Afghanistan

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Tackling crime and illicit economies isn’t just a technical exercise—it’s an intensely political one

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Afghan local police (ALP) keep watch at a checkpoint at Chardara district, in Kunduz province, Afghanistan June 23, 2015. Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1HQEK

How predatory crime and corruption in Afghanistan underpin the Taliban insurgency

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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The US isn’t abandoning Afghanistan. It now needs a strategy to tackle the Pakistani deep state

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Female students of American University of Afghanistan walk on the roof of a building during a security training and new orientation sessions at a American University in Kabul, Afghanistan March 27, 2017.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail - RTX32XRE

A triumph in Afghanistan as the American University in Kabul reopens

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Ambassador Ronald Neumann

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

U.S. soldiers from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment discuss their mission during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR4JTM5

The case for a larger force in Afghanistan

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Afghan refugee girls carry drinking water in containers at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, February 12, 2017. Picture taken February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Parwiz - RTSYEKZ

The Trump administration and Afghanistan: What’s in the poppy leaves?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front gather before moving towards their positions during an offensive to take control of the northwestern city of Ariha from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Idlib province May 28, 2015. The Syrian army has pulled back from the northwestern city of Ariha after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the last city in Idlib province in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border that was still held by the government. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RTR4XXNU

Trump can do better on terrorism

John R. Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, February 3, 2017

Donald Trump speaks at an event.

Passing the baton: what to watch in the Donald Trump regime

Dhruva Jaishankar

Friday, January 20, 2017

In the Middle East, we have learned everything is interconnected, and if we do one thing in one area, it can come at the cost of something else.

Shadi Hamid PBS Newshour Friday, January 13, 2017

U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command, briefs the media at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S. April 29, 2016 about the investigation of the airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX2C6NN

The state of the Middle East, from the point of view of the CENTCOM commander

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, December 2, 2016