Afghan War Blog

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

President Ghani announced the nominations for the new Afghan cabinet on Monday, January 12, 2015. He had promised to form his cabinet 45 d...

The Afghanistan Analyst Network (AAN) provides us with a detailed description of the nominees for the Afghan cabinet and their biographies. ...

The National Unity Government (NUG) of President Ghani and CEO Abdullah has still not appointed a cabinet . Several ministries remain vacant...

The Director of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) provided a briefing on December 17, 2014 for the Asia Society Policy In...

Afghanistan is entering the new year with a host of new challenges ; and they will be getting less help in meeting those challenges. The cab...

It appears that some cabinet positions may be nominated; although the list has not been finalized. Some key positions may be filled by: De...

The Afghan "National Unity Government" is having trouble getting its Cabinet up and running. In the meantime deputy ministers are...

The new president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, is taking more time than expected to form his cabinet. He is at odds with Abdullah Abdullah ...

An observer of Afghan politics, Mili Mitra, comments on the past problems of Afghanistan and the obstacles laying before President Ghani and...

Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief now that the election dispute between Ghani and Abdullah is settled. The question is how long will th...

The Afghan leadership are currently in their "honeymoon phase" of their newly formed "national unity government" or NU...