Afghan War Blog

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) January 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress  was h...

One way of measuring success or failure in Afghanistan is to label how many of the 399 districts are 'controlled' or 'conte...

Taliban Advances in Kunduz.  The Taliban have been ruling several villages in northern Kunduz province for four years. Ten days ago the...

One of the districts that continues to change hands over time in Helmand province has . . . once again . . . been 'retaken' by Afgha...

The U.S. military (and Resolute Support) continues to be vague on the topic of district control in Afghanistan. The latest Special Inspecto...

Most observers of the Afghan conflict are focused on the security situation in Kabul and the press releases from Resolute Support HQs on ...

A very interesting and revealing news article about the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Baraki Barak district , Logar province. The author...

Afghanistan's Khamyab district in Jowzjan province is now controlled by the Taliban . Attempts by government forces to re-take the distr...

A few years back Gizab district in Uruzgan province was the showcase of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as an example ...

Is it possible that the most recent district to fall to the Taliban could be a permanent loss? The district of Sangin in Helmand province ...

The concept of Village Stability Operations or VSO has been around for a year or two. VSO is a very successful program run by the Special Op...

In an attempt to prioritize and coordinate infrastructure repairs at the district level in Afghanistan the Afghan government prepares Distri...