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This section contains the ten most-recently added documents to this MiPAL. All recently included items can also be found by subject division below.

• [18 Dec 08] Policing in Afghanistan: Still Searching for a Strategy
  International Crisis Group
• [Dec 08] "Let Them Eat Promises": Closing the Opium Poppy Fields in Balkh and its Consequences
  Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [17-18 Nov 08] From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?
  Helge Lurås, Niels Nagelhus Schia, Stina Torjesen, and Ståle Ulriksen. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• [15 Dec 08] President Bush Participates in Press Availability with Afghanistan President Karzai in Afghanistan
• [15 Dec 08] President Bush Visits with Troops in Afghanistan
• [11 Dec 08] Media Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates from Kandahar, Afghanistan
• [9 Dec 08] Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces
  Anthony H. Cordesman, David Kasten, and Adam Mausner. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Dec 08] The Seven Capital Sins of the Donor Community in Afghanistan
  Serge Michailof. German Marshall Fund of the United States
• [21 Nov 08] Islamist Militancy in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region and U.S. Policy
  K. Alan Kronstadt and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service
• [5 Dec 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Tucker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for ISAF, Deputy Commander for Operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, from Afghanistan at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington VA 

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• [current] U.S. Department of State County Information for Afghanistan
• [current] CIA World Factbook for Afghanistan
• [current] Afghanistan Maps
  From the University of Texas at Austin
• [current] Profile of Afghanistan from the Asia Society
  Features a map and brief statistical information
• [current] BBC News Resources
  • Afghanistan Country Profile
  • Afghanistan Timeline
• [Oct 08] Afghanistan in 2008: A Survey of the Afghan People
  The Asia Foundation
• [May 08] Afghanistan Country Overview 2008
  World Bank
• [Sep 07] Afghanistan in 2007: A Survey of the Afghan People
  The Asia Foundation
• [April 07] Afghanistan Data Profile
  World Bank
• [Nov 06] Afghanistan in 2006: A Survey of the Afghan People
  The Asia Foundation
• [Feb 06] Afghanistan Country Analysis Brief
  Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
• [Jan 06] Library of Congress Portals to the World: Afghanistan

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U.S. Policy

White House
• [current] Policies in Focus: Rebuilding Afghanistan
• [15 Dec 08] President Bush Participates in Press Availability with Afghanistan President Karzai in Afghanistan
• [15 Dec 08] President Bush Visits with Troops in Afghanistan
• [20 Oct 08] Statement by Press Secretary Dana Perino
  NOTE: Condemnation of an attack by the Taliban in Kandahar province
• [1 Oct 08] President Bush Meets with General David McKiernan, Commander for NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
• [26 Sep 08] President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with President Karzai of Afghanistan, United States Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders, National Guard Agriculture Development Team Representatives, and Afghan Governors
• [26 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: Making Afghanistan More Secure with Economic and Reconstruction Assistance
• [9 Sep 08] President Bush Visits National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Discusses Global War on Terror
  NOTE: Discussion of Afghanistan begins in the second half of the transcript
• [29 July 08] Interview of the First Lady by Wendell, Goler, Fox News
• [12 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
• [12 June 08] What I Saw in Afghanistan
  Op-ed by Laura Bush
• [12 June 08] Fact Sheet: The Afghanistan Support Conference: Renewed U.S. and International Commitment
• [11 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at a Reception with U.S.-Afghan Donors Conference Participants
• [8 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the Kabul Presidential Palace
• [8 June 08] Mrs. Bush's Remarks and President Karzai of Afghanistan in Press Availability
• [17 May 08] President Bush Meets with President Karzai of Afghanistan
• [29 April 08] Press Conference by the President
  Note: Discusses the attempted assassination of President Karzai half way through
• [2 April 08] President Bush Visits Bucharest, Romania, Discusses NATO
• [2 April 08] President Bush Meets with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
• [20 March 08] Remarks by Vice President Cheney and President Karzai of Afghanistan in Press Availability
• [13 March 08] President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders and Brigade Combat Commanders
• [13 March 08] Fact Sheet: Helping Afghanistan Achieve Sustainable Progress
• [26 Sep 07] President Bush Meets with President Karzai of Afghanistan
• [6 Aug 07] President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with President Karzai of Afghanistan
• [23 July 07] President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Mohammad Zahir Shah
• [21 May 07] President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer
[27 Feb 07] Interview of a Senior Adminstration Official by the Traveling Press
[15 Feb 07] President Bush Discusses Progress in Afghanistan, Global War on Terror
[15 Feb 07] Fact Sheet: Increasing Support to Help the People of Afghanistan Succeed
[1 Dec 06] Estimated Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
Office of National Drug Control Policy
[28 Nov 06] President Bush Discusses NATO Alliance During Visit to Latvia
NOTE: Discussion of Afghanistan is in second half of transcript
[29 Sep 06] President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror
[29 Sep 06] Fact Sheet: Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strong Allies in the War on Terror
[27 Sep 06] Statement on the President's Dinner with President Karzai and President Musharraf at the White House
[27 Sep 06] President Bush Hosts Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan at the White House
• [26 Sep 06] Remarks by President Bush and President Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Joint Press Availability
• [18 Sep 06] Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2007
• [1 March 06] President Bush Meets with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan
• [1 March 06] President and Mrs. Bush Dedicate U.S. Embassy Building in Afghanistan
• [1 March 06] President Bush Thanks U.S. and Coalition Troops in Afghanistan   

