Afghan War Blog

The U.S. Army will soon be deploying hybrid solar and wind power equipment that will provide enough energy to help power small remote outpo...

The departure of ISAF troops from Afghanistan by 2014 is hailed as a good thing by many people. Karzai says he doesn't need us anymore (...

U.S. Government Provides Funding for Continuation of Key Rule of Law and Counternarcotics Programs in Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister ...

The Afghanistan War, as in all previous wars, has served as a testing ground for new equipment. This equipment can be lethal (as in weapons,...

The print media and Internet is full of commentators writing opinion pieces about whether we should stay in Afghanistan, keep our current st...

Fernandao Lujan, a U.S. Army Major, wrote a piece recently about how to re-establish trust between Afghans and the U.S. military. Lujan is a...

While many commentators have been stating that our mission in Afghanistan has failed and it is time to bring the troops home - other comment...

Carmen Gentile has wrote a piece about the Village Stability Operations program in Afghanistan . In this program, called VSO for short, spec...

David Ignatius, an opinion writer, has commented on the reaction to the Panjwai massacre by a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and the current Afgh...

The sixth Agribusiness Development Team from the Missouri National Guard is departing for Afghanistan. The first ADT left for Missouri in 20...

One of the unfortunate (among many) effects of the Panjwai massacre is the high-lighting of the Village Stability Operations or VSO program...

The Pentagon has confirmed that the Soldier who allegedly committed the murder of 16 Afghan villagers in Panjwai district, Kandahar province...

ALP candidates at shura in Nawbahar  district, Zabul province.  (Photo: PO2C David Brandenburg) With the anticipated draw down of NATO ...

If the conflict in Afghanistan can ever be settled there is some hope for the future in Afghanistan - at least in the realm of its energy ne...

On a recent trip to the United States the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom provided his insight on the Afghan War. He believes that ther...

The latest polls find dwindling support for the war in Afghanistan. 60 percent of Americans see the war as not worth its costs. Read more on...

A columnist, Michael Cohen, reviews President Obama's record on Afghanistan and finds it weak. He says that Obama began looking for a po...

Things are going to get tougher for the Special Operations Forces (SOF) that will inherit the mess that is now Afghanistan in 2014. The rec...

Corruption is everywhere in Afghanistan.  So it is refreshing to read about an anti-corruption victory from time to time. Read about one an...

An editorial looks at what we have accomplished in Afghanistan and what the future will likely bring us. It's conclusion is that the rig...

Many leading officials in government, the military, and in Congress are conducting a reassessment of what we have accomplished in ten years ...

Jeremi Suri, a professor of history and public affairs at the University of Texas, provides his viewpoint on the situation in Afghanistan. H...

The recent events of the Quran burning and killing spree in Panjwai have caused many observers to comment on the current strategy we have fo...

Billions of dollars leave Afghanistan every year for foreign bank accounts. The uncertain future and insecurity in the country has been a de...

A new book has been published about a Special Forces team caught in an ambush in Shok Valley in 2008. The book is titled "No Way Out: A...

With the war in Afghanistan now lasting over ten years many observers (and critics) are looking back at the accomplishments (and failures) o...

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) has released a new paper that deals with women's rights in Afghanistan. It is entit...

Pentagon spokesmen have released a statement saying that the US Soldier who committed the killings of civilians in Panjwai district in Afg...

Afghan corruption and graft have severely hampered the efforts of the United States to defeat the Taliban and build government institutions...

With all the mistakes being made in Afghanistan - killing sprees, Quran burnings, urinating on Taliban bodies - the President and others hav...

A British war correspondent, Sean Rayment, visits Qala-e-Naw, Badghis Province, Afghanistan to view the Afghan governments reintegration pro...

Statement by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta on the Tragic Incident in Kandahar Province (March 11, 2012) “Today I spoke to Presiden...

A member of the Afghan High Peace Council, Maulvi Qalamuddin, provided an interview that gives some insight on the possible path that future...

The ISAF Deputy Commander has released a statement on the Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan civilian casualties caused by a U...

A US Soldier has reportedly killed at least 16 Afghan civilians in the early morning hours of March 11, 2012 in the Panjwai district, Kandah...

Some private firms that do development work for the United States government in Afghanistan are apprehensive of the security that will be pr...

Ricard Falk, an international law and international relations scholar, provides an in depth analysis of the recent Koran burning incident in...

A U.S. run prison (detention center for combatants) will be turned over to the Afghanistan authorities in a phased planned that will span si...

Soldiers from the Danish Navy SEALs and the Hunter Corps (Special Forces units within the Royal Danish Navy and the Royal Danish Army) have ...

The efforts of some US Agribusiness Development Teams (ADT) are paying off in Afghanistan.  The ADT from Minnesota has been working with rep...

Sir William Patey, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, will be leaving his post soon. In a recent interview he provided some comments on ...

Representative Dana Rohrabacher has requested an investigation by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to see if President Hamid Ka...

There are rich mineral deposits in Afghanistan; however, to move the mineral raw materials to processing plants requires the building of rai...

A retired general officer of the German Bundeswehr (German Army) has wrote an article entitled "German Perspective On Lessons Learned F...

Leonie Industries has been awarded a lucrative contract to conduct Information Operations in Afghanistan - to the tune of $20 million. Howe...

Officials in Washington are concerned about the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) assuming the security for USAID projects and workers. ...

The U.S. and the Afghan governments have agreed that the U.S. will hand over control of the U.S. detention facilities to the Afghans. The de...

A recent news report says that Afghan defense officials are hindering an investigation that members of the Afghan Air Force are using pilots...

A member of the Afghan Local Police or ALP is sought after being accused of allowing Taliban to enter a checkpoint located in Oruzgan Provi...

"Two senior American military commanders spent the past two days putting into context recent negative news about the U.S. effort in Afg...