Afghan War Blog

NATO to Up Troop Levels. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has stated during a recent news conference that the North Atlantic Trea...

President Trump provided the authority to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to determine the troop levels for the U.S. presence in Afghanist...

With every new U.S. presidential administration comes a review of all aspects of foreign policy. The administration of President Trump is ...

The Obama administration is finally catching on to the fact that the security situation Afghanistan is not getting any better - that inste...

President Ghani of Afghanistan believes the end of 2016 may be too soon for the complete withdrawal of international troops. 2014 was the de...

According to recent news reports the troop levels originally planned for Afghanistan will be exceeded. Plans had been for the United Stat...

Jonathan Foreman provides us with a very comprehensive description of the Resolute Support mission and the problems associated with the s...

General John Campbell, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF), says that he will reserve the right to reco...

Now that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is signed between Afghanistan and the United States (as well as the NATO Status of Forces...

General Allen, the former commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, recently commented on the propos...

The White House is considering several options for a continued US military presence in Afghanistan. One option (sometimes referred to as the...

The Pentagon (and presumably General Dunford) is pushing for the 10,000 troop level for a post-2014 mission in Afghanistan. The Resolute Su...

In a recent interview (Friday, March 23, 2012) with Public Broadcast System's Charlie Rose program - General Allen, the ISAF Commander, ...