Afghanistan

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid - HP1EF9R1627O7

Order from Chaos

Imran Khan’s incomplete narrative on the Taliban

Madiha Afzal

Monday, October 14, 2019

Undated handout picture of U.S., Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha, Qatar. Qatari Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1854A34E10

Afghanistan

A deal too far? Breakdown of peace talks and prospects for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the region

Madiha Afzal, Sherry Rehman, Zahid Hussain, and Salman Bashir

Thursday, September 19, 2019

The 'Tribute in Light' memorial, consisting of two shafts of light torepresent the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, shines in New York City, inthis photo made from Bayonne, New Jersey, September 11, 2003. The lightingmarks the second anniversary of the attacks on the center. REUTERS/RayStubblebine PP03090055RFS - RP4DRIFRWDAA

Terrorism & Extremism

It’s hard to commemorate 9/11 if you don’t understand it

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Members of a Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C, front), leave after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina - RC1C12362C10

Order from Chaos

Is the Afghanistan deal a good one?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, August 16, 2019

Reports

Afghanistan

Afghanistan after Mattis: A revised strategy to focus on counterterrorism and the Afghan Security Forces

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

U.S. President Trump delivers first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington

State of the Union 2018

Brookings experts on Trump’s first State of the Union

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Afghanistan

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy: Hopes and pitfalls

Vanda Felbab-Brown

September 2017

A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company looks out as an evening storm gathers above an outpost near Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 22, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2K2IW

Afghanistan

Rightsizing expectations: U.S. policy options for Afghanistan

John R. Allen, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Tanvi Madan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce Jones

July 2017

Afghanistan

Afghanistan affectations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

April 2017

Blog Posts

Order from Chaos

Amid peace talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Soviet tanks roll homeward from Afghanistan October 17, 1986. REUTERS/Stringer BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E51A0SKE03

Order from Chaos

How bad judgement calls brought a chain of blunders: Soviet responses to the Iranian revolution

Pavel K. Baev

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attend a meeting during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder - RC138C945240

Order from Chaos

The new Afghanistan will be built on ceasefire solutions and Taliban trade-offs

Christopher D. Kolenda (Ret. Col.) and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Events

2019

May

Past Event

An End to the “Endless War?” Prospects for Stability and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM AST

The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

CANCELLED – The future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Washington, DC

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2014

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2013

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director of Research - Foreign Policy

The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

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Multimedia

Order from Chaos

Lessons learned from the U.S. experience in Afghanistan

John F. Sopko

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Podcast Episode

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Global Challenges

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Fred Dews

Friday, February 14, 2014

Podcast Episode

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

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, December 10, 2012

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