control and Accountability; Security Assistance; and Sustainment for the Afghan National Security Forces
Office of Special Plans and Operations, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense[15 Oct 08] Dean Acheson Lecture - U.S. Institute of Peace
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense[1 Oct 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McKiernan from the Pentagon [26 Sep 08] DoD Briefing with Lt Col Allison from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA and Mr. Shawn Waddoups, Via Teleconference from Afghanistan [23 Sep 08] Update on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Statement by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, before the Senate Armed Services Committee [18 Sep 08] Roundtable with Defense Secretary Gates from London, United Kingdom[17 Sep 08] Press Availability with Afghan Press
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense [15 Sep 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Lindell from Afghanistan[5 Sep 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan [27 Aug 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Conway from the Pentagon [18 July 08] Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported by Major Oversight Organizations Beginning FY 2003 through FY 2007
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense [24 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan [17 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. [13 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McNeill from the Pentagon [13 June 08] Press Conference with Defense Secretary Gates at NATO Headquarters, Brussels[June 08] Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Report to Congress [June 08] United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces
Report to Congress [29 April 08] Media Availability with Secretary Gates in Mexico City, Mexico[18 April 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Cone[7 April 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Afghanistan[1 April 08] Media Availability with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Danish Minister of Defense Soren Gade[28 March 08] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Livingston[26 March 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer and Sgt. Maj. Flowers[27 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Stevens from Aghanistan[26 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Aghanistan[19 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Johnson[10 Feb 08] Munich Conference on Security Policy
Remarks as Delivered by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense[8 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Klingaman from Kabul, Afghanistan[6 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McNeill[5 Feb 08] DoD Support to NATO International Security Assistance Force
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense[24 Jan 08] DoD Press Briefing with Brig. Gen. Lindell[23 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez[17 Jan 08] Media Roundtable with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James E. Cartwright[15 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell[8 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Votel[2 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer[11 Dec 07] House Armed Services Committee on Afghanistan
Testimony by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense[30 Nov 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Daly and Maj. Gen. Ali from Afghanistan[9 Nov 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Livingston from Afghanistan[31 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Anderson[24 Oct 07] Media Roundtable with Secretary Gates from Noordwijk, Netherlands[18 Oct 07] DoD Press Briefing with Maj. Gen. Cone and Gen. Wardak[17 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Chip Preysler from Afghanistan[10 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Bantz Craddock, Commander, European Command[2 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Ives, Commander, Task Force Cincinnatus, Combined Joint Task Force 82[5 Sep 07] DoD News Briefing with Cdr. Adams, Commander Khowst Provinical Reconstruction Team and Governor Jamal, Governor, Khowst Province, Afghanistan Arsala Jamal[22 Aug 07] DoD News Briefing with Lt. Col. Phillips from Afghanistan[25 July 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Afghanistan [July 07] Interagency Assessment of the Counternarcotics Program in Afghanistan
Inspectors General, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense [29 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Bulen at the Pentagon [28 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Ives and Lt. Col. Kim [20 June 07] DoD Briefing with Col. Schweitzer and Maj. Gen. Khaliq from Afghanistan [5 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Dan McNeill via Videoconference from Afghanistan
Commanding General, NATO's International Security Assistance Force [5 June 07] DoD Press Briefing with Secretary Gates and President Hamid Karzai from Kabul, Afghanistan [8 May 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Nicholson from Afghanistan [30 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Royal Netherlands Army Maj. Gen. Van Loon from the Pentagon [24 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer from Afghanistan [18 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel from Afghanistan [27 March 07] A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond
Remarks by Eric Edelman, Under Secretary for Policy, to the NATO Conference on a Comprehensive Approach to Afghanistan
NOTE: This document opens in Microsoft Word [26 Jan 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Freakley from Afghanistan [17 Jan 07] Press Availability with Secretary Gates, General Pace, and General Eikenberry [16 Jan 07] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Following Meeting with President Karzai [9 Jan 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin and Minister Abdul Hadir Khalid from the PentagonTOP Department of State [current] U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan [current] Afghanistan Country Page [31 Aug 10] Killing of Parliamentary Candidate and Election Workers in Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[9 Aug 10] Press Availability on Relief Workers Killed in Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan[8 Aug 10] Killing of Medical Aid Workers in Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[22 July 10] Debt Relief Signing Ceremony
Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan[22 July 10] Press Release: United States, Afghanistan Sign Debt Relief Agreement[20 July 10] Intervention at Kabul Conference
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[20 July 10] Gaggle with Traveling Press
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[13 July 10] Special Briefing on Upcoming Kabul Conference
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan[30 June 10] Remarks at a Security Council Debate on Afghanistan and UNAMA
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations[9 June 10] Op-Ed on U.S.-Russia Cooperation on Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan[4 June 10] Statement on the Conclusion of the Consultative Peace Jirga
U.S. Embassy Kabul[27 May 10] Statement on Combating Drug Trafficking
Ian C. Kelly, U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)[13 May 10] Remarks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a Moderated Conversation
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[13 May 10] Remarks with Afghan Women Ministers Before their Meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [11 May 10] Remarks at Reception in Honor of Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [11 May 10] U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Discussions
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, and Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan[10 May 10] Preview of the Washington Visit of Afghanistan President Karzai
Foreign Press Center briefing by Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [23 April 10] Press Availability in Tallinn
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [19 April 10] The Rehearsal of Concept Drill in Kabul, Upcoming Visit of President Karzai, and U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Follow-Up
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [16 April 10] On-the-Record-Briefing on Respective Trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, and Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development [11 April 10] Remarks to the Press at Conclusion of Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, GEN David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, and Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development [1 April 10] Readout on Recent Travels to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Belgium
Foreign Press Center briefing by Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [29 March 10] Media Roundtable
Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [24 March 10] Press Release: U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan [18 March 10] Remarks on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations [17 March 10] Press Release: U.S. Joins Other Creditors, Cancels Afghanistan Debts Owed to Paris Club Members [2 March 10] Briefing by Special Representative Holbrooke on his Recent Trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Georgia and Germany
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [March 10] International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs [9 Feb 10] DOD Obligations and Expenditures of Funds Provided to the Department of State for the Training and Mentoring of the Afghan National Police
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense [3 Feb 10] Readout on the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan
Foreign Press Center briefing by Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [3 Feb 10] Briefing on Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture [Feb 10] Report of Inspection: Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors [29 Jan 10] Press Release: Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls: Keys to a Better Future for Afghanistan [28 Jan 10] Remarks at the International Conference on Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [7 Jan 10] U.S. Government Agriculture Sector Programs in Afghanistan and Upcoming Travel to the Region
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Richard C. Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [7 Jan 10] Role of the International Network of SRAPs
Foreign Press Center briefing by Daniel Feldman, Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) [6 Jan 10] Remarks on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Rosemary A. DiCarlo, U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs[Jan 10] Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy
Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [18 Dec 09] Use of Contractors to Train Afghan National Police
Statement by David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan [17 Dec 09] Afghanistan and the United States: A Long-Term Partnership
Remarks by Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [17 Dec 09] In the Waves of Liberty
Remarks by Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, with Radio Azadi [10 Dec 09] Response to ODIHR Final Report on Elections in Afghanistan
Carol Fuller, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe [9 Dec 09] The New Afghanistan Strategy: The View from the Ground
Statement by Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [9 Dec 09] The U.S.-Europe Partnership Under the Obama Administration
Remarks by Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, at the Council on Foreign Relations
NOTE: First half of the transcript concerns U.S.-European cooperation in Afghanistan [7 Dec 09] Remarks at the American Enterprise Institute
Paul Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [4 Dec 09] Remarks at Press Conference at NATO Headquarters
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [3 Dec 09] Afghanistan: Assessing the Road Ahead
Opening Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [3 Dec 09] Briefing En Route Brussels, Belgium
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [2 Dec 09] U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Opening Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee [2 Dec 09] Administration's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Opening Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, before the Senate Armed Services Committee [1 Dec 09] Message to the People of Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [Dec 09] Status of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Counternarcotics Programs in Afghanistan - Performance Audit
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors [23 Nov 09] Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard Holbrooke, Sepcial Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [19 Nov 09] Press Roundtable at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations
Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources [19 Nov 09] Town Hall with Students Staff and Trainers at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck Center for Complex Operations
Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources [19 Nov 09] Press Conference at U.S. Embassy Kabul
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [19 Nov 09] Address to U.S. and International Troops in Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[5 Nov 09] Remarks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle after their Meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [3 Nov 09] Press Roundtable
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan [1 Nov 09] Afghanistan Election
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [28 Oct 09] Attack on a Guest House in Kabul
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [28 Oct 09] Statement on the Attack in Kabul
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations [26 Oct 09] Briefing on Progress Made in Civilian Hiring in Afghanistan
Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources [23 Oct 09] On-the-Record Briefing
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan[20 Oct 09] Afghan Elections
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [16 Oct 09] Secretary Clinton's Interview with Jill Dougherty of CNN
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State[14 Oct 09] Statement in Response to LTG James Duttan, Deputy ISAF Commander
Carol Fuller, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe [6 Oct 09] Interview with Katie Couric of CBS Evening News
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [21 Sep 09] Interview with Margaret Warner of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [14 Sep 09] NATO in a New Era of Engagement
Remarks by Ivo H. Daalder, U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), at Chatham House [11 Sep 09] September 11 Commemoration Ceremony at U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan
Remarks by Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Rangin Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [11 Sep 09] Briefing on Recent Trip to South Asia
Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources [9 Sep 09] The Obama Administration's Policy on South Asia
Remarks by Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University [3 Sep 09] NATO in Afghanistan: A New Approach to Operations
Remarks by Ivo H. Daalder, U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to the Netherlands Atlantic Commission at the Hague[17 Aug 09] Afghanistan Elections
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [1 July 09] Remarks at the Transatlantic Forum
Ivo H. Daalder, U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NOTE: Second half of the transcript concerns NATO's role in Afghanistan [30 June 09] Remarks During a Security Council Debate on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations [30 June 09] Remarks on Recent Visit to Afghanistan and the U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women
Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues [10 June 09] Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke on His Recent Travels to the Region [8 June 09] A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century
Ivo H. Daalder, U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NOTE: Third section of the speech concerns NATO's role in Afghanistan [29 May 09] Press Release: Memorandum of Agreement Signed with Afghanistan [8 May 09] Press Release: U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Consultations [6 May 09] Remarks on Trilateral Consultaitons with Afghanistan and Pakistan
White House Briefing by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [6 May 09] U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Consultations II
Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari [5 May 09] Press Statement: Joint Investigation into Reported Civilian Casualties[30 April 09] Press Release: U.S. Department of State Delivers $5 Million in New Mine Action Aid for Afghanistan [31 March 09] Remarks at the International Conference on Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [31 March 09] Press Availability Following International Conference on Afghanistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [31 March 09] Remarks with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [30 March 09] Press Statement: Afghanistan Supreme Court Ruling [27 March 09] Interview with BBC Regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs [20 March 09] The Hague Conference on Afghanistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [19 March 09] Statement on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. Alternate Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs[18 March 09] Remarks with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [4 March 09] Press Statement: Decision by Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan [March 09] Assessment of Corruption in Afghanistan
United States Agency for International Development [28 Feb 09] Press Statement on President Karzai's Decree [26 Feb 09] Strategic Partnership with Afghanistan
Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta [26 Feb 09] U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Meetings To Be Held on a Regular Basis
Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, at the Trilateral Meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi[18 Feb 09] Special Envoy Holbrooke's Interview by Judy Woodruff of NewsHour [6 Feb 09] Special Representative Holbrooke's Role in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State [23 Jan 09] Fact Sheet: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Afghanistan [22 Jan 09] Announcement of Appointment of Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke
Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, Joe Biden, Vice President, George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, and Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [7 Jan 09] U.S.-Afghanistan Relations
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [19 Nov 08] Media Note: U.S. Support to Afghan Refugees and Returnees [8 Nov 08] U.S. Committed to Afghanistan
Remarks by Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [30 Oct 08] Remarks with BBC World Service on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [27 Oct 08] Progress in Afghanistan: U.S. Releases New Poppy Cultivation Data
Foreign Press Center briefing by John Walters, Director, White House Office of Drug Control Policy, Ashraf Haidari, Political Counselor for the Embassy of Afghanistan, Michele Leonhart, Acting DEA Administrator, Bill McGlynn, State Department International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau, and Brigadier General Joseph Callahan, Joint Staff [14 Oct 08] Statement by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative, on UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan), in the Security Council [9 Oct 08] Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations with the U.S.