Department of Defense
• [current] Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan 
• [11 Dec 08] Media Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates from Kandahar, Afghanistan
• [5 Dec 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Tucker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for ISAF, Deputy Commander for Operations, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, from Afghanistan at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington VA
• [25 Nov 08] Foreign Press Center Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A)
• [21 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Colonel John P. Johnson, Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, from Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA
• [18 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Colonel John Spiszer, Commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Via Teleconference from Afghanistan, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA
• [12 Nov 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Cone, Commanding General, Combined Security Transition Command, from Afghanistan
• [29 Oct 08] DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon
  NOTE: Second half of the transcript concerns the Taliban and the situation in Afghanistan
• [24 Oct 08] Assessment of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Control and Accountability; Security Assistance; and Sustainment for the Afghan National Security Forces
  Office of Special Plans and Operations, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense
• [15 Oct 08] Dean Acheson Lecture - U.S. Institute of Peace
  Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [1 Oct 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McKiernan from the Pentagon
• [26 Sep 08] DoD Briefing with Lt Col Allison from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA and Mr. Shawn Waddoups, Via Teleconference from Afghanistan
• [23 Sep 08] Update on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Statement by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, before the Senate Armed Services Committee
• [18 Sep 08] Roundtable with Defense Secretary Gates from London, United Kingdom
• [17 Sep 08] Press Availability with Afghan Press
  Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [15 Sep 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Lindell from Afghanistan
• [5 Sep 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan
• [27 Aug 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Conway from the Pentagon
• [18 July 08] Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported by Major Oversight Organizations Beginning FY 2003 through FY 2007
  Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense
• [24 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan
• [17 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
• [13 June 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McNeill from the Pentagon
• [13 June 08] Press Conference with Defense Secretary Gates at NATO Headquarters, Brussels
• [June 08] Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
  Report to Congress
• [June 08] United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces
  Report to Congress
• [29 April 08] Media Availability with Secretary Gates in Mexico City, Mexico
• [18 April 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Cone
• [7 April 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Afghanistan
• [1 April 08] Media Availability with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Danish Minister of Defense Soren Gade
• [28 March 08] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Livingston
• [26 March 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer and Sgt. Maj. Flowers
• [27 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Stevens from Aghanistan
• [26 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Aghanistan
• [19 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Johnson
• [10 Feb 08] Munich Conference on Security Policy
  Remarks as Delivered by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [8 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Klingaman from Kabul, Afghanistan
• [6 Feb 08] DoD News Briefing with Gen. McNeill
• [5 Feb 08] DoD Support to NATO International Security Assistance Force
  Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense
• [24 Jan 08] DoD Press Briefing with Brig. Gen. Lindell
• [23 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez
• [17 Jan 08] Media Roundtable with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James E. Cartwright
• [15 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
• [8 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Votel
• [2 Jan 08] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer
• [11 Dec 07] House Armed Services Committee on Afghanistan
  Testimony by Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense
• [30 Nov 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Daly and Maj. Gen. Ali from Afghanistan
• [9 Nov 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Livingston from Afghanistan
• [31 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Anderson
• [24 Oct 07] Media Roundtable with Secretary Gates from Noordwijk, Netherlands
• [18 Oct 07] DoD Press Briefing with Maj. Gen. Cone and Gen. Wardak
• [17 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Chip Preysler from Afghanistan
• [10 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Bantz Craddock, Commander, European Command
• [2 Oct 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Ives, Commander, Task Force Cincinnatus, Combined Joint Task Force 82
• [5 Sep 07] DoD News Briefing with Cdr. Adams, Commander Khowst Provinical Reconstruction Team and Governor Jamal, Governor, Khowst Province, Afghanistan Arsala Jamal
• [22 Aug 07] DoD News Briefing with Lt. Col. Phillips from Afghanistan
• [25 July 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Rodriguez from Afghanistan
• [July 07] Interagency Assessment of the Counternarcotics Program in Afghanistan
  Inspectors General, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense
• [29 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Bulen at the Pentagon
• [28 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Ives and Lt. Col. Kim
• [20 June 07] DoD Briefing with Col. Schweitzer and Maj. Gen. Khaliq from Afghanistan
• [5 June 07] DoD News Briefing with Gen. Dan McNeill via Videoconference from Afghanistan
  Commanding General, NATO's International Security Assistance Force
• [5 June 07] DoD Press Briefing with Secretary Gates and President Hamid Karzai from Kabul, Afghanistan
• [8 May 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Nicholson from Afghanistan
• [30 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Royal Netherlands Army Maj. Gen. Van Loon from the Pentagon
• [24 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer from Afghanistan
• [18 April 07] DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel from Afghanistan
• [27 March 07] A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond
  Remarks by Eric Edelman, Under Secretary for Policy, to the NATO Conference on a Comprehensive Approach to Afghanistan
  NOTE: This document opens in Microsoft Word 
• [26 Jan 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Freakley from Afghanistan
• [17 Jan 07] Press Availability with Secretary Gates, General Pace, and General Eikenberry
• [16 Jan 07] Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Following Meeting with President Karzai
• [9 Jan 07] DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin and Minister Abdul Hadir Khalid from the Pentagon

