Afghan War Blog

It appears that the Obama administration is considering a modification of the troop withdrawal process from Afghanistan. There is the poss...

A commentator, Thomas F. Lynch III, has called for a modified drawdown plan for Afghanistan . Lynch, a research fellow at the National Defen...

So is our withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to be time-based or conditions-based? Military leaders now say that it is conditions-based ...

Bruce Riedel, writing for Brookings, provides us with his opinion on what is to be done in Afghanistan . He says that President Obama's ...

The editorial board of WaPo has come out in favor of a revised timetable for U.S. troops departing Afghanistan. According to the WP the figh...

President Ashraf Ghani is hinting that the U.S. and its allies should slow down the troop withdrawal process in Afghanistan. Ghani believes ...

Marines and Sailors have returned to Camp Pendleton after their deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan. Camp Leatherneck has been trans...

The 10th Mountain Division has returned from Afghanistan where it fielded the Regional Command East (RC East) hqs. RC East has transitioned ...

A commentator provides us with her viewpoint on the differences and similarities between Iraq and Afghanistan . She discusses Obama's re...

On November 6, 2001, Defense Security Donald Rumseld said "I do not think it will take years to deal with the Taliban or the al-Qaida o...

General John Campbell is reassessing the United States withdrawal time frame from Afghanistan. The electoral dispute and late signing of th...

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

The Brits are slightly concerned about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan over the next year but figure they have things set to ensur...

The head of the U.S. Transportation Command told Congress that the budget sequester should not have an impact on the withdrawal of personnel...

The movement of immense amounts of military supplies, vehicles and equipment from Afghanistan will be time consuming and costly for the Inte...

The draw down and withdrawal of U.S. forces is forging ahead in Afghanistan. This is happening whether some areas are considered "secur...

The future of aid to Afghanistan is uncertain as U.S. troops continue their withdrawal. Without the protection that U.S. bases and troops pr...

A huge task that lies ahead of the U.S. military and other ISAF troop contributing nations as well is the removal of vast amounts of militar...

Reportedly there is now a "schedule" for the phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next 20 months. According ...

As the withdrawal from Afghanistan begins this fall many ISAF partner nations will be moving troops and equipment home. Routes home include ...