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs[25 Sep 08] Remarks with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta after their Meeting
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State [25 Sep 08] Media Note: United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Joint Statement [25 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership[10 Sep 08]Press Statement: Afghanistan National Army Expansion[8 Sep 08] Afghanistan's Communications Revolution
Op-Ed by David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, and Amir Zai Sangin, Afghanistan's Minister of Communications and Information Technology[27 Aug 08] Fact Sheet: Update on Counternarcotics in Afghanistan - August 2008 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Poppy Cultivation Survey[18 June 08] Special Briefing on the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
Remarks by USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood[13 June 08] Pakistan/Afghanistan - U.S. Relations
Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs[12 June 08] Remarks at Afghanistan Donors' Conference
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State [12 June 08] Special Briefing by USAID Administrator Henrietta Ford and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood [12 June 08] Media Note: Summary of U.S. Assistance: International Conference in Support of Afghanistan[10 June 08] Fact Sheet: Total U.S. Security and Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan[10 June 08] Briefing on the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs[4 June 08] Fact Sheet: U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women: The U.S.-Afghan Women's Council[13 May 08] Remarks with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Signing Ceremony after their Meeting
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[28 April 08] Remarks with the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan Kai Eide after Their Meeting
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[14 April 08] Supporting Afghanistan
Remarks by Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs[20 March 08] Afghanistan's New Deal
Op-Ed by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations[20 March 08] Remarks on the Renewal of the Mandate for UNAMA and the Situation in Somalia
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations[12 March 08] Remarks by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative, on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, to the Security Council[11 March 08] Fact Sheet: Fighting the Opium Trade in Afghanistan: Myths, Facts, and Sound Policy
Joint Statement by the United States and the United Kingdom[7 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[7 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband at Kandahar Air Base
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[7 Feb 08] Briefing with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband enroute Afghanistan
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[6 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[4 Feb 08] Afghanistan and NATO: Why They Both Matter
Remarks by Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung[1 Feb 08] The NATO Emerging in Afghanistan
Op-Ed by Victoria Nuland, U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization[2 Jan 08] Fact Sheet: Civilian Police and Rule of Law Programs[13 Dec 07] Remarks on Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State[16 Nov 07] Media Note: Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan[4 Oct 07] Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training in Afghanistan
Thomas A. Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs[14 Sep 07] Why Helping Afghanistan Matters
Speech by Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, to the Atlantic Council of Finland[11 Sep 07] Press Roundtable in Afghanistan
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary[6 Sep 07] Remarks to the Press: Discussing Afghanistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs[29 Aug 07] The Counternarcotics Situation in Afghanistan
Thomas A. Schweich, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement[9 Aug 07] On-the-Record Briefing on the Release of a Comprehensive New U.S. Government Implementation Plan to Control Narcotics in Afghanistan
John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy, and Thomas Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement[August 07] U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan[2 Aug 07] On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan
Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [23 July 07] The Passing of Muhammad Zahir Shah, Former King of Afghanistan
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State [25 June 07] A Comprehensive Approach to Counternarcotics in Afghanistan
Foreign Press Center briefing by John P. Walters, Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, and Kim Howell, Minister of State, Foreign Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom [14 May 07] Roundtable with East-West Center Journalists Tour
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [22 March 07] South and Central Asia Regional Update
Foreign Press Center briefing by a Senior State Department Official [20 March 07] Statement by Ambassador Jackie Sanders, U.S. Alternative Representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs, at the Security Council Open Meeting on the Situation in Afghanistan [8 March 07] Moving Forward in Afghanistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs [30 Jan 07] Overall U.S. Effort in Afghanistan
Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ronald E. Neumann, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan [26 Jan 07] Fulfilling the Commitment to Success in Afghanistan
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State [26 Jan 07] On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan
R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State, and John Fox, Director of the Office of Afghanistan AffairsTOP Other Policy Sources [current] USAID in Afghanistan [current] Export.Gov/Afghanistan
Afghanistan Investment and Reconstruction Task Force, U.S. Department of Commerce [30 June 10] Statement Following Meetings with Afghan President Karzai, Minister of Justice Habibullah Ghalib and Attorney General Mohammad Ishaq Aloko
Eric Holder, Attorney General[18 June 10] Are Private Security Contractors Performing Inherently Governmental Functions?
Hearing before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan[24 May 10] How Good is Our System for Curbing Contract Waste, Fraud, and Abuse?
Hearing before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan[19 April 10] Reliance on Contingency Services Contracts: Where is the Management and Oversight?
Hearing before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan[23 Feb 10] Afghan Women and Girls: Building the Future of Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues[10 Feb 10] Remarks at the American University of Afghanistan
Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury[28 Jan 10] Terrorist Financing
Remarks by David S. Cohen, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing, at the Council on Foreign Relations[11 Jan 10] Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Discusses Afghanistan Trip[18 Dec 09] Afghan National Security Forces Contract Training
Hearing before the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan[Aug 09] Comprehensive Oversight Plan: Afghanistan-Pakistan - Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Through Fiscal Year 2010
Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group[June 09] At What Cost? Contingency Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan: Interim Report
Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan[April 09] Comprehensive Oversight Plan for Southwest Asia: FY 2009 Update
Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group[26 March 09] Human Rights in Afghanistan
Briefing before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)[Nov 08] Comprehensive Audit Plan for Southwest Asia: FY 2009 Update
Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group[June 08] Comprehensive Audit Plan for Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia Joint Planning Group[May 08] A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice[27 March 08] Fact Sheet: USAID Assistance to Afghanistan in 2002-2008
United States Agency for International Development[13 Nov 07] Remarks by Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez at the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference[18 July 07] United States and Other Paris Club Creditors Provide Further Debt Relief to Afghanistan
Department of the Treasury Press Release[10 April 07] Business Opportunities in Afghanistan and Central Asia
Remarks by Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade[31 Oct 06] Remarks to the Afghan American Chamber of Commerce Business Matchmaking Conference
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce[4 Oct 06] Interview of John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, with Gary Thomas, Voice of America[21 Aug 06] Afghanistan: Opportunities in the Telecommunications Sector
Remarks by Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade [June 06] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: An Interagency Assessment
U.S. Agency for International Development [9 March 06] USAID Assistance to Afghanistan
James Kunder, USAID Assistant AdministratorTOP
U.S. Congress [27 July 10] Perspectives on Reconciliation Options in Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations[15 July 10] Oversight of U.S. Civilian Assistance for Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations[14 July 10] Afghanistan: Governance and the Civilian Strategy
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations[July 10] U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
Report to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotcs Control[29 June 10] Contracting in Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors?
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs[29 June 10] To Consider the Nomination of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for Reappointment to the Grade of General and to be Commander, International Security Assistance Force and Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services [22 June 10] Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage Along the Afghan Supply Chain
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [22 June 10] Warlord, Inc.: Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan
Report of the Majority Staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [16 June 10] Developments in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [15 June 10] The Situation in Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services [20 May 10] Afghanistan Reconstruction Oversight
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight [6 May 10] The Meaning of Marjah
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [5 May 10] Developments in Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [22 April 10] Crisis in Kyrgyzstan: Fuel, Contracts, and Revolution along the Afghan Supply Chain
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [15 April 10] Contracts for Afghan National Police Training
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight [14 April 10] Deployed Federal Civilians: Advancing Security and Opportunity in Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia [23 March 10] Interagency Coordination of Grants and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Progress, Obstacles, and Plans
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee [17 March 10] Force Protection Equipment Programs for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Joint Seapower and Expeditionary Forces and Air and Land Forces Subcommittees Gene Taylor, Chairman, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary ForcesAdam Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee on Air and Land ForcesBGen Michael M. Brogan, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Systems CommandDavi M. D'Agostino, Government Accountability OfficeLTG Michael L. Oates, Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat OrganizationMG Thomas W. Spoehr, USA, Director of Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, and BG Peter N. Fuller, USA, Program Executive Officer Soldier[10 March 10] Statement in Opposition to H. Con. Res. 248, the War Powers Resolution
Howard L. Berman, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs [21 Jan 10] CBO's Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr., Chariman of the House Committee on the Budget. Congressional Budget Office [17 Dec 09] Afghanistan Contracts: An Overview
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight [15 Dec 09] Winning the War in Afghanistan
Address by Senator John McCain at the Heritage Foundation [10 Dec 09] U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan - Part II [9 Dec 09] The New Afghanistan Strategy: The View from the Ground
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations[8 Dec 09] Afghanistan: The Results of the Strategic Review, Part II
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee[8 Dec 09] Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services[3 Dec 09] Afghanistan: The Results of the Strategic Review, Part I
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee[3 Dec 09] Afghanistan: Assessing the Road Ahead
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations[2 Dec 09] U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs[2 Dec 09] Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee [19 Nov 09] Afghan Elections: What Happened and Where Do We Go From Here?
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [17 Nov 09] Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy, Part III
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [5 Nov 09] Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy, Part II
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee [22 Oct 09] Afghanistan and Iraq: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee [22 Oct 09] Counterterrorism Within the Afghanistan Counterinsurgency
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee [21 Oct 09] U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control [20 Oct 09] Chairman Kerry Welcomes President Karzai's Decision to Conduct a Runoff Election
Statement by Senator John Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman [15 Oct 09] Afghanistan Policy at the Crossroads
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs [15 Oct 09] U.S. International Broadcasting into the War Zones: Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues[14 Oct 09] Afghanistan: Getting the Strategy Right
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [7 Oct 09] Confronting Al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [1 Oct 09] The Afghan Elections: Who Lost What?
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia [1 Oct 09] Afghanistan's Impact on Pakistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [22 Sep 09] Letter to the President: Best Approach in Afghanistan is a Properly Resourced Counter-Insurgency Strategy
Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee [17 Sep 09] Countering the Threat of Failure in Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [16 Sep 09] Exploring Three Strategies for Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Commitee on Foreign Relations [9 Sep 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan: Accountability Community Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security [10 Aug 09] Afghanistan's Narco War: Breaking the Link Between Drug Traffickers and Insurgents
Report to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [14 July 09] U.S. Promotion of the Afghan Economy: Impediments and Opportunities
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security [24 June 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security [9 June 09] Commission on Wartime Contracting: Interim Findings and Path Forward
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security [21 May 09] A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [19 May 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan: Resourcing the Civilian 'Surge'
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security [2 April 09] New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Developments in U.S. Central Command and Special Operations Command
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [2 April 09] U.S. Strategy for Afghanistan: Achieving Peace and Stability in the Graveyard of Empires
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia [1 April 09] United States Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services[25 March 09] Effective Counterinsurgency: How the Use and Misuse of Reconstruction Funding Affects the War Effort in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [4 March 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan: Understanding a Complex Threat Environment
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [26 Feb 09] Strategic Options for the Way Ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services [25 Feb 09] Winning the War in Afghanistan
Remarks by Senator John McCain at the American Enterprise Institute[12 Feb 09] Training and Equipping Afghan Security Forces: Unaccounted Weapons and Strategic Challenges
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs [12 Feb 09] Addressing U.S. Strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Balancing Interests and Resources
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [29 Jan 09] Turning the Tide in Afghanistan
Remarks by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman at the Brookings Institution[23 Sep 08] The Situation in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee[10 Sep 08] Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Iraq: Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [24 June 08] Examination of AEY Contracts with the U.S. Government
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
NOTE: Concerns a $300 million contract to supply ammunition to the Afghan security forces[18 June 08] Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice Sector in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs[3 June 08] Report of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA): Travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan[1 May 08] Hanging by a Thread: The State of U.S. Military Readiness and the Prospects for Success in Afghanistan
Statement by Ike Skelton, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, before the U.S. House of Representatives[2 April 08] Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs [April 08] Agency Stovepipes vs Strategic Agility: Lessons We Need to Learn from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan
Subcommittee on Oversight and Intestigations, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives[14 Feb 08] The Strategy in Afghanistan and Recent Reports by the Afghanistan Study Group and the Atlantic Council of the United States
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee[31 Jan 08] Afghanistan: A Plan to Turn the Tide?
Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Statement by Senator Richard Lugar, Ranking Republican on the Committee[23 Jan 08] Assessment of U.S. Strategy and Operations in Afghanistan and the Way Ahead
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [11 Dec 07] Security and Stability in Afghanistan: Status of U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee[25 Oct 07] Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
Congressional Budget Office[4 Oct 07] The Role of the Department of Defense in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
Hearing before the House Armed Services Commitee, Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee Vic Snyder, chair Mitchell Shivers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Central Asia Affairs Maj. Gen. Bobby J. Wilkes, USAF - Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Asia), Strategic Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Col. Ralph O. Baker, USA, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle East), Strategic Plans and Policy, The Joint Staff[2 Oct 07] Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform[Sep 07] Replacing and Repairing Equipment Used in Iraq and Afghanistan: The Army's Reset Program
Congressional Budget Office[30 March 07] H.R. 2446 Afghanistan Freedom Security Support Act of 2007
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate[22 March 07] Deconstructing Reconstruction: Problems, Challenges, and the Way Forward in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs[1 March 07] Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee[15 Feb 07] Afghanistan on the Brink: Where Do We Go from Here?
Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs [13 Feb 07] Assessment of Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [15 Nov 06] The Current Situation and U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing before the Senate Armed Forces Committee Gen. John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, United States Central Command David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Gen. Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, Central Intelligence Agency[12 Oct 06] Hyde/Kirk Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld Regarding the Opium Crisis in Afghanistan[21 Sep 06] From Coalition to ISAF Command in Afghanistan: The Purpose and Impact of the Transition
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [20 Sep 06] Afghanistan: Five Years After 9/11
Hearing before the House International Relations Committee [28 June 06] Status of Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee [22 Sep 05] United States Policy in Afghanistan: Establishing Democratic Governance and Security in the Wake of Parliamentary Elections
Hearing before the House International Relations Committe [17 March 05] U.S. Counternarcotics Policy in Afghanistan: Time for Leadership
Hearing before the House International Relations Committee [23 Sep 04] United States Security Policy in Afghanistan on the Eve of National Elections
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Drug Trade
[July 10] U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
Report to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotcs Control [June 10] Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [May 10] Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Assessing the Sustainability of Current Reductions in Opium Production in Afghanistan
David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [1 April 10] Counternarcotics Operations in Afgahnistan: The COIN of the Realm
COL Louis H. Jordan. Strategic Studies Institute [April 10] Afghanistan: Cannabis Survey 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[9 March 10] Afghanistan Drug Control: Strategy Evolving and Progress Reported, but Interim Performance Targets and Evaluation of Justice Reform Efforts Needed
Government Accountability Office [10 Feb 10] The Good and Bad News about Afghan Opium
George Gavrilis. Council on Foreign Relations [Dec 09] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [Dec 09] Why Buy Something We Hate? Subsidize Other Crops, Not Poppy
Allison Brown. Small Wars Journal [12 Nov 09] The Afghan Narcotics Industry: Extended Summary
Anthony H. Cordesman and Nicholas B. Greenough. Center for Strategic and International Studies [28 Oct 09] Narco-Belligerents Across the Globe: Lessons from Colombia for Afghanistan?
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Real Instituto Elcano [Oct 09] Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: The Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Sep 09] The Obama Administration's New Counternarcotics Strategy in Afghanistan: Its Promises and Potential Pitfalls
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution[Sep 09] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009: Summary Findings
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[12 Aug 09] Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
Christopher M. Blanchard. Congressional Research Service[Aug 09] How Opium Profits the Taliban
Gretchen Peters. United States Institute of Peace[15 July 09] Target the Drug Lords in Afghanistan, Not the Farmers
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution[May 09] "Poppy Free" Provinces: A Measure or a Target?
David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[April 09] Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Licit Agricultural Livelihoods
Alan Roe. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[25 March 09] Reframing Counter-narcotics Policy in Afghanistan
Testimony by Fabrice Pothier, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee[19 Feb 09] Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2008
NOTE: Information on drug control efforts in Afghanistan begins on page 37[23 Jan 09] Upcoming Changes to the Drug-Insurgency Nexus in Afghanistan
Jacob Townsend. Jamestown Foundation[Jan 09] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Assessment
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Dec 08] "Let Them Eat Promises": Closing the Opium Poppy Fields in Balkh and its Consequences
Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Dec 08] Counter-Narcotics in Afghanistan: The Failure of Success?
