Afghan War Blog

Pakistan has been in the news the past few weeks. Afghanistan conflict observers are noting the 4,000 increase in U.S. personnel and a ...

Many of the migrants and refugees that have left Afghanistan are now returning. A significant number of these people heading back to Af...

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

General John Nicholson, the commander of Resolute Support in Afghanistan, said recently in a news conference that the Haqqani Network poses ...

Taliban Reluctant to Join Peace Talks. Despite lots of optimism by the U.S. State Department (publicly at least) and the Afghan governmen...

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

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

On Monday, January 11th, the countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan, United States and China gathered to discuss negotiations for future peace...

Logo of the NDS An examination of the story behind the resignation in early December 2015 of the chief of the Afghan National Directorat...

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

Counter-IED Capabilities Need Investments.  Over the last few years the U.S. military has attempted, unsuccessfully, to put Afghanistan ...

A writer, Vikrma Sood, has posted his views about the struggle for leadership of the Taliban, how Pakistan continues to support the variou...

Coalition Support Fund (CSF). The U.S. Congress is currently in deliberations on the last installment of its annual $1 billion aid packag...

Various news reports indicate that the United States government will not certify Pakistan's counter-terrorism operations in North Wa...

"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...

Understanding Pakistan helps us to understand the conflict in Afghanistan. There is a reason for the existence of the term AFPAK ; the two c...

Central and South Asia is a troubled region riddled with conflict. Not only does Afghanistan have its own internal insurgency but it's...

Pakistan is a major contributor to the insurgent problem in Afghanistan. Pakistan's viewpoint is that it is in perpetual war with Ind...

In the last ten weeks almost 52,000 Afghans living in Pakistan have packed up their belongings and crossed the border into Afghanistan. T...