5 Priorities for Afghanistan

Now that President Ghani has taken office various commentators, analysts, and observers are providing input as to what he needs to fix and in what order! Ahmad Majidar is a senior research associate at the American Enterprise Institute (www.aei.org). He also teaches senior U.S. military officers on security and politics in Afghanistan. He provides us with 5 priorities for Afghanistan.

1. Fostering national unity
2. Improving governance
3. Bolstering economy
4. Combating narcotics
5. Improving security

In his article he discusses the topics above in detail. He closes with ". . . the Obama administration, too, must avoid repeating the mistake of Iraq and reconsider its plan to pull out all troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016".

Read the full article, "5 priorities for Afghanistan", Global Public Square Blog, October 7, 2014.
Learn more about Ahmad Majidar
www.aei.org/scholar/ahmad-k-majidyar/