David Mansfield and Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Nov 08] Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Natural Resources Management, Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods
Alan Roe. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Oct 08] Afghanistan's Hidden Drug Problem: The Misuse of Psychotropics
David Macdonald. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Oct 08] Opium Poppy and Informal Credit
Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Aug 08] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[May 08] Resurgence and Reductions: Explanations for Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Nangarhar and Ghor in 2006-07
David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[April 08] Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[March 08] Responding to Afghanistan's Opium Economy Challenge: Lessons and Policy Implications from a Development Perspective
William A. Byrd. The World Bank[Feb 08] Anatomy of a Fallacy: The Senlis Council and Narcotics in Afghanistan
Frédéric Grare. Centre for International Governance Innovation[Feb 08] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Feb 08] Afghanistan Economic Incentives and Development Initiatives to Reduce Opium Production
Christopher Ward, David Mansfield, Peter Oldham and William Byrd. The World Bank [20 Dec 07] Tackling Afghanistan's Opium Trade with Legalization
Romesh Bhattacharji. Council on Foreign Relations[Nov 07] Afghan Poppy for Medicine Projects: An Economic Case Study
Senlis Council[Oct 07] Opium and Afghanistan: Reassessing U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy
John A. Glaze. Strategic Studies Institute[Aug 07] Opium Licensing in Afghanistan: Its Desirability and Feasibility
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution[Aug 07] Afghanistan Opium Survey Executive Summary
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[June 07] India's Experiences in Licensing Poppy Cultivatoin for the Production of Essential Medicines: Lessons for Afghanistan
Romesh Bhattacharji. Senlis Council[June 07] Poppy for Medicine: Licensing Poppy for the Production of Essential Medicines: An Integrated Counter-Narcotics, Development, and Counter-Insurgency Model for Afghanistan
Senlis Council[10 May 07] Afghanistan's Drug Trade and How it Funds Taliban Operations
Hayder Mili and Jacob Townsend. Jamestown Foundation [Feb 07] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [Winter 06/07] Poppies for Peace: Reforming Afghanistan's Opium Industry
Peter van Ham and Jorrit Kamminga. Washington Quarterly [Dec 06] Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Opium Poppy Cultivation in Nangarhar and Ghor
David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Nov 06] Afghanistan's Drug Industry: Structure, Functioning, Dynamics, and Implications for Counter-Narcotics Policy
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and The World Bank [15 Nov 06] Afghanistan Drug Control: Despite Improved Efforts, Deteriorating Security Threatens Success of U.S. Goals
Government Accountability Office [Nov 06] Combating Opium in Afghanistan
Ali A. Jalali, Robert B. Oakley, and Zoe Hunter. Strategic Forum, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University [14 Sep 06] Afghanistan's Role in Iran's Drug Problem
Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations [Aug 06] Opium Poppy Eradication: How to Raise Risk When There is Nothing to Lose?
David Mansfield and Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [June 06] Integrated Social Control in Afghanistan: Implications for the Licensed Cultivation of Poppy for the Production of Medicines
Ali Wardak. Senlis Council [27 Feb 06] The Economic Feasibility of Licensed Opium Production for the Production of Medicines in Afghanistan
Senlis Council [Feb 06] Afghanistan's Opium Production in Perspective
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly [12 Sep 05] Summary Findings of Opium Trends in Afghanistan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [Fall 05] Afghanistan: When Counternarcotics Undermines Counterterrorism
Vanda Felbab-Brown. The Washington Quarterly [29 Aug 05] The Opium Situation in Afghanistan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [July 05] Mapping of Alternative Livelihoods Projects in Afghanistan
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [05] Opium Cultivation
Afghanistan Watch [10 Nov 04] How the Drug War in Afghanistan Undermines America's War on Terror
Ted Galen Carpenter. Cato Institute [Nov 04] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004
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NATO
[current] International Security Assistance Force [current] NATO in Afghanistan[Sep 10] Afghanistan: The German Factor
James D. Bindenagel. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations [17 Aug 10] Long Road Ahead for Afghan Security Forces
Jack Kem. Council on Foreign Relations [12 July 10] Afghan National Security Forces: What It Will Take to Implement the ISAF Strategy
Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, and Jason Lemieux. Center for Strategic and International Studies [May 10] Executive Summary for AR 15-6 Investigation, 21 February 2010 CIVCAS Incident in Uruzgan Province
Memorandum for Commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan/International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan. Headquarters, United States Forces-Afghanistan [May 10] Operation Moshtarak: Lessons Learned
International Council on Security and Development [8 April 10] Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations
Remarks by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, at the University of Chicago [March 10] Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO's Strategic Concept: Ignore, Finesse or Confront?
Boyko Noev and Harlan Ullman. Atlantic Council of the United States [Jan 10] NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan: Building a Sustainable, Legitimate, Effective Afghanistan Security Force: A Holistic Perspective
Cindy Jebb and Richard Lacquement. Small Wars Journal [9 Dec 09] Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and ISAF Spokesman Brigadier General Eric Tremblay [9 Dec 09] U.S.-NATO: Looking for Common Ground in Afghanistan
Robert E. Hunter. Council on Foreign Relations [4 Dec 09] NATO Press Release: Statement on Afghanistan
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nations Participating in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) [3 Dec 09] NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance
Vincent Morelli and Paul Belkin. Congressional Research Service [3 Dec 09] NATO Allies in Europe Must Do More in Afghanistan
Sally McNamara. Heritage Foundation [2 Dec 09] Statement by the Secretary General on President Obama's Announcement
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General [23 Oct 09] Press Conference Following the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session in Bratislava
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General [22 Oct 09] Press Briefing at the Beginning of the Informal NATO Defence Ministerial Meeting in Bratislava
James Appathurai, NATO Spokesman [28 Sep 09] Afghanistan and NATO: The Way Forward
Prepared speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, at the Atlantic Council of the United States [Sep 09] NATO and the New US "Af-Pak" Strategy
Christopher M. Schnaubelt. NATO Defense College [Sep 09] Arguing Afghanistan: What the Detractors of NATO's Mission Get Wrong
Patrick Keller. NATO Defense College [17 Aug 09] State of Denial? NATO at 60 and the War in Afghanistan
LTC Rick Olsen (ret.). Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs [Aug 09] Organizing Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan
Donald C. Bolduc. Small Wars Journal [27 July 09] NATO's Mission in Afghanistan: The Political Strategy
Remarks by David Miliband, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, at NATO Headquarters, Brussels [6 July 09] Tactical Directive
Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan
NOTE: Contains the releasable portions of a Tactical Directive issued by General McChrystal for the guidance of ISAF and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)[Summer 09] Don't Shoot, We're German! Obstacles to a Debate on the Bundeswehr's International Missions
Eric Chauvistré. Journal of the German Council on Foreign Relations [May 09] Operational Effectiveness and UN Resolution 1325 - Practices and Lessons from Afghanistan
Louise Olsson and Johan Tejpar, eds. Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), et al. [4 April 09] Summit Declaration on Afghanistan - Issued by the Heads of State and Government Participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Strasbourg / Kehl
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [3 April 09] Nonmilitary Commitments Needed from NATO in Afghanistan
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Council on Foreign Relations [2 April 09] NATO in Afghanistan: Fault Lines in the Transatlantic Alliance?
Shanthie Mariet D'Souza. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses [April 09] CIMIC in the ISAF Mission: Conception, Implementation and Development of Civil-Military Cooperation in the Bundeswehr Abroad
Michael Paul. German Institute for International and Security Affairs [25 March 09] NATO 60th Anniversary Summit: An Agenda for American Leadership
Sally McNamara. Heritage Foundation [Spring 09] Operational Design for ISAF in Afghanistan: A Primer
Julian D. Alford and Scott A. Cuomo. Joint Force Quarterly [11 Feb 09] Karzai and NATO: A Parting of Ways?
Richard Weitz. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [09] Alliance and Peacebuilding: Afghanistan as an "Out-Of-Area" Operation of NATO
Yoshizaki Tomonori. National Institute of Defense Studies [09] Afghanistan Report 2009
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [Oct 08] What NATO Can Learn from "the Surge" in Iraq
Christopher M. Schnaubelt. NATO Defense College [30 July 08] After Action Report - Visit NATO Shape Headquarters and Afghanistan - 21-26 July 2008
Memorandum by Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret) [Summer 08] Swords and Ploughshares: Can NATO Survive Afghanistan?
Matthew A. Rosenstein, et al. Bulletin of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [8 May 08] NATO in Afghanistan: A Special Address by the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Remarks by Gen. Bantz John Craddock at the Heritage Foundation [17 April 08] Assessing the Overall Security Situation in Afghanistan
Statement by Nick Grono, Deputy President, International Crisis Group, at a DCAF-NATO Parliamentary Assembly Seminar on Stabilising Afghanistan [16 April 08] Post-Bucharest: NATO's Prospects in Afghanistan
Richard Weitz. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [3 April 08] ISAF's Strategic Vision: Declaration by the Heads of State and Government of the Nations Contributing to the UN-mandated NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan[2-4 April 08] Progress in Afghanistan: Bucharest Summit 2-4 April 2008
North Atlantic Treaty Organization[April 08] Helping Secure Afghanistan's Future
North Atlantic Treaty Organization[25 March 08] NATO and the Afghan Insurgency: Looking Ahead to Bucharest
Andrew Imbrie. British American Security Information Council[24 March 08] Is NATO Up to the Afghan Challenge? Expectations for the Bucharest Meeting
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event[29 Feb 08] Afghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21st Century Alliance
Remarks of Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, to the Brookings Institution[Feb 08] Pashutunistan, NATO and the Global War on Terror: "If You Don't Fight, You Cannot Have Peace in Afghanistan"
Michael Mihalka. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly[Feb 08] The German Army and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: The Need for Strategy
Timo Noetzel and Benjamin Schreer. German Institute for International and Security Affairs[Jan 08] Afghanistan: Europe's Forgotten War
Daniel Korski. European Council on Foreign Relations [13 Nov 07] NATO's Big Mission: The United States, Europe and the Challenge of Afghanistan
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event [March 07] Assessing ISAF: A Baseline Study of NATO's Role in Afghanistan
Cameron Scott. British American Security Information Council [29 Nov 06] Riga Summit Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government Participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Riga [29 Nov 06] Going South? NATO Still Split on Afghanistan
Thomas Barfield. The National Interest [27 Nov 06] NATO in Afghanistan: A Test Case for Future Missions
Helle Dale. Heritage Foundation[5 Nov 06] A Duty NATO is Dodging in Afghanistan
David Bosco. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [2 Nov 06] NATO Joint Press Statement[5 Oct 06] Statement by the Secretary General on Expansion of NATO's Operation in Afghanistan[4 Oct 06] NATO's Role in Afghanistan
Transcript of a speech by James R. Jones, General, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, to the Council on Foreign Relations[17 Sep 06] ISAF Concludes Operation Medusa in Southern Afghanistan
NATO Press Release[6 Sep 06] Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [23 Aug 06] NATO Struggles to Maintain Control of Southern Afghanistan
Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation [3 Aug 06] NATO and the Afghan-Pakistani Border
Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations[27 July 06] NATO Takes On Afghan Security
Esther Pan. Council on Foreign Relations[1 June 06] NATO's Afghan Expansion
David Barno, Director of the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. Council on Foreign Relations[15 May 06] Afghanistan Stage III: NATO's Most Ambitious Operation?
Francis Rheinheimer. Center for Defense Information[9 Jan 06] Dutch Retreat? The Perils of Turning Afghanistan over to NATO
Vance Serchuk. American Enterprise Institute [8 Jan 06] Back Up NATO's Afghanistan Force
Philip H. Gordon. Brookings Institution[8 Dec 05] Final Communiqué
NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting [8 Dec 05] News Conference
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General[6 Dec 05] Rice Faces 'Tough Sale' to Persuade NATO Allies on Expanding Force in Afghanistan
Robert E. Hunter. Council on Foreign RelationsTOP
Politics & Government
[current] Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan [current] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Office of the President [current] Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections
Joint Afghan-U.N. Electoral Management Body [Sep 10] An Interview with Said Tayeb Jawad
Said Tayeb Jawad, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations [31 Aug 10] The Folly of Holding Afghan Elections
Candace Rondeaux. Council on Foreign Relations [11 Aug 10] Real Change for Women's Rights: Opportunities and Challenges in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
Nina Sudhakar and Scott Worden. United States Institute of Peace [Aug 10] Informal Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
Noah Coburn and John Dempsey. United States Institute of Peace [20 July 10] Analysis of the Afghan Defense Appointments
Pamela Brown. Institute for the Study of War [July 10] Afghan Perceptions and Experiences of Corruption: A National Survey 2010
Integrity Watch Afghanistan [July 10] What the International Community Should Focus on at the Kabul Conference: Progress in Afghanistan Depends on Political Reforms
Caroline Wadhams and Colin Cookman. Center for American Progress [29 June 10] Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service [18 June 10] Rebuilding Afghanistan's Political Immunity
Shahmahmood Miakhel and Whit Mason. United States Institute of Peace [June 10] The Wolesi Jirga in 2010: Pre-Election Politics and the Appearance of Opposition
M. Hassan Wafaey and Anna Larson. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [June 10] Corrupting the State or State-Crafted Corruption? Exploring the Nexus between Corruption and Subnational Governance
Manija Gardizi, Karen Hussmann, and Yama Torabi. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[13 May 10] How to Gauge Karzai's U.S. Visit
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations [11 May 10] Karzai Comes to Washington
Gilles Dorronsor. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [May 10] Connecting with Kabul: The Importance of the Wolesi Jirga Election and Local Political Networks in Afghanistan
Noah Coburn. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [May 10] Leverage: Designing a Political Campaign for Afghanistan
Andrew Exum. Center for a New American Security [May 10] Governance in Afghanistan: Looking Ahead to What We Leave Behind
Colin Cookman and Caroline Wadhams. Center for American Progress[April 10] Speaking from the Evidence: Governance, Justice and Development - Policy Notes for the 2010 Kabul Conference
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [April 10] Politics and Power in Kandahar
Carl Forsberg. Institute for the Study of War [April 10] The State of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan: Actors, Approaches and Challenges
Emily Winterbotham. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Spring 10] Corruption and Social Trust in Afghanistan
Qiamuddin Amiry. al Nakhlah [17 Feb 10] Talking with Taliban - The Issue of "Reconciliation and Re-Integration"
Remarks by Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Homeland Security, at the 7th Worldwide Security Conference, EastWest Institute [7 Feb 10] Speech at the 46th Munich Security Conference
Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [2 Feb 10] Delays Will Not Improve Afghan Elections
Scott Worden. United States Institute of Peace [Feb 10] Between Patronage and Rebellion: Student Politics in Afghanistan
Antonio Giustozzi. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Jan 10] The Re-Election of Hamid Karzai
Haseeb Humayoon. Institute for the Study of War [Jan 10] Corruption in Afghanistan: Bribery as Reported by the Victims
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [Jan 10] Governance in Afghanistan in a Regional Perspective
Christian Wagner. Afghanistan Analysts Network[2 Dec 09] Press Release: Afghanistan Welcomes the New U.S. Strategy
Office of the President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [Dec 09] Afghanistan Governed by a Federal System with Autonomous Regions: A Path to Success?
