Afghan War Blog

Corruption in Afghanistan. Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index ranks Afghanistan as the 4th most corru...

For years the U.S. and its international partners have complained about and tried to reduce the corruption that is rampant in the Afghan g...

The U.S. and other nations have long identified corruption as a main factor in support for the insurgency and the ineffectiveness of the g...

Local Level Participation to Reduce Corruption.  Nassir Ahmad Taraki, a university lecturer in Kabul, believes that people's partici...

The two-year anniversary of the formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) is approaching and many of the expected actions (politic...

General John Allen (retired) once said that "Corruption is the existential strategic threat to Afghanistan". The former Intern...

Borders Closing to Afghan Migrants. The country of Macedonia has closed its southern border with Greece to Afghan migrants but will all...

Opium, Corruption, and Govt: A Smoothly Run Machine.  Most government functions in Afghanistan simply do not work well. Whether it is the ...

Vice President Dostum Dostum on the Outs? It appears that Abdul Rashid Dostum is not happy with the National Unity Government (NUG). H...

Video - RoL and BG Mitch Chitwood. The leader of Essential Function 3 at NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan is assisting...

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

Update on Kabul Bank Scandal.  It appears that common sense is prevailing - President Ghani has negated the land development agreement bet...

Corruption, Kabul Bank Fraud, and the NUG.  I am convinced that  corruption is ingrained into Afghan society  and that it will take centur...

$43 Million Gas Station Built by DoD in Afghanistan. The Task Force for Stability and Business Operations (TFBSO) built a compressed na...

Corruption.  Sarah Chayes, a long-time resident of Afghanistan, is interviewed about her thoughts of corruption and how it ties to insurge...

ANCOP provides clothing to refugee children in refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan.   Photo by Senior Airman Christopher Hatch,  NTM-A ...

Two years ago the Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) based in Kabul started up a website where Afghan citizens can report stories ...

Not Working Out - New Kabul Bank. According to some economic analysts the New Kabul Bank faces a loss of millions annually and some critics...

Transparency International's Defense and Security Program is presenting an event entitled "Improving Security Assistance" on ...

Sarah Chayes discusses her new book "Thieves of State" . She lived in Afghanistan for ten years and served as an advisor to ISAF...