Afghan War Blog

Uruzgan Governor Pleads for Australian Help.  The province where the Australian training and reconstruction effort in Afghanistan was center...

Afghanistan: The Australian Story   was commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. The film tells the story of the Australian men and wo...

Paper - The Afghan National Army After ISAF. The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) has published an 18-page paper (March ...

"What was the point?" Nick Paton Walsh, a CNN correspondent, comments on the current situation in Afghanistan in a recent new...

Emotional Reactions to Bergdahl.  Welton Chang explores the robust explanations for the strength of the near-involuntary reactions to an...

"The Resolute Support Mission Gender Advisor office is linked to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which guides daily coalition in...

The Australia Department of Defense has published a useful publication that will assist Security Force Assistance advisors who are deployi...

A paper published early in 2014 (April) provides us with some background information on the Australian Special Operations Forces. Contents o...

This paper explains the principles and consideration for the employment of Australian Special Forces. Read Australian Special Operations: Pr...

A LTC in the U.S. Army who is currently a visiting fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has penned an article that pr...

It seems that Afghanistan is a less dangerous place and the Australian combat troops will get their combat pay cut after 2014. Read more in ...

ISAF has released a short video (1 min) on Australia's mission in Afghanistan. You can view it on YouTube at the following link.  www.yo...

An inquest is underway in Australia concerning the death of three Australian military members on Patrol Base Wahab in Afghanistan. The soldi...

Along with the rest of ISAF the Australians have pulled many of their troops out of Afghanistan. However, there still are some working on ...

It appears that a long-time ally of the United States in Afghanistan is willing to commit troops for an additional two years. Current plans ...

Australia's objectives in Afghanistan were broad and deep but as time went on the expectations of establishing a modern democracy dimini...

Australia and Afghanistan are close to finalizing a bilateral security agreement between the two nations that will allow about 400 Austral...

A video documentary chronicles Australia's commitment to Afghanistan. It details the deaths, injuries, and money involved in the 12-year...

Australia's role in Afghanistan has taken many forms from advising the police to providing special operations troops for direct action...

The Australians have provided combat troops to the Coalition in Afghanistan since early in the war starting in 2001. Although Australia will...