Afghan War Blog

More Signal Resources Needed for Increase in Troops.  The South Asia Strategy outlined by the Department of Defense over the past sever...

The Panhandle of Afghanistan. The origins of the Wakhan Corridor located in the remote province of Badakhshan can be traced to "Th...

ISKP and Wood Smuggling. The Islamic State Khorasan Province finances (in part) its operations in eastern Afghanistan by smuggling wood...

Book Excerpt - Directorate S.   An excerpt of Steven Coll's new book is provided by Barnes and Noble.  www.barnesandnoble.com/readou...

Paper - Conflict between Settlers and Nomads in Afghanistan. James A. Michener's book Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan  (published ...

ICRC 'Facts and Figures Report - 2017'.  The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a four-page report of its acti...

OCHA Humanitarian Bulletin.  The December 2017 Humanitarian Bulletin is now available. UN SC and Gridlock. The United Nations Securit...

Gender-Based Violence. In Afghanistan gender-based violence is pervasive but activists see a change in the wind. Read more by Tadamichi...

MUDH and Corruption. The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) appears to be making some gains in decreasing corruption wit...

The UK Experience in the Afghan Counter Narcotics Mission. In a very informative article, David Mansfield - a Senior Fellow at the Lon...

Book Review. Melissa Kerr Chiovenda reviews Losing and Winning in Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention  Noah Coburn. The aut...

Afghans Wary of Trump Plan.  While the Afghan elite in Kabul applauded the roll-out of Trump's strategy for Afghanistan and his to...

Refined Opium and the Taliban . The insurgents revenue stream has become more robust as the Taliban have developed the capability to r...

Books, Reports, and Pubs SIGAR Report. Phil Hegseth writes about a recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re...

U.S. / Canadian Family Freed. A family held captive in Pakistan for five years by the Haqqani Network were released and now is back in ...

Training for Senior Military Advisors.  The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Ministry of Interior (MoI) has seen a host of advisors ...

Book Review - Our Latest Longest War. A collection of authors write on a range of topics about the Afghan conflict - training the ANDSF, ...

Book Review - Our Latest Longest War. A collection of authors write on a range of topics about the Afghan conflict - training the ANDSF, ...

Program of IDPs Legal ID. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in cooperation with the Afghan government is launching a program that help...

Former TAAC-South Cdr Promoted. Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry, the former commander of Train, Advise, and Assist - South, has been selected to ...