Afghanistan

On Topic

Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, public support for the U.S. mission there continues to be uneven, while Afghanistan itself remains far from stable—this, as the Obama administration continues with plans to begin troop withdrawals by the end of 2014. Brookings experts continue to assess and debate many of the issues related to the war in Afghanistan.

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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, by William Dalrymple

Past Event

Battle for Afghanistan: Lessons from the First Anglo-Afghan War

April 24, 2013

On April 24, the Brookings Institution hosted noted historian and journalist William Dalrymple for a discussion on current day Afghanistan and lessons learned from the British experience in Afghanistan, as detailed in his new book, Return of a King; Battle for Afghanistan.

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In the News

M-Paisa has made a big contribution toward eliminating corruption and theft in Afghanistan’s public sector. It fundamentally changes what it means to be poor.
March 2, 2013, Laurence Chandy, TIME
Expert Q & A | Michael E. O'Hanlon

Karzai and Obama Meet in Washington: What Does the Future Hold?

January 10, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon
Podcast

@ Brookings Podcast: Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan after 2014

December 10, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Interview | France 24

Direction of U.S. Foreign Policy

November 19, 2012, Justin Vaïsse
Interview | Deutsch Welle

I Don’t Think We Have Been Defeated in Afghanistan

May 29, 2012, Bruce Riedel
Podcast

@ Brookings Podcast: The Path to Progress in the Middle East

May 25, 2012, Bruce Riedel
In the News

Both the United States and Europe think NATO is going to remain relevant for the security of the transatlantic region. Although my guess is that after Afghanistan enthusiasm both in Europe and the United States for that kind of operation in the future is going to be pretty limited, I think within NATO countries there's a sense that NATO is a useful tool, there is no organization in the world that is as good as NATO at organizing and conducting multinational military operations.
May 18, 2012, Steven Pifer, Xinhua
Interview | America Abroad

After the Summit: What's Next for NATO?

May 16, 2012, Justin Vaïsse
In the News

[There] weren't great hopes right now for peace talks [with the Taliban in Afghanistan] at the moment in any case.
May 16, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon, CNN
In the News

In the year running up to the election the last thing they [the Germans] want is to be maintaining an unpopular presence in Afghanistan when even France is withdrawing.
May 15, 2012, Clara M. O'Donnell, Reuters