Afghan War Blog

Opium Makes a Comeback.  2015 say a 19 percent decrease in opium production in Afghanistan due (not to government eradication efforts) fun...

A small group of Afghan War veterans attending school at Harvard University got together and formed an import company called Rumi Spice . ...

Afghanistan's future from an economic perspective is bleak. The cost of maintaining large security forces to fight the insurgents is o...

A group of military veterans who are also students at Harvard University are hoping that a business venture associated with the Harvard In...

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

An entrepreneur from the United Kingdom is on a mission to replace poppy cultivation with pomegranates . It appears that his program is havi...

The United Nations World Food Program has introduced a unique method of helping Afghans provide food for humanitarian disasters. A biscuit ...

Afghanistan's economy has grown tremendously in recent years but this growth has not fixed the unemployment problem. There are many you...

Two communities in the Panjshir Valley located north of Kabul in Panjshir province are benefiting from combining their resources and working...

The College of Agriculture at Purdue University will embark on a three-year venture funded by the State Department to improve agriculture in...

The military intends to buy crops from local Afghan farmers to put on the tables in the military dining facilities. This measure will provid...

Since 2006 the United States Army National Guard has been fielding agricultural assistance teams to various locations in Afghanistan. Their ...

An Army National Guard agriculture team from South Carolina will soon be returning from it's tour in Afghanistan. While in Afghanistan t...

The introduction of solar food dryers to Afghan women in Kapisa province has ensured the villages can store food over the long term. Afghan ...

A small group of Soldiers from the Texas National Guard will soon deploy to Afghanistan as part of a Agribusiness Development Team (ADT). Th...

A recent news release provides information about a dairy goat project that has provided substantial benefits to women in agricultural areas...

The sixth Agribusiness Development Team from the Missouri National Guard is departing for Afghanistan. The first ADT left for Missouri in 20...

The efforts of some US Agribusiness Development Teams (ADT) are paying off in Afghanistan.  The ADT from Minnesota has been working with rep...

The Missouri National Guard Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) will deploy for Afghanistan soon.  The team has 54 members and will soon be ...

Agriculture Development Team One deployed for one year to Zabul Province, Afghanistan in February 2010.  While there they worked with speci...