Afghan War Blog

The Heart of Asia (HoA) conference will be held in December. Over 14 nations across the Central and South Asian region will participate. ...

Gen Austin - Spinning the Narrative.  The commander of U.S. Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, says that Afghan military is making pro...

Kabul Airport Suicide Bombings.  A VBIED  struck the gates of Kabul airport  on Monday morning, January 4th. The driver's suicide vest...

ANASF prepare for wpns training Attack on Spanish Embassy Guesthouse. Some more fidelity on the attack on Friday, December 11th. The g...

Reasons Not to Use Local Proxies.  Joshua Foust argues against the use of local proxies by the United States in advancing U.S. national ...

"Why Afghanistan Needs Pakistan".  James Creighton, a former U.S. brigade commander (with two Afghan deployments) and currently ...

Afghanistan has entered a new era. The United States and its allies are slowly departing and taking a lot of its financial aid with it. Th...

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline promises to bring economic growth and increased prosperity to the four countr...

A news article by Shakti Sinha, a former civil servant who worked in Afghanistan for the UN for three years, examines India - Afghanistan ...

A news article provides us with a look at how Afghanistan can become more independent, secure, and stable in a  post-2014 environment. Read ...

Bruce Riedel, writing for Brookings, provides us with his opinion on what is to be done in Afghanistan . He says that President Obama's ...

Most insurgencies are not ended through military means alone. When we evaluate the effectiveness of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANS...

A total of 44 Afghan National Army (ANA) officers recently graduated from the Indian Military Academy . Read more in a news article by Khaa...

There are three key nations that can influence the course of history for Afghanistan - China, Pakistan, and India. The new president - Ash...

Parviz Azizi has wrote an interesting column entitled "Pakistan, India, and the Secret War for Afghanistan" , Geopolitical Monitor...

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), in collaboration with agricultural universities in Afghanistan, is providing soil researc...

India and Iran are finding themselves in agreement on a number of issues - and some of these issues involve Afghanistan either directly or i...

The nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China are holding yearly meetings addressing some of the security, economic, and development issu...

There are a lot of countries providing advisors to Afghanistan. India is one of them. Shakti Devi, is a female police inspector from India ...

A recent posting by Ajay Anil Cherian posted on International Policy Digest  (October 12, 2014) entitled "Rebuilding Afghanistan: The R...