Bryan Carroll and David A. Anderson. Small Wars Journal [Dec 09] A Holistic Justice System for Afghanistan
Deborah J. Smith and Jay Lamey. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[25 Nov 09] Afghanistan: Elections and the Crisis of Governance
International Crisis Group [24 Nov 09] Hamid Karzai's Second Term as Afghanistan's President: Promises, Challenges and Prospects
Shahid Javed Burki. Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore [4 Nov 09] Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2009: The 'Run-off' That Never Was
Shahid Javed Burki. Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore[3 Nov 09] Karzai's Moment of Opportunity
Zalmay M. Khalilzad. Council on Foreign Relations [Nov 09] Losing Legitimacy? Some Afghan Views on the Government, the International Community, and the 2009 Elections
Noah Coburn. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Nov 09] Voting Together: Why Afghanistan's 2009 Elections Were (and Were Not) a Disaster
Noah Coburn and Anna Larson. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [28 Oct 09] Our Faustian Bargains in Afghanistan: Ex-Warlords Continue to Hold Back Democratic Governance
Caroline Wadhams, Colin Cookman, and Christina Misunas. Center for American Progress [26 Oct 09] Profiles of Afghan Power Brokers
Center for American Progress [23 Oct 09] Painting Democracy on Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson. Council on Foreign Relations[16 Sep 09] Political Quagmire in Afghanistan
International Council on Security and Development [3 Sep 09] Polling Day Fraud in the Afghan Elections
Afghanistan Analysts Network [Sep 09] A New Approach to Afghanistan: Rigged Vote Sharpens Strategic Challenge
Alexander Nicoll and Jessica Delaney, eds. International Institute for Strategic Studies [Sep 09] What Democracy for Afghanistan? An Analysis Utilizing Established Norms and Five Non-Western Case Studies
Charles L. Barry and Samuel R. Greene. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University [Sep 09] A Closer Look: The Policy and Law-Making Process Behind the Shiite Personal Status Law
Lauryn Oates. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Sep 09] Toward an Afghan Democracy? Exploring Perceptions of Democratisation in Afghanistan
Anna Larson. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [25 Aug 09] Prospects for Afghanistan's Future: Assessing the Outcome of the Afghan Presidential Election
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event [22 Aug 09] Preliminary Statement of the NDI Election Observer Delegation to Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council Elections
National Democratic Institute[19 Aug 09] Afghan Presidential Elections: The Quest for Change
Shanthie Mariet D'Souza. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses [17 Aug 09] Afghan Elections: A Perilous Time
Ahmed Rashid. Council on Foreign Relations[13 Aug 09] The 2009 Afghanistan Elections and the Future of Governance
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution [12 Aug 09] The Taliban and the Afghan Elections
Bruce Riedel. Brookings Institution [5 Aug 09] Afghan Election: Prospects for the Future
Transcript of a Center for National Policy event [Aug 09] Warlords as Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience
Dipali Mukhopadhyay. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Aug 09] Patronage, Posturing, Duty, Demographics: Why Afghans Voted in 2009
Noah Coburn and Anna Larson. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Aug 09] Afghanistan's Alternatives for Peace, Governance and Development: Transforming Subjects to Citizens and Rulers to Civil Servants
M. Nazif Shahrani. Centre for International Governance Innovation [Aug 09] Afghanistan Elections: Guns and Money
International Council on Security and Development [Aug 09] How to Win an Afghan Election: Perceptions and Practices
Martine van Bijlert. Afghanistan Analysts Network[July 09] AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights: Presidential and Provincial Council Elections - First Report, 25 April - 12 June 2009
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [24 June 09] Afghanistan's Election Challenges
International Crisis Group [18 May 09] Middle East Elections 2009: Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq
Casey L. Addis and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service [5 May 09] Governance, Growth and Development in Afghanistan
Remarks by Hamid Karzai, President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, at the Brookings Institution [May 09] Between Discipline and Discretion: Policies Surrounding Senior Subnational Appointments
Martine van Bijlert. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [March 09] Afghanistan's Presidential Election: Power to the People, or the Powerful?
International Council on Security and Development [March 09] Afghanistan's New Democratic Parties: A Means to Organise Democratisation?
Anna Larson. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [March 09] Resolving the Crisis over Constitutional Interpretation in Afghanistan
John Dempsey and J. Alexander Thier. United States Institute of Peace [29 Jan 09] Afghanistan's Presidential Election
Ahmad Majidyar. American Enterprise Institute [Nov 08] Elections in 2009 and 2010: Technical and Contextual Challenges to Building Democracy in Afghanistan
Grant Kippen. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Fall 08] Is Time Ripe for Transitional Justice in Afghanistan?
David Wisner. al Nakhlah [June 08] Afghanistan - Building an Effective State: Priorities for Public Administration Reform
The World Bank [June 08] A Change of Paradigm in Afghanistan: Afghan Government Ownership Instead of Donor Priorities
Citha D. Maass. German Institute for International and Security Affairs[29 May 08] Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Return to the Afghan Insurgency
Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation [15 April 08] Afghanistan's Economic Fortunes
Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Council on Foreign Relations [Feb 08] Moving to the Mainstream: Integrating Gender in Afghanistan's National Policy
Anna Wordsworth. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Feb 08] The Changing Face of Local Governance? Community Development Councils in Afghanistan
Hamish Nixon. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [16 April 07] Afghanistan's Fiscal Future and Challenges
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event featuring Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan [21 Sep 06] A Conversation with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Council on Foreign Relations [21 Sep 06] Karzai Says Pakistan Holds Key to Ending Afghan Violence
Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations [20 Sep 06] Statement by His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, to the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly [Sep 06] Moving Forward? Assessing Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan
Sarah Lister. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[15 May 06] Afghanistan's New Legislature: Making Democracy Work
International Crisis Group [Feb 06] The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past
Thomas H. Johnson. Strategic Insights [22 Sep 05] A Conversation with Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Council on Foreign RelationsTOP
Rebuilding Afghanistan
[current] Afghanistan: Emergency Maps
ReliefWeb [19 July 10] Promises, Promises: A Briefing Paper for the Kabul Conference on Afghanistan
Ashley Jackson. Oxfam International [July 10] Is Capacity Being Built? A Study of Policymaking Process in the Primary and Secondary Education Subsector
Sayed Muhammad Shah. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [June 10] Lessons from USDA in Iraq and Afghanistan
Bernard Carreau, ed. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations [May 10] Afghanistan: Humanitarianism Unraveled?
Antonio Donini. Feinstein International Center [May 10] Afghanistan
Mark Sedra, ed. Security Sector Reform Monitor, Centre for International Governance Innovation [May 10] Nation-Building Is Not for All: The Politics of Education in Afghanistan
Antonio Giustozzi. Afghanistan Analysts Network [May 10] Leverage: Designing a Political Campaign for Afghanistan
Andrew Exum. Center for a New American Security [May 10] Governance in Afghanistan: Looking Ahead to What We Leave Behind
Colin Cookman and Caroline Wadhams. Center for American Progress[May 10] A Plan to Stabilize Afghanistan
Shahmahmood Miakhel. Centre for International Governance Innovation [April 10] Speaking from the Evidence: Governance, Justice and Development - Policy Notes for the 2010 Kabul Conference
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [April 10] Two Interventions: Comparing Soviet and US-Led State-Building in Afghanistan
Martin Kipping. Afghanistan Analysts Network [April 10] The Economic Imperative: Stabilizing Afghanistan Through Economic Growth
Nathaniel Fick and Clare Lockhart. Center for a New American Security [31 March 10] Waiting on a Civilian Surge in Afghanistan
John E. Herbst. Council on Foreign Relations [Feb 10] Ending the Agony: Seven Moves to Stabilize Afghanistan
Christopher Alexander. Centre for International Governance Innovation [28 Jan 10] Beyond the Surge: A Political Strategy for Afghanistan?
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event [27 Jan 10] Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The Dangers of Militarized Aid in Afghanistan
ReliefWeb [Jan 10] Economic Development and Security for Afghanistan: Increasing Jobs and Income with the Help of the Gulf States
Guenter Overfeld and Michael Zumot. EastWest Institute [Jan 10] The State of the Afghan State
Anders Fänge. Afghanistan Analysts Network [Dec 09] Establishing Leadership on Civilian Assistance to Afghanistan
William B. Taylor, Jr. and J. Alexander Thier. United States Institute of Peace [Dec 09] The Northern Distribution Network and the Modern Silk Road: Planning for Afghanistan's Future
Andrew C. Kuchins, Thomas M. Sanderson, and David A. Gordon. Center for Strategic and International Studies [4 Nov 09] Afghan National Security Forces: Shaping Host Country Forces as Part of Armed Nation Building
Anthony H. Cordesman and Adam Mausner. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Nov 09] Afghanistan
Security Sector Reform Monitor, Centre for International Governance Innovation[Nov 09] The Strategic Quagmire: Why Nation Building in Afghanistan is Failing
Anil Hira. Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute[Nov 09] A Case Study in Security Sector Reform: Learning from Security Sector Reform/Building in Afghanistan (October 2002 - September 2003)
Jason C. Howk. Strategic Studies Institute[15 Oct 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs), H.R. 1318/H.R.1886/H.R. 2410 and S. 496: Issues and Arguments
Mary Jane Bolle. Congressional Research Service[July/Aug 09] Adult Education in Afghanistan: The Key to Political and Economic Transformation
CAPT Chad M. Pillai, USA. Military Review[30 July 09] U.S. Needs a Stronger Commitment to Improving Afghan Governance
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations[14 July 09] Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
Cart Tarnoff. Congressional Research Service[July 09] Afghanistan
Mark Sedra, ed. Security Sector Reform Monitor, Centre for International Governance Innovation[July 09] Afghanistan: Looking Forward
Ronald E. Neumann. Centre for International Governance Innovation[26 May 09] Nourishing Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations[May 09] Policymaking in Agricultural and Rural Development
Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[April 09] Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: The EU's Contribution
Eva Gross. European Union Institute for Security Studies[April 09] Reflections on the Paris Declaration and Aid Effectivess in Afghanistan
Rebecca Roberts. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[April 09] Mutual Accountability in Afghanistan: Promoting Partnerships in Development Aid?
Marieke Denissen. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[March 09] State-Building and Rule of Law: Lessons from Afghanistan?
Sari Kouvo. NATO Defense College[March 09] Provincial Reconstruction Teams: How Do We Know They Work?