Department of State
• [current] U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan  
• [current] Afghanistan Country Page
• [19 Nov 08] Media Note: U.S. Support to Afghan Refugees and Returnees
• [8 Nov 08] U.S. Committed to Afghanistan
  Remarks by Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [30 Oct 08] Remarks with BBC World Service on Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [27 Oct 08] Progress in Afghanistan: U.S. Releases New Poppy Cultivation Data
  Foreign Press Center briefing by John Walters, Director, White House Office of Drug Control Policy, Ashraf Haidari, Political Counselor for the Embassy of Afghanistan, Michele Leonhart, Acting DEA Administrator, Bill McGlynn, State Department International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau, and Brigadier General Joseph Callahan, Joint Staff
• [14 Oct 08] Statement by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative, on UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan), in the Security Council
• [9 Oct 08] Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations with the U.S.
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [25 Sep 08] Remarks with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta after their Meeting
  John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
• [25 Sep 08] Media Note: United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Joint Statement
• [25 Sep 08] Fact Sheet: United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership
• [10 Sep 08] Press Statement: Afghanistan National Army Expansion
• [8 Sep 08] Afghanistan's Communications Revolution
  Op-Ed by David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, and Amir Zai Sangin, Afghanistan's Minister of Communications and Information Technology
• [27 Aug 08] Fact Sheet: Update on Counternarcotics in Afghanistan - August 2008 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Poppy Cultivation Survey
• [18 June 08] Special Briefing on the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
  Remarks by USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood
• [13 June 08] Pakistan/Afghanistan - U.S. Relations
  Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [12 June 08] Remarks at Afghanistan Donors' Conference
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [12 June 08] Special Briefing by USAID Administrator Henrietta Ford and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood
• [12 June 08] Media Note: Summary of U.S. Assistance: International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
• [10 June 08] Fact Sheet: Total U.S. Security and Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan
• [10 June 08] Briefing on the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
  Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [4 June 08] Fact Sheet: U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women: The U.S.-Afghan Women's Council
• [13 May 08] Remarks with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Signing Ceremony after their Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [28 April 08] Remarks with the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan Kai Eide after Their Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [14 April 08] Supporting Afghanistan
  Remarks by Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [20 March 08] Afghanistan's New Deal
  Op-Ed by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [20 March 08] Remarks on the Renewal of the Mandate for UNAMA and the Situation in Somalia
  Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• [12 March 08] Remarks by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative, on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, to the Security Council
• [11 March 08] Fact Sheet: Fighting the Opium Trade in Afghanistan: Myths, Facts, and Sound