Afghan War Blog

The U.S. Department of State has announced an opportunity for funding of NGO programs benefiting Afghan returnees and IDPs in Afghanistan an...

Ambassador P. Michael McKinley recently presented his diplomatic credentials to President Ghani in early January 2015. McKinley is no strang...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has issued a report entitled Afghan Women:  Comprehensive Assessments N...

The U.S. Senate has approved the administrations' nominee for Ambassador to Afghanistan. Peter McKinley passed muster on December 9th. ...

The United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, James B. Cunningham , is saying "Goodbye". He has spent 3 1/2 years here in Afghanist...

For the last several years the blame for the poor implementation of the Special Immigrant Visa Program for Afghan interpreters  can easily...

The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State recently conducted an audit of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Worldwide P...

A few days ago Afghan War News posted a blurb about how the Department of Defense seems to be ignoring news about Afghanistan. An examina...

A State Department contract for three mobile television production trucks that are to be donated to Afghan television networks is under i...

A former Afghan interpreter who lived and worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan for years describes the terror he endured while wait...

The State Department has done a horrible job in managing the Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghan interpreters. Congress has alloca...

Despite the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) not releasing the results of the extremely fraudulent Afghan presidential run off elect...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has published a report - Department of State's Demining Activitie...

The U.S. Department of State has published online a "Background Briefing on Afghanistan" dated September 24, 2014. The briefing ...

The United States State Department is quite happy with the two Afghan leaders finally reaching an accommodation on the release of the electi...

The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has reported on a $6.5M project that provided no benefit (unless you count...

The United States Department of State (until 2014) did a horrible job of managing the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program. Since 20...

The U.S. State Department continues to receive admonishment for its abandonment of the loyal Afghan interpreters who served the U.S. mil...

It seems that the U.S. State Department isn't the only organization having problems processing visas for Afghan interpreters. Evidentl...

Read the story of an Afghan interpreter who has been waiting five years for his U.S. visa - U.S. visa backlog leaves Afghan interpreters in...