Carter Malkasian and Gerald Meyerle. Strategic Studies Institute[March 09] A Pathway to Success in Afghanistan: The National Solidarity Program
John A. Nagl, Andrew M. Exum, Ahmed A. Humayun. Center for a New American Security[Spring 09] Enhancing the Footprint: Stakeholders in Afghan Reconstruction
Bas Rietjens, Myriame Bollen, Masood Khalil, and Sayed Fazullah Wahidi. Parameters[Feb 09] The Afghan National Development Strategy: The Right Plan at the Wrong Time
Jake Sherman. Journal of Security Sector Management[Feb 09] Afghanistan: From Insurgency to Stabilisation
Patrick Mercer, Richard Kemp, and Peter Middlebrook. Centre for Security Sector Management, Cranfield University[Feb 09] Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) Formulation Process: Influencing Factors and Challenges
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Jan 09] Enhancing Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Julian Lindley-French. Center for Strategic and International Studies[Jan 09] Delivering on Poverty Reduction: Focusing ANDS Implementation on Pro-Poor Outcomes
Paula Kantor and Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[Dec 08] State Building, Security, and Social Change in Afghanistan: Reflections on a Survey of the Afghan People
Asia Foundation[Dec 08] The Seven Capital Sins of the Donor Community in Afghanistan
Serge Michailof. German Marshall Fund of the United States[Nov 08] The Role of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Counterinsurgency Operations: Khost Province, Afghanistan
Robert J. Bebber. Small Wars Journal[1 Oct 08] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
Government Accountability Office[Oct 08] Stabilizing Afghanistan: Threats and Challenges
William Maley. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[8 July 08] Afghanistan Reconstruction: Progress Made in Constructing Roads, but Assessments for Determining Impact and a Sustainable Maintenance Program Are Needed
Government Accountability Office[July 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion
International Monetary Fund[9 June 08] More Investment Will Bring Security to Afghanistan
Mahmoud Saikal. Council on Foreign Relations[June 08] Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention
Mohammad M. Stanekzai. United States Institute of Peace[May 08] The Role of Medical Diplomacy in Stabilizing Afghanistan
Donald F. Thompson. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University[21 April 08] Uncertain Afghanistan
Yves Boyer and Franz Borkenhagen. Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique[2 April 08] Success in Afghanistan: How to Define it, How to Make it Happen
Statement by Nick Grono, Deputy President (Operations), International Crsis Group, at a Policy Dialogue conference sponsored by the European Policy Centre[April 08] Afghanistan National Development Strategy: 1387-1391 (2008-2013) - A Strategy for Security, Governance, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan[April 08] Subnational State-Building in Afghanistan
Hamish Nixon. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[April 08] Implementation: A New Approach to Multinational Coordination in Afghanistan
Amb. Ronald E. Neumann. Stanley Foundation[March 08] Falling Short: Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan
Matt Waldman. Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief[15 Feb 08] Who Should Lead Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Craig Cohen and Col. Garland H. Williams, Council on Foreign Relations[Feb 08] Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Case for a National Strategy
Matt Waldman. Oxfam International[Feb 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Progress Report
International Monetary Fund[Feb 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues
Mohamad Elhage, et al. International Monetary Fund[Jan 08] Information and Communication Technologies for Reconstruction and Development: Afghanistan Challenges and Opportunities
Larry Wentz, Frank Kramer, and Stuart Starr. Center for Technology and National Security Policy[Jan 08] Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities
Oxfam[Jan 08] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
Markus Gauster. George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies[Nov 07] Afghanistan's Economy: On the Right Road, but Still a Long Way to Go
Beth Ellen Cole. United States Institute of Peace [Nov 07] Armed Nation Building: The Real Challenge in Afghanistan
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Oct 07] Overcoming the Obstacles to Establishing a Democratic State in Afghanistan
Dennis O. Young. Strategic Studies Institute [28 June 07] Getting the Fundamentals Right: The Early Stages of Afghanistan's WTO Accession Process
Oxfam International [May/June 07] Committing to Afghanistan: The Case for Increasing U.S. Reconstruction and Stabilization Aid
Craig C. Colucci. Military Review [24 May 07] Securing, Stabilizing, and Reconstructing Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Government Accountability Office [May 07] Public Health and Conflict Series: Rebuilding a Nation's Health in Afghanistan
Sarah Dye. United States Institute of Peace [April 07] Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan
Greg Mills. Foreign Policy Research Institute [March 07] Breaking Point: Measuring Progress in Afghanistan
Seema Patel and Steven Ross. Center for Strategic and International Studies [24 Oct 06] Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan: Canada's Leadership to Break the Cycle of Violence in Southern Afghanistan
Senlis Council [6 Oct 06] Voices of Afghanistan: An Evaluation Study
Seema Patel. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Fall 06] Retooling the Nationbuilding Strategy in Afghanistan
Vincent M. Dreyer. Joint Force Quarterly [8 Aug 06] Afghanistan: Keep up the War on Terror at its Source
Nick Grono and Joanna Nathan. International Crisis Group [1 Aug 06] The Reconstruction of Afghanistan: A Fight for Survival
Famid Sinha and Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Aug 06] Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan
Jo Beall and Stefan Schütte. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [6 July 06] Rescuing Afghan Reconstruction
Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies [1 June 06] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund [25 May 06] Failed States, Governance and Nation-Building: The Case of Afghanistan
Greg Mills. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies [10 May 06] Afghanistan - Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project
World Bank [10 May 06] What Ails Afghanistan?
Chris Patten. International Crisis Group [April 06] Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy
Barnett R. Rubin. Council on Foreign Relations [March/April 06] Afghanistan: The Night Fairies
Sarah Chayes. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [Spring 06] Rebuilding the Judicial Sector in Afghanistan: The Role of Customary Law
Amy Senier. Al Nakhlah [Feb 06] Afghans, International Community Chart A Joint Path Forward
United States Institute of Peace [1 Feb 06] The Afghanistan Compact
London Conference on Afghanistan [31 Jan 06] Afghans Likely to be Disappointed at London Conference
Amin Tarzi. Council on Foreign Relations [27 Jan 06] Living on a Life Support Machine: The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan
Peter J. Middlebrook and Sharon M. Miller. Foreign Policy in Focus [27 Jan 06] Lessons in Post Conflict Reconstruction from the New Afghanistan Compact
Peter J. Middlebrook and Sharon M. Miller. Foreign Policy in Focus [17 Jan 06] Increased Security Amidst a Mounting Insurgency: A Close Look at the Afghan Security Paradox
Joseph Button. Center for Defense InformationTOP
The Taliban
[Sep 10] Countering Taliban Information Operations in Afghanistan
Tim Foxley. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[Sep 10] Recalibrating the Afghan Reconciliation Program
Amin Tarzi. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[27 July 10] Time to Talk to the Taliban?
Matt Waldman. Council on Foreign Relations[July 10] The Taliban Beyond the Pashtuns
Antonio Giustozzi. Centre for International Governance Innovation[June 10] How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan's Largest Insurgent Movement Between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology
Thomas Ruttig. Afghanistan Analysts Network[June 10] Negotiating with the Taliban: Issues and Prospects
Antonio Giustozzi. Century Foundation[June 10] The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading Beyond the Pashtuns
Antonio Giustozzi and Christoph Reuter. Afghanistan Analysts Network[9 April 10] Taliban Spokesman Discusses U.S. Media and Military Strategies in Afghanistan
Abdul Hameed Bakier. Jamestown Foundation[April 10] Golden Surrender? The Risks, Challenges, and Implications of Reintegration in Afghanistan
Matt Waldman. Afghanistan Analysts Network[April 10] Financing the Taliban: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Catherine Collins and Ashraf Ali. New America Foundation[April 10] Afghanistan: Searching for Political Agreement
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[16 March 10] Reintegration versus Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Sumit Ganguly and Harinder Singh. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies[11 March 10] Taliban Reconciliation: Obama Administration Must Be Clear and Firm
Lisa Curtis. Heritage Foundation[March 10] Beradar, Pakistan, and the Afghan Taliban: What Gives?
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[March 10] A Strategic Perspective on Taliban Warfare
Ehsan Mehmood Khan. Small Wars Journal[March 10] Afghan Reconciliation: Negotiations with the Taliban Will be Tricky, but Critical
Joseph J. Collins. Armed Forces Journal[17 Feb 10] Talking with Taliban - The Issue of "Reconciliation and Re-Integration"
Remarks by Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai, Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Homeland Security, at the 7th Worldwide Security Conference, EastWest Institute [28 Jan 10] Negotiations and Reconciliation with the Taliban: The Key Policy Issues and Dilemmas
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution[Jan 10] Why is it Important to Talk to the Taliban?
Ali Iqbal. Small Wars Journal[21 Dec 09] The Quetta Shura Taliban in Southern Afghanistan: Organization, Operations, and Shadow Governance
Jeffrey Dressler and Carl Forsberg. Institute for the Study of War[Dec 09] The Taliban's Campaign for Kandahar
Carl Forsberg. Institute for the Study of War[25 Nov 09] The al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus
Richard Barrett, Sajjan M. Gohel, Ronald E. Neumann, and Nigel Inkster. Council on Foreign Relations[25 Nov 09] Taliban Expand Insurgency to Northern Afghanistan
Wahidullah Mohammad. Jamestown Foundation[5 Nov 09] Reconciliation and Insurgency: Political Strategies in the Afghan War
Transcript of a Center for American Progress event[22 Oct 09] Who Are the Taliban?
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[15 Oct 09] Reconciliation with the Taliban: The View from Kabul
Remarks by Davood Moradian, Senior Policy Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies[29 Sep 09] Al-Qaida and Taliban Status Check: A Resurgent Threat?
Remarks by Richard Barrett, Coordinator, Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, United Nations, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy[Sep 09] Securing Helmand: Understanding and Responding to the Enemy
Jeffrey A. Dressler. Institute for the Study of War[12 Aug 09] Inside Kabul: Dispatch from Afghanistan
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[12 Aug 09] The Taliban and the Afghan Elections
Bruce Riedel. Brookings Institution[3 Aug 09] The Taliban in Afghanistan
Eben Kaplan and Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations[Aug 09] How Opium Profits the Taliban
Gretchen Peters. United States Institute of Peace[18 June 09] Reaction of the Afghan Taliban to the Pakistani Government's Offensive in Swat
Wahidullah Mohammad. Jamestown Foundation[2 June 09] The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan
Foreign Press Center briefing by Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University[June 09] The Taliban's Winning Strategy in Afghanistan
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[15 April 09] How Dangerous Are the Taliban: Why Afghanistan is the Wrong War
John Mueller. Foreign Affairs[April 09] Reconciling with the Taliban: Toward an Alternative Grand Strategy in Afghanistan
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[20 March 09] Six Experts on Negotiating with the Taliban
Shuja Nawaz, et al. Council on Foreign Relations[17 Feb 09] Micro-Diplomacy in Afghanistan: Disaggregating and Engaging the Taliban
Frank J. Cilluffo and Joseph R. Clark. Homeland Security Policy Institute[20 Jan 09] Afghanistan: From the Military to the Political Solution
Vinay Kumar Pathak and Syed Adnan Ali Shah. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies[Dec 08] Struggle for Kabul: The Taliban Advance
International Council on Security and Development[25 Nov 08] Going to "Plan B": Negotiations with Taliban May Shape a New Afghanistan
Chris Zambelis. Jamestown Foundation[2 Sep 08] Mass Attack on French Paratroopers Heralds New Taliban Tactics
Andrew McGregor. Jamestown Foundation[24 July 08] Taliban Propaganda: Winning the War of Words?
International Crisis Group[10 July 08] Fueling the Taliban: Poppies, Guns and Insurgents
Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation[23 May 08] The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq
Imtiaz Ali. Jamestown Foundation[April 08] Insurgents in Afghanistan Have Mastered Media Manipulation
Sean D. Naylor. Armed Forces Journal[14 Dec 07] The Resurgence of the Neo-Taliban
Antonio Giustozzi. openDemocracy[12 Oct 07] Afghanistan: Necessity and Impossibility
Philip Jakeman. openDemocracy[16 Aug 07] Talk to the Taliban
Tarique Nizai. Foreign Policy in Focus[Aug 07] The Taliban and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
Magnus Norell. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly[14 June 07] Is Iran Abetting the Taliban?
Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations[June 07] The Taliban's Propaganda Activities: How Well is the Insurgency Communicating and What is it Saying?
Tim Foxley. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute[June 07] Taliban Politics and Afghan Legitimate Grievances
Senlis Council[24 May 07] A Report from the Field: Gauging the Impact of Taliban Suicide Bombing
Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation[23 May 07] The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami Ul-Haq
Imtiaz Ali. Jamestown Foundation[10 May 07] South Waziristan's Maulvi Nazir: The New Face of the Taliban
Hassan Abbas. Jamestown Foundation[3 May 07] Afghanistan's Veteran Jihadi Leader: An Interview with Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad
Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation[May 07] On the Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly[April 07] The Situation in Afghanistan: A Re-Evaluation Needed
Beth Cole and Catherine Morris. United States Institute of Peace[1 March 07] Cheney Attack Reveals Taliban Suicide Bombing Patterns
Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation [31 Jan 07] Afghanistan's Local Insurgency
Seth Jones. RAND CorporationTOP
Terrorism
TOP
United Nations [16 June 10] Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Paragraph 40 of Resolution 1917 (2010)
United Nations Security Council [June 10] Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [April 10] Afghanistan: Cannabis Survey 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [March 10] Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in Afghanistan
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [Jan 10] Afghanistan: Annual Report on Protection of Citizens in Armed Conflict, 2009
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [Jan 10] Corruption in Afghanistan: Bribery as Reported by the Victims
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[28 Dec 09] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
Report of the Secretary-General to the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council[Dec 09] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Nov 09] Afghanistan: 2010 Humanitarian Action Plan [Oct 09] Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: The Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Sep 09] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009: Summary Findings
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[30 July 09] United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Background and Policy Issues
Rhoda Margesson. Congressional Research Service[July 09] Afghanistan: Mid Year Bulletin on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2009
United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan[July 09] AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights: Presidential and Provincial Council Elections - First Report, 25 April - 12 June 2009
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan[23 June 09] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
Report of the Secretary-General, United Nations[Jan 09] Afghanistan: Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2008
United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan[Jan 09] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Assessment
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[Aug 08] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[June 08] Justice for Children: The Situation for Children in Conflict with the Law in Afghanistan
United Nations' Children's Fund - UNICEF[28 April 08] Afghanistan: A New Start?
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace featuring Kai Eide, Special Representative in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan[May 08] Afghanistan: Implementing Alternatives to Imprisonment, in Line with International Standards and National Legislation
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[6 March 08] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council[9 Sept 07] Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan (2001 - 2007)
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan[Aug 07] Afghanistan Opium Survey Executive Summary
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime[17 July 07] The Situation in Afghanistan
Statement by the President of the Security Council[23 March 07] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1746 on Afghanistan[15 March 07] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
Report of the Secretary-General[Feb 07] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [4 Dec 06] Report of the Security Council Mission to Afghanistan, 11 to 16 November 2006 [9 Oct 06] Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan [12 Sep 06] Resolution 1707 - the Situation in Afghanistan
United Nations Security Council [7 March 06] The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security
Report of the Secretary General to the Security Council [15 Feb 06] The Situation in Afghanistan
United Nations Security Council [n.d.] Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent Government InstitutionsTOP
Research & Analysis
[Sep 10] Afghanistan: Long-Term Solutions and Perilous Shortcuts
Ali Ahmad Jalali. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[Sep 10] Afghanistan: Opportunities and Risks
Ashraf Ghani. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[Sep 10] A "Net Shift" for Afghanistan?
John Arquilla. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[Sep 10] Analytics and Action in Afghanistan
Thomas Blau and Daryl Liskey. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[Sep 10] Stabilization Operations Beyond Government: Joint Venture Public-Private Partnerships in Iraq and Afghanistan
Mattew W. Parin. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations[19 Aug 10] Afghanistan's National Security Forces
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations[17 Aug 10] Long Road Ahead for Afghan Security Forces
Jack Kem. Council on Foreign Relations[17 Aug 10] Conflicting Objectives for U.S. in Afghanistan
Gian P. Gentile. Council on Foreign Relations[16 Aug 10] Improving High-Value Resource Contracting in Afghanistan
Raymond Gilpin and Ashley Pandya. United States Institute of Peace[12 Aug 10] Afghanistan's "Militia" Problem: Can Local Defense Forces Replace Private Security Firms?
Michael A. Innes. Jamestown Foundation[11 Aug 10] Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
Susan G. Chesser. Congressional Research Service [1 Aug 10] A Difficult Road Ahead: India's Policy on Afghanistan
Arjun Verma and Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies[Aug 10] Seeking Solutions for Afghanistan: A Report on the Abu Dhabi Process
EastWest Institute
NOTE: Select the "Click here to download the publication" link to access the full-text[July/Aug 10] Counterinsurgency and Beyond: Operationalizing the Civilian Surge
Stephen L. Danner, North K. Charles, and Wendul G. Hagler, II. Military Review[July/Aug 10] Persistent Security, Then Development
CPT Jonathan Pan, USA. Military Review[30 July 10] The Kabul Conference
Pamela Brown. Institute for the Study of War[22 July 10] Looking to the Future: Anticipating the Long-Term Impact of Afghanistan's Youth Bulge
Elizabeth Cutler. Henry L. Stimson Center[21 July 10] U.S.-U.K.: A Difficult Duet in Afghanistan
Charles A. Kupchan. Council on Foreign Relations[19 July 10] How to Fix Afghanistan
Syed Iqbal Hasnain. Henry L. Stimson Center[16 July 10] The Cameron-Obama White House Meeting: The U.S. and U.K. Must Reject a Timetable for the War in Afghanistan
Sally McNamara and Lisa Curtis. Heritage Foundation[14 July 10] Afghanistan Development: Enhancements to Performance Management and Evaluation Efforts Could Improve USAID's Agricultural Programs
Government Accountability Office[12 July 10] Afghan National Security Forces: What It Will Take to Implement the ISAF Strategy
Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, and Jason Lemieux. Center for Strategic and International Studies[9 July 10] Marjah's Lessons for Kandahar
Jeffrey Dressler. Institute for the Study of War[8 July 10] China's Role in the Stabilization of Afghanistan
Col Greg Keponis, USAF. Strategic Studies Institute[2 July 10] Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis
Moshe Schwartz. Congressional Research Service[1 July 10] Against Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Hugh Gusterson. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[July 10] Northern Route Eases Supplies to US Forces in Afghanistan
International Institute for Strategic Studies[July 10] Iranian Influence in Afghanistan: Imam Khomeini Relief Committee
Ahmad Majidyar and Ali Alfoneh. American Enterprise Institute[July 10] Pakistan and Afghanistan: Understanding Islamabad's Objectives and Strategies
Sripathi Narayanan. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies[July 10] Obama's New "Af-Pak" Strategy: Can "Clear, Hold, Build, Transfer" Work?
C. Christine Fair. Centre for International Governance Innovation[July 10] Norway's Political Test in Faryab, Afghanistan: How to Lead?
Ståle Ulriksen. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre[July 10] Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces
Steh G. Jones and Arturo Muñoz. RAND Corporation[July 10] Afghanistan: The Relationship Gap
International Council on Security and Development[July 10] Afghan Perceptions and Experiences of Corruption: A National Survey 2010
Integrity Watch Afghanistan[July 10] The Effect of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq
Luke N. Condra, et al. National Bureau of Economic Research[July 10] A Review of War Costs in Iraq and Afghanistan
Ryan D. Edwards. National Bureau of Economic Research[July 10] ARM Mid-Year Report: Civilian Casualties of Conflict, January-June 2010
Afghanistan Rights Monitor [July 10] What the International Community Should Focus on at the Kabul Conference: Progress in Afghanistan Depends on Political Reforms
Caroline Wadhams and Colin Cookman. Center for American Progress [July 10] Formulating an OSCE Summit Agenda: The Security Dimension
Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Institute for New Democracies [July 10] Obama's Afghanistan Policy: A Review of Literature
Debalina Chatterjee. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies [30 June 10] Pakistan's Gambit in Afghanistan
Daniel Markey. Council on Foreign Relations [25 June 10] Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service [22 June 10] The Runaway General
Profile of GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, by Rolling Stone [22 June 10] The 'AfPak Policy' and the Pashtuns
Jon Lunn and Ben Smith. House of Commons Library, United Kingdom [18 June 10] Fear and Uncertainty in Afghanistan
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations [16 June 10] Realism in Afghanistan: Rethinking an Uncertain Case for the War
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [15 June 10] The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office [10 June 10] Will the Marines Push Into Northern Helmand?
Jeffrey Dressler. Institute for the Study of War [8 June 10] War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress
Steve Bowman and Catherine Dale. Congressional Research Service [8 June 10] Russia and Afghanistan
Russian Analytical Digest [2 June 10] Assessing Peace Prospects in Afghanistan: The "Peace Jirga" and President Karzai's New Peace Plan
Caroline Wadhams and Colin Cookman. Center for American Progress [June 10] Fixing Afghanistan: What Role for China?
Stina Torjesen. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre[June 10] Drawing the Lines: The Norwegian Debate on Civilian-Military Relations in Afghanistan
Arne Strand. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre[June 10] Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? Explaining the Decline in Support For the War in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany
Charles A. Miller. Strategic Studies Institute[June 10] Tribes and Afghanistan: Choosing More Appropriate Tools to Understand the Population
Paul Meinshausen and Schaun Wheeler. Small Wars Journal [June 10] The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security, and Stability
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Clifford D. May, eds. Foundation for Defense of Democracies [Summer 10] Terrorists and Submarines: Lessons for Afghanistan from the Antisubmarine Campaign of World War I
John T. Kuehn. Joint Force Quarterly [Summer 10] Colombia Can Teach Afghanistan (and the United States) How to Win
Robert Haddick. Air and Space Power Journal [Spring/Summer 10] The Perilous Slog of Asymmetric Warfare: A Better War Forward in Afghanistan
Nick M. Masellis. Strategic Insights[28 May 10] Consolidating Private Security Companies in Southern Afghanistan
Carl Forsberg and Kimberly Kagan. Institute for the Study of War[19 May 10] Department of Defense, State Department, USAID, and NSC Reporting on the Afghan War
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [13 May 10] How to Gauge Karzai's U.S. Visit
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations [12 May 10] A Force in Fragments: Reconstituting the Afghan National Army
International Crisis Group [12 May 10] The Road to Successful Transition in Afghanistan: From Here to the December 2010 Review
William B. Taylor, Jr. and J. Alexander Thier. United States Institute of Peace[12 May 10] The Afghan Peace Jirga: Ensuring that Women Are at the Peace Table
Palwasha Hassan. United States Institute of Peace [11 May 10] Karzai Comes to Washington
Gilles Dorronsor. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [5 May 10] Afghanistan's Security Environment
Government Accountability Office [May 10] The Key to Success in Afghanistan: A Modern Silk Road Strategy
S. Frederick Starr and Andrew C. Kuchins, et al. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program[May 10] Local Defence in Afghanistan: A Review of Government-Backed Initiatives
Mathieu Lefèvre. Afghanistan Analysts Network [May 10] Beyond the Blanket: Towards More Effective Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Southern Afghanistan
Susanne Schmeidl, Alexander D. Mundt, and Nick Miszak. Brookings Institution [May 10] Local Contours of Security in Afghanistan
Prakhar Sharma. Henry L. Stimson Center [May 10] Operation Moshtarak: Lessons Learned
International Council on Security and Development [May 10] Is a Regional Strategy Viable in Afghanistan?
Ashley J. Tellis and Aroop Mukharji, eds. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [May 10] Some Considerations for Planning and Executing a Military-Political Engagement in Afghanistan
William S. McCallister. Small Wars Journal [May 10] The Prospects for Security and Political Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Local, National, and Regional Perspectives - A Workshop Report
Matan Chorev and Jake Sherman. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Institute for Global Leadership [28 April 10] Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
Valerie Bailey Grasso. Congressional Research Service [20 April 10] Shaping Afghan National Security Forces: What It Will Take To Implement President Obama's New Strategy
Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, and Jeffrey Carson. Center for Strategic and International Studies [12 April 10] Contingency Contracting: Improvements Needed in Management of Contractors Supporting Contract and Grant Administration in Iraq and Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office [9 April 10] Miscalculations in U.S. Afghan Offensive
David S. Rohde. Council on Foreign Relations [9 April 10] A Need to Shift U.S. Ambitions in Kabul
Richard N. Haass. Council on Foreign Relations [April 10] Can the EU Be More Effective in Afghanistan?
Joanna Buckley. Centre for European Reform[April 10] Shades of CORDS in the Kush: The False Hope of "Unity of Effort" in American Counterinsurgency
Henry Nuzum. Strategic Studies Institute[April 10] Afghanistan: A View from Moscow
Dmitri Trenin and Alexei Malashenko. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[April 10] Improving the Coalition's Understanding of 'The People' in Afghanistan: Human Terrain Mapping in Kapisa Province
Matthew Arnold. Small Wars Journal[April 10] Norway's Strategic Challenges in Afghanistan: How to Make a Difference?
Ståle Ulriksen. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre[April 10] Improvised Explosive Devices: In Southern Afghanistan and Western Pakistan, 2002-2009
Alec D. Barker. New America Foundation[April 10] Afghanistan: Building the Missing Link in the Modern Silk Road
Andrew C. Kuchins, Thomas M. Sanderson, and David A. Gordon. Washington Quarterly [March/April 10] The Maneuver Company in Afghanistan: Establishing Counterinsurgency Priorities at the District Level
COL Michael R. Fenzel, USA. Military Review [30 March 10] Media and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Sheldon Himelfarb. United States Institute of Peace [5 March 10] Health Initiatives and Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan
Leonard Rubenstein. United States Institute of Peace [2 March 10] Operation Moshtarak: Taking and Holding Marjah
Jeffrey Dressler. Institute for the Study of War [March 10] The Politics of the Comprehensive Approach: The Military, Humanitarian and State-Building Discourses in Afghanistan
Karsten Friis. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [March 10] Afghanistan's Religious Landscape: Politicising the Sacred
Kaja Borchgrevink and Kristian Berg Harpviken. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre [March 10] Military Operations in Afghanistan and International Humanitarian Law
Christian Schaller. German Institute for International and Security Affairs [March 10] Mobilizing Identity in the Pashtun Tribal Belt
Ellen Haring. Small Wars Journal [March 10] Transnational Insurgencies and the Escalation of Regional Conflict: Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan
Idean Salehyan. Strategic Studies Institute [March 10] Implementing a Population-Centric Counterinsurgency Strategy: Northeast Afghanistan, May 07-July 08
Nathan Springer. Small Wars Journal [March 10] The Tribal Path - A Better Alternative?
Ken Guest, 'RAM' Seeger, and Lucy Morgan Edwards. Small Wars Journal[March 10] Leaving the Civilians Behind: The "Soldier-Diplomat" in Afghanistan and Iraq
Edward Burke. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations [Spring 10] Corruption and Social Trust in Afghanistan
Qiamuddin Amiry. al Nakhlah [Spring 10] The Afghan Issue in the Politics of Eurasian Great Powers: Russia, China, India and Iran
Alexander Knyazev. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly [Spring 10] The Combined Air Power Transition Force: Building Airpower for Afghanistan
Brig Gen Michael R. Boera, USAF. Air and Space Power Journal [Spring 10] Community Defense in Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones. Joint Force Quarterly [23 Feb 10] Strangers at the Door: Night Raids by International Forces Lose Hearts and Minds of Afghans
Erica Gaston, Jonathan Horowitz, and Susanne Schmeidl. Open Society Institute and the Liaison Office [18 Feb 10] The Afghan Test Bed in "Marja": Key Tests of Victory Are Still Months and Years Away
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [18 Feb 10] Canada in Afghanistan
Remarks by Canadian Brig. Gen. Jonathan Vance, former Commander, Joint Task Force 5-09, at the Atlantic Council [17 Feb 10] National Consolidation and Security in Afghanistan and the Region
Remarks by Ali A. Jalali, Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, at the 7th Worldwide Security Conference, EastWest Institute[16 Feb 10] Traditional Dispute Resolution and Stability in Afghanistan
John Dempsey and Noah Coburn. United States Institute of Peace[15 Feb 10] Altering Afghanistan's Balance of Power
Max Boot. Council on Foreign Relations [11 Feb 10] Operation Moshtarak: Preparing for the Battle of Marjah
Jeffrey Dressler. Institute for the Study of War[Feb 10] Making the Most of Afghanistan's River Basins: Opportunities for Regional Cooperation
Matthew King and Benjamin Sturtewagen. EastWest Institute
NOTE: Link to the full-text is available above the executive summary [Feb 10] Half-Hearted: Trying to Win Afghanistan Without Afghan Women
Matt Pottinger, Hali Jilani, and Claire Russo. Small Wars Journal[27 Jan 10] Afghanistan Success Hinges on Karzai Reforms
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations [25 Jan 10] Afghanistan, NATO and European Security
Remarks by Bob Ainsworth, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom, at Chatham House [19 Jan 09] The Department of Defense's Use of Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress
Moshe Schwartz. Congressional Research Service [7 Jan 10] Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Legal Issues
Jennifer K. Elsea. Congressional Research Service [Jan 10] Build-Up of Afghan Security Forces Ill Advised
Helge Lurås. Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre [Jan 10] Conceptualizing AfPak: The Prospects and Perils
Ayesha R. Khan. Chatham House [Jan 10] The Northern Distirbution Network and Afghanistan: Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities
Andrew C. Kuchins and Thomas M. Sanderson, et al. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Jan 10] Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan
MG Michael T. Flynn, USA, Capt Matt Pottinger, USMC, and Paul D. Batchelor. Center for a New American Security [Winter 10] Civil-Military Integration in Afghanistan: Creating Unity of Command
Joshua W. Welle. Joint Force Quarterly [Winter 10] A Better War in Afghanistan
John A. Nagl. Joint Force Quarterly [17 Dec 09] Courage and Commitment: Doing the Job in Afghanistan, Supporting Personnel at Home
Remarks by Bob Ainsworth, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom, at the Royal United Services Institute [15 Dec 09] U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
Transcript of a Council on Foreign Relations event featuring Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan [2 Dec 09] One Tribe at a Time: A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan
MAJ Jim Gant, U.S. Army Special Forces
NOTE: Publication available by permission by Steven Pressfield [2 Dec 09] Obama's New Strategy in Afghanistan: The Proof Will Lie in the Success of its Execution
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [2 Dec 09] Assessing the Afghan Surge
Greg Bruno, et al. Council on Foreign Relations [2 Dec 09] Obama's Withdrawal Date a Controversial Gambit
Stephen Biddle. Council on Foreign Relations [2 Dec 09] President Obama's Afghanistan Speech: An Uncertain Message
Lisa Curtis and James Phillips. Heritage Foundation [2 Dec 09] President Obama's New Strategy in Afghanistan: Questions and Answers
Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution [2 Dec 09] Statement on President Obama's Address to the Nation on Afghanistan
Center for American Progress [1 Dec 09] Estimating Funding for Afghanistan
Todd Harrison. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments [1 Dec 09] The Afghanistan Decision
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Dec 09] The Three Blind Spots of Afghanistan: Water Flow, Irrigation Development, and the Impact of Climate Change
David W. Rycroft and Kai Wegerich. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly[Dec 09] Accelerating Combat Power in Afghanistan
LTG James M. Dubik, USA (ret.). Institute for the Study of War[Dec 09] From Identity Crisis to Identity in Crisis in Afghanistan
Zaman Stanizai. Middle East Institute[Dec 09] Afghanistan: Time to Curb the Law of Inertia
Luis Peral. European Union Institute for Security Studies [Dec 09] Obama's Surge: The United States, Australia and the Second War for Afghanistan
Anthony Bubalo. Lowy Institute for International Policy
NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to access the full-text [Dec 09] A New Approach to the Delivery of U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan
William M. Frej and David Hatch. PRISM: A Journal of the Center for Complex Operations [Nov/Dec 09] Refighting the Last War: Afghanistan and the Vietnam Template
Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason. Military Review [30 Nov 09] Increasing Small Arms Lethality in Afghanistan: Taking Back the Infantry Half-Kilometer
MAJ Thomas P. Ehrhart, USA. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College [18 Nov 09] The Afghan Strategy Checklist: How to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Credibility of a Defining Test of Obama's Leadership
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [9 Nov 09] U.S. Afghan Strategy: The Big Questions
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event [6 Nov 09] Speech on Afghanistan
Remarks by Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at the Royal College of Defence Studies[5 Nov 09] Afghanistan's Security Environment
Government Accountability Office [4 Nov 09] Afghan National Security Forces: Shaping Host Country Forces as Part of Armed Nation Building
Anthony H. Cordesman and Adam Mausner. Center for Strategic and International Studies [3 Nov 09] More Afghan Troops Needed to Secure Afghanistan
Maj. Gen. Richard P. Formica, Commanding General, Combined-Security Transition Command - Afghanistan. Council on Foreign Relations [2 Nov 09] Finding a Way Forward in Afghanistan
Raspal Khosa. Australian Strategic Policy Institute
NOTE: Select the "Download PDF" link to access the full-text [Nov 09] Fixing Bagram: Strengthening Detention Reforms to Align with U.S. Strategic Priorities
Sahr MuhammedAlly. Human Rights First [Nov 09] Bandits, Borderlands and Opium Wars: Afghan State-Building Views from the Margins
Jonathan Goodhand. Danish Institute for International Studies [Nov 09] Engaging Regional Players in Afghanistan: Threats and Opportunities
Shiza Shahid. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Nov 09] Reforming the Afghan National Army (ANA)
Jeff Haynes. Foreign Policy Research Institute [Nov 09] Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Nov 09] The MAGAI™ Construct and the Northern Distribution Network
Stephen Benson. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Nov 09] End-State Afghanistan: A European Perspective
Jo Coelmont. EGMONT: Royal Institute for International Relations[Nov 09] What Afghans Want
Andrew Garfield. Foreign Policy Research Institute [29 Oct 09] Briefing on Afghanistan
Transcript of a Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs event [28 Oct 09] Setting Out the Conditions for 'Success' in Afghanistan
Mark Sedra. Foreign Policy in Focus [21 Oct 09] Toward a Kilcullen-Biden Plan? Bounding Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Tony Corn. Small Wars Journal [16 Oct 09] The Case for Humility in Afghanistan
Steve Coll. Foreign Policy [16 Oct 09] The Afghanistan Debate: Assessing the President's Policy Options
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event [14 Oct 09] General McCrystal's Confidential Assessment: A Case for Redefining Victory in Afghanistan
Roman Muzalevsky. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [8 Oct 09] The Danger of Delay in Afghan Policymaking
Bruce O. Riedel. Council on Foreign Relations [6 Oct 09] Afghanistan: Is it Mission Impossible?
Transcript of a Chatham House event[1 Oct 09] Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Continue to Face Challenges in Tracking Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office [Oct 09] Stabilization of Afghanistan: U.S.-NATO Regional Strategy and the Role of the SCO
Simbal Khan. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly[Oct 09] Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People
The Asia Foundation[Oct 09] Caught in the Crossfire: The Pashtun Tribes of Southeast Afghanistan
Tom Gregg. Lowy Institute for International Policy
NOTE: Follow the instructions on the screen to access the full text[Oct 09] Afghanistan 2011: Three Scenarios
Andrew M. Exum. Center for a New American Security[Oct 09] Unity of Effort: Key to Success in Afghanistan
Christopher J. Lamb and Martin Cinnamond. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University[29 Sep 09] Afghanistan's Hard Summer: The Impact on European Troop Contributing Nations
Toby Archer, ed. Finnish Institute of International Affairs[29 Sep 09] An Afghan Path Toward Stability
Clare Lockhart. Council on Foreign Relations[28 Sep 09] The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service [28 Sep 09] Resourcing an Afghan Strategy
Greg Bruno, et al. Council on Foreign Relations[17 Sep 09] The War in Afghanistan: Why Britain, America, and NATO Must Fight to Win
Liam Fox. Heritage Foundation[17 Sep 09] At the Center of the Storm: An Interview with Afghanistan's Lieutenant General Hadi Khalid - Part Two
Derek Henry Flood. Jamestown Foundation[15 Sep 09] America's Involvement in Afghanistan
Shahid Javed Burki. Institute of South Asian Studies[15 Sep 09] Winning in Afghanistan: How the US Will Win or Lose the War
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[12 Sep 09] The Levin "Plan": A Wrong Approach in Afghanistan
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[10 Sep 09] At the Center of the Storm: An Interview with Afghanistan's Lieutenant General Hadi Khalid - Part One
Derek Henry Flood. Jamestown Foundation[9 Sep 09] What's Really Happening in Afghanistan: A Report from the Field
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[9 Sep 09] Afghanistan's Troop Deficit Problem
Kimberly Kagan. Council on Foreign Relations[3 Sep 09] Afghanistan after the Election: What Next?
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event [Sep 09] Reforming the Afghan National Police
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies and the Foreign Policy Research Institute [Sep 09] Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan
Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter. CATO Institute [Sep 09] Afghanistan: Thinking Through the Basics
Ronald E. Neumann. Stanley Foundation [Sep 09] Leaving the Civilians Behind: The 'Soldier-Diplomat' in Afghanistan and Iraq
Edward Burke. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior[Sep 09] Securing Helmand: Understanding and Responding to the Enemy
Jeffrey A. Dressler. Institute for the Study of War [Sep 09] The Public Cost of Private Security in Afghanistan
Jake Sherman and Victoria DiDomenico. Center on International Cooperation, New York University [28 Aug 09] Resourcing for Defeat: Critical Failures in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Resourcing the Afghan and Iraq Wars
Erin K. Fitzgerald and Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [20 Aug 09] Pakistan's Stake in the Afghan Election
Daniel Markey. Council on Foreign Relations [17 Aug 09] Obama's War
Jeffrey D. McCausland. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs [17 Aug 09] Afghanistan: Stability on the Cheap?
Raj Shukla. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses[17 Aug 09] Pakistani, Afghan, and Iranian Factors of Influence on the Central Asian Region
Sergey Luzianin. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs [6 Aug 09] Resourcing for Defeat: Critical Failures in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Resourcing the Afghan and Iraq Wars
Erin K. Fitzgerald and Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Aug 09] The 800-Pound Gorilla: The Interrelationship of Culture, Economics, and Security in Afghanistan
Bradley Boetig. Small Wars Journal [Aug 09] Going Tribal: Enlisting Afghanistan's Tribes
Dan Green. Small Wars Journal [Aug 09] Inception and Early Evolution of a Partnership Doctrine: Building Afghan Army Capacity while Fighting a Counterinsurgency
Edward C. Ledford. Small Wars Journal[Aug 09] Afghanistan's Police: The Weak Link in Security Sector Reform
Robert M. Perito. United States Institute of Peace [Aug 09] Impact of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the US Military's Plans, Programs and Budgets
Todd Harrison. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments [July/Aug 09] Tactical Leader Lessons Learned in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom VIII
COL William B. Ostlund, USA. Military Review [July/Aug 09] Exploiting Insurgent Violence in Afghanistan
LT. COL Thomas Brouns, USA. Military Review [July/Aug 09] Afghanistan's Nangarhar Inc: A Model for Interagency Success
MAJ David K. Spencer, USA. Military Review [July/Aug 09] Rethinking IED Strategies: From Iraq to Afghanistan
CMDR John Moulton, USN. Military Review[30 July 09] The Future of Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Development Challenge
Remarks by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[27 July 09] Afghan National Security Forces: Shaping the Path to Victory
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[22 July 09] The Afghanistan Campaign: Can We Win?
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[21 July 09] Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
United Kingdom House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee[15 July 09] Afghanistan: When the War is Unwinnable
Greg Mills. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies[9 July 09] Can Afghanistan's New "Guardian" Militia Restore Security in the Provinces?
Wahidullah Mohammad. Jamestown Foundation[2 July 09] Troop Levels in the Afghan and Iraq Wars, FY2001-FY2012: Cost and Other Potential Issues
Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service[July 09] Kunar and Nuristan: Rethinking U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations
Michael Moore and James Fussell. Institute for the Study of War[July 09] The Other Side: Dimensions of the Afghan Insurgency: Causes, Actors and Approaches to 'Talks'
Thomas Ruttig. Afghanistan Analysts Network[16 June 09] Policing in Conflict States - Lessons from Afghanistan
Speech by Nick Grono, Deputy President of the International Crisis Group, to the International Policy Commissioners' conference, in The Hague[8 June 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan: A Status Report
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event[5 June 09] Harnessing Iran's Role in Afghanistan
George Gavrilis. Council on Foreign Relations[June 09] Ineffective, Unprofessional, and Corrupt: The Afghan National Police Challenge
Andrew Legon. Foreign Policy Research Institute[June 09] Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Andrew M. Exum, et al. Center for a New American Security[Summer 09] Afghanistan: The Path to Victory
Joseph J. Collins. Joint Force Quarterly[18 May 09] Military Operations: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight and Interagency Coordination for the Commander's Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office[11 May 09] Winning the Information War in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations [8 May 09] Afghanistan: Stocktaking, May 2009
Karl Habo and Klas Marklund. Institute for Security and Development Policy [4 May 09] Afghanistan - New Approaches towards Stabilisation
Luis Peral. European Union Institute for Security Studies [May 09] Confronting Child Labour in Afghanistan
Amanda Sim. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [May 09] Well-Being and Public Attitudes in Afghanistan: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness
Carol Graham and Soumya Chattopadhyay. Brookings Institution [May 09] The Long March: Building an Afghan National Army
Obaid Younossi, et al. RAND Corporation [May 09] Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces
Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, and David Kasten. Center for Strategic and International Studies[22 April 09] Interactive Map: Europe's Role in Afghanistan
Natalie Ondiak. Center for American Progress [21 April 09] Symposium on Afghanistan, Pakistan and U.S. National Security
Council on Foreign Relations [21 April 09] Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Government Accountability Office [16 April 09] Afghanistan's National Security Forces
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations [16 April 09] Afghan Defense Chief Unhappy with Obama Plan
Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, Minister of Defense, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Council on Foreign Relations[14 April 09] A Historical Case Study of U.S. Strategy Towards Afghanistan
Mark A. Burrough. U.S. Army War College [3 April 09] Caught in the Conflict: Civilians and the International Security Strategy in Afghanistan
Matt Waldman. Oxfam International, et al. [3 April 09] Uncertainty about New U.S. Policy Toward Pakistan, Afghanistan
Anthony Cordesman. Council on Foreign Relations [April 09] Indian Involvement in Afghanistan: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block to Regional Hegemony?
Melanie Hanif. German Institute of Global and Area Studies[April 09] Land Conflict in Afghanistan: Building Capacity to Address Vulnerability
Colin Deschamps and Alan Roe. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [April 09] From AfPak to PakAf: A Response to the New U.S. Strategy for South Asia
Daniel Markey. Council on Foreign Relations
NOTE: Link to the full-text is available above the overview [April 09] A Ten-Year Framework for Afghanistan: Executing the Obama Plan...And Beyond
Ashraf Ghani. Atlantic Council of the United States[April 09] Policymaking in Agriculture and Rural Development in Afghanistan
Adam Pain and Sayed Mohammad Shah. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [April 09] Back From the Brink? A Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan-Pakistan
Asia Society [April 09] Toward Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Michael O'Hanlon. Washington Quarterly [30 March 09] Iran and the Future of Afghanistan
Greg Bruno and Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations [25 March 09] United States Military Casualty Statistics: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
Hannah Fischer. Congressional Research Service [23 March 09] Obama's Afghanistan Policy: Q&A Transcript
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [17 March 09] Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to More Accurately Capture and Report the Costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
Government Accountability Office [13 March 09] Afghanistan: New U.S. Administration, New Directions
International Crisis Group [11 March 09] Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces
Anthony H. Cordesman, David Kasten, and Adam Mausner. Center for Strategic and International Studies[9 March 09] Afghanistan Security: U.S. Programs to Further Reform Ministry of Interior and National Police Challenged by Lack of Military Personnel and Afghan Cooperation
Government Accountability Office [March 09] Afghanistan: Evolving U.S. Strategy
Noor ul Haq and Yasir Imtiaz, eds. Islamabad Policy Research Institute [March 09] Balancing Kinetic Effects of Airpower with Counterinsurgency Objectives in Afghanistan
Lt Col Eugene L. McFeely, USAF. U.S. Army War College [March 09] Afghanistan: Now You See Me?
Nicholas Kitchen, ed. London School of Economics and Political Science, IDEAS - Diplomacy and Strategy @ LSE [March 09] Shaping Europe's Afghan Surge
Daniel Korski. European Council on Foreign Relations [March 09] Sustainable Security in Afghanistan: Creating an Effective and Responsible Strategy for the Forgotten Front
Lawrence Korb, Caroline Wadhams, Colin Cookman, and Sean Duggan. Center for American Progress [March 09] Swords and Ploughshares: Sustainable Security in Afghanistan Requires Sweeping U.S. Policy Overhaul
Reuben E. Brigety II. Center for American Progress [March 09] Afghanistan: Changing the Frame, Changing the Game
Yll Bajraktari and Peter Roady. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs[Spring 09] Winning in Afghanistan
Ali A. Jalali. Parameters [18 Feb 09] The U.S. and Afghan Tragedy
Khushal Arsala and Stephen Zunes. Foreign Policy in Focus [11 Feb 09] Beyond Manas: Russia's Game in Afghanistan
Stephen Blank. Central-Asia Caucus Institute [9 Feb 09] Planning Victory in Afghanistan
Frederick W. Kagan. American Enterprise Institute [Feb 09] Airpower in Afghanistan: How a Faraway War is Remaking the Air Force
Rebecca Grant. Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, Air Force Association [Feb 09] How is Afghanistan Different from Al Anbar?
Carter Malkasian and Jerry Meyerle. Center for Naval Analysis [Feb 09] Afghanistan and Pakistan On the Brink: Framing U.S. Policy Options
Frederick Barton, et al. Center for Strategic and International Studies [Jan/Feb 09] Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition
Nathaniel C. Fick and John A. Nagl. Foreign Policy [Jan/Feb 09] Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: The Afghan National Army
Samuel Chan. Military Review [30 Jan 09] Afghanistan Security: Lack of Systematic Tracking Raises Significant Accountability Concerns about Weapons Provided to Afghan National Security Forces
Government Accountability Office [23 Jan 09] Securing Afghanistan: Getting on Track
C. Christine Fair and Seth G. Jones. United States Institute of Peace [8 Jan 09] The Way Forward in Afghanistan
Transcript from the United States Institute of Peace event, "Passing the Baton: Foreign Policy Challenges and Opportunities Facing the New Administration" [Jan 09] Pakistan and Afghanistan: Worst-case Scenarios Are Not Unlikely
Laurent Murawiec. Hudson Institute [Jan 09] Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War
Gilles Dorronsoro. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[Jan 09] Engaging Europe on Afghanistan
John K. Glenn and Oliver Mains. German Marshall Fund of the United States[Jan 09] Tell Me Why We're There? U.S. Interests and Objectives in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Nathaniel Fick, John Nagl, and Vikram Singh. Center for a New American Security[Jan 09] The Future of Afghanistan
J. Alexander Thier, ed. United States Institute of Peace [Jan 09] Transition Strategy: Regaining the Initiative
Joseph J. Collins. Armed Forces Journal[Winter 09] Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned: Reforming the Afghan National Police
Lewis G. Irwin. Joint Force Quarterly [09] The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: A Partner for Stabilising Afghanistan?
Matthew Hall. Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College [09] Enemies, Irregular Adversaries, Spoilers, Non-compliant Actors: How the Definition of Actors Influences Afghanistan Strategies
Grant Dansie. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [09] U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
Malou Innocent. Cato Handbook for Policymakers - Cato Institute [Winter 08/09] Reconsidering Afghanistan: Time for an "Azimuth Check"
Richard de Villafranca. Parameters [18 Dec 08] Memo to the President: Expand the Agenda in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event [18 Dec 08] Policing in Afghanistan: Still Searching for a Strategy
International Crisis Group [Dec 08] Afghanistan: Japan's Experiences Revisited
Afghanistan Study Group Japan and the Japan Institute of International Affairs[Dec 08] Microcredit, Informal Credit and Rural Livelihoods: A Village Case Study in Balkh Province
Erna Anderson and Amanda Sim. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [Nov/Dec 08] Breaking the Impasse in Afghanistan: Problems with Neighbors, Brothers, and Guests
Samuel Chan. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly [Nov/Dec 08] From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid. Foreign Affairs [17-18 Nov 08] From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?
Helge Lurås, Niels Nagelhus Schia, Stina Torjesen, and Ståle Ulriksen. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [17 Nov 08] A Tribal Strategy for Afghanistan
Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations [13 Nov 08] Bureaucracies at War: Organizing for Strategic Success in Afghanistan
LTC Donald C. Bolduc, USA. U.S. Army War College [Nov 08] How Should the U.S. Execute a Surge in Afghanistan?
Robert Downey, Lee Grubbs, Brian Malloy, and Craig Wonson. Small Wars Journal [Nov 08] Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
Ian Hope. Strategic Studies Institute [23 Oct 08] India-Afghanistan Relations
Jayshree Bajoria. Council on Foreign Relations [23 Oct 08] Prospects in Afghanistan 'Not Looking Good'
John Burns. Council on Foreign Relations[17 Oct 08] Confronting Two Key Challenges in Afghanistan
Karin von Hippel. Center for Strategic and International Studies [9 Oct 08] Winning the War in Aghanistan: The Realities of 2009
Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [1 Oct 08] Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office [Oct 08] The U.S. and Iran in Afghanistan: Policy Gone Awry
Barnett R. Rubin and Sara Batmanglich. MIT Center for International Studies [Oct 08] Afghanistan in 2008: A Survey of the Afghan People
The Asia Foundation [9 Sep 08] Follow the Money: Why the U.S. is Losing the War in Afghanistan
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic & International Studies [Sep 08] Programming Development Funds to Support a Counterinsurgency - Nangarhar, Afghanistan, 2006
Michelle Parker. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University [Sep 08] Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency: A Pragmatic Approach toward Peace and Reconciliation
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai. United States Institute of Peace [Fall 08] Interview with Said T. Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the US: "Where the Road Ends the Taliban Begins"
Michael Mylrea. al Nakhlah [Fall 08] Afghanistan: Back to Basics
James S. Robbins. Journal of International Security Affairs [6 Aug 08] Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges This Fall and Beyond
Transcript of a Brookings Institution event [Aug 08] Future U.S. Security Relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Roles
David E. Thaler, et al. RAND Corporation [28 July 08] Analyzing the Afghan-Pakistan War
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [15 July 08] U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
JoAnne O'Bryant and Michael Waterhouse. Congressional Research Service [10 July 08] Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond: Military Operations in the 21st Century
Remarks by Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom, at the Brookings Institution [July 08] Killing Friends, Making Enemies: The Impact and Avoidance of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
J. Alexander Thier and Azita Ranjbar. United States Institute of Peace[25 June 08] Recent Developments Fail to Change Afghan War Fundamentals
Richard Weitz. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [18 June 08] Afghanistan Security: Further Congressional Action May be Needed to Ensure Completion of a Detailed Plan to Develop and Sustain Capable Afghan National Security Forces
Government Accountability Office [June 08] Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones. RAND Corporation [30 May 08] Afghan-Turkmen Relations Improve
John C. K. Daly. Jamestown Foundation [21 May 08] Dilemmas of Democracy: Work in Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Remarks by David Miliband, U.K. Foreign Secretary, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event[14 May 08] The Emerging China-Afghanistan Relationship
Nicklas Norling. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [13 May 08] Afghanistan in Chinese Strategy Toward South and Central Asia
Tariq Mahmud Ashraf. Jamestown Foundation [1 May 08] Afghanistan's National Army: The Ambiguous Prospects of Afghanization
Antonio Giustozzi. Jamestown Foundation [17 April 08] Afghanistan's Vietnam Portent
Paul Rogers. openDemocracy [17 April 08] The War in Afghanistan: More Help Needed
James Phillips and Lisa Curtis. Heritage Foundation [17 April 08] Dostum: Afghanistan’s Embattled Warlord
Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation[3 April 08] India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: Hostile Sports
Raja Karthikeya Gundu and Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies[March 08] From "Refugee Warriors" to "Returnee Warriors": Militant Homecoming in Afghanistan and Beyond
Kristian Berg Harpviken. Center for Global Studies, George Mason University[March 08] Afghanistan and Regional Instability: A Risk Assessment
Heidi Kjærnet and Stina Torjesen. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs[Spring 08] No Sign Until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason. International Security [Spring 08] The Rise of Afghanistan's Insurgency: State Failure and Jihad
Seth G. Jones. International Security[14 Feb 08] Detention in Afghanistan: The Need for an Integrated Plan
Ashley Deeks. Center for Strategic and International Studies[6 Feb 08] Afghanistan: The Need for International Resolve
International Crisis Group[Feb 08] US Policy in Afghanistan: SENLIS Council Recommendations
Senlis Council[Feb 08] Afghanistan - Decision Point 2008
Senlis Council[18 Jan 08] Afghanistan's Situation and its Impact in the Region and the World
Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event[16 Jan 08] Open Letter on Afghanistan to the House Committee on Armed Services
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[Jan 08] Winning the Invisible War: An Agricultural Pilot Plan for Afghanistan
Edward Borcherdt, Austin Carson, Frank Kennefick, James Moseley, William Taylor, Harlan Ullman, and Larry Wentz. Center for Technology and National Security Policy[Jan 08] Afghanistan Study Group Report: Revitalizing our Efforts Rethinking our Strategies
General James L. Jones, USMC, ret., and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering. Center for the Study of the Presidency[Jan 08] Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
Atlantic Council of the United States[08] COIN Revisited: Lessons of the Classical Literature on Counterinsurgency and its Applicability to the Afghan Hybrid Insurgency
Harald Håvoll. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs[08] Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead - Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007
Cheryl Benard, Ole Kværnø, Peter Dahl Thruelsen, and Kristen Cordell, eds. RAND Corporation[Winter 07/08] Afghanistan: Regaining Momentum
Ali A. Jalali. Parameters[10 Dec 07] The State of the Afghan Insurgency
Seth G. Jones. RAND Corporation[4 Dec 07] The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[3 Dec 07] Assessing the Afghan-Pakistani Conflict
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies[8 Nov 07] Internal Displacement in Afghanistan
Khalid Koser. Brookings Institution[Nov 07] Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the Brink
Senlis Council[Nov 07] Still on the Way to Afghanistan? Germany and its Forces in the Hindu Kush
Sebastian Merz. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute[Nov 07] The Forgotten Front
Caroline P. Wadhams and Lawrence J. Korb. Center for American Progress[Nov 07] Preliminary Mineral Resource Assessment of Selected Mineral Deposit Types in Afghanistan
U.S. Geological Survey [15 Oct 07] Revitalizing U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan
Lisa Curtis and James Phillips. Heritage Foundation[5 Oct 07] The Forgotten Mission in Afghanistan Can Succeed. Here's How
Caroline Wadhams and Lawrence J. Korb. Center for American Progress[Oct 07] Coalition Warfare in Afghanistan: Burden-sharing or Disunity?
Timo Noetzel and Sibylle Scheipers. Chatham House[Sep/Oct 07] Fighting "The Other War:" Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan, 2003-2005
Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, USA Ret. Military Review[Sep 07] Afghanistan in 2007: A Survey of the Afghan People
The Asia Foundation[Sep 07] Enabling or Disabling? The Operating Environment for Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Afghanistan
Saeed Parto, Anna Paterson and Asif Karimi. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit[30 Aug 07] Reforming Afghanistan's Police
International Crisis Group[28 Aug 07] Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures
Clay Wilson. Congressional Research Service[31 July 07] Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
Congressional Budget Office [July 07] Cops or Robbers? The Struggle to Reform the Afghan National Police
Andrew Wilder. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit [July 07] Shaping Commitment: Resolving Canada's Strategy Gap in Afghanistan and Beyond
D. Craig Hilton. Strategic Studies Institute [1 June 07] Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: The Afghan National Army
Samuel Chan. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies [Summer 07] Buying Time in Afghanistan
Carl Robichaud. World Policy Journal [30 May 07] The Afghanistan-Russia Rapprochement and its Geopolitical Implications
Dmitry Shlapentokh. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute [23 May 07] Military Operations: The Department of Defense's Use of Solatia and Condolence Payments in Iraq and Afghanistan
Government Accountability Office [18 May 07] The Uncertain "Metrics" of Afghanistan (and Iraq)
Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [2 May 07] U.S. Strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Beyond Partisan Failure and Dishonesty
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies [17 April 07] Afghanistan and Iraq: Two Sunni War Theaters Evolving into One?
Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation [2 April 07] A Working Plan: Hope Isn't the Only Strategy for Afghanistan
Christopher Griffin. American Enterprise Institute [April 07] The Human Cost: The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch [8 March 07] Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
James Dobbins. RAND Corporation [6 March 07] Afghanistan: Forgetting the Lessons of History
Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation [March 07] On a Knife Edge: Rapid Assessment Field Survey Southern and Eastern Afghanistan
Senlis Council[March 07] Canada in Afghanistan: Is it Working?
Gordon Smith. Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute[March 07] Warlordism in Comparative Perspective
Kimberly Marten. International Security [21 Feb 07] Iranian Involvement in Afghanistan
Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation [5 Feb 07] Budgeting for Empire: The Effect of Iraq and Afghanistan on Military Forces, Budgets, and Plans
David Isenberg. Independent Institute [Feb 07] Pak-Afghan Relations 2005 - 2007
Noor Ul-Haq. Islamabad Policy Research Institute [30 Jan 07] Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
James Dobbins. RAND Corporation [Jan 07] Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform? U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes
Seth G. Jones, Olga Oliker, Peter Chalk, C. Christine Fair, Rollie Lal and James Dobbins. RAND CorporationTOP
News Sources & Online JournalsTOP
Web Gateways
[current] Afghanistan Watch
The Century Foundation [current] International Affairs: Afghanistan
The Century Foundation [current] Middle East Network Information Center
The Afghanistan page of MENIC (Middle East Network Information Center) gathers Web resources on Afghani news and current events, government and politics, history and archaeology, arts and culture, business and economy, the work of relief organizations in Afghanistan, and general information about the country. [current] War Report: Afghan Aftermath
Articles, documents and analyses from the Project on Defense Alternatives website [current] Afghanistan: The Latest
ReliefWeb website [current] Yahoo Country Directory - Afghanistan [n.d.] Understanding Afghanistan: Land in Crisis
National Geographic website
Current news, maps, recent photographs, and lesson plans, including an extensive bibliography of the magazine's maps and articles (some available online) about Afghanistan, terrorist attacks, Islam, rescue work, and other topics. There is also an archived webcast of "National Geographic Explores a Changing World," a film screening and panel discussion on the Middle East and Afghanistan after the events of 9/11, accompanied by a discussion forum.TOP
Military Policy Awareness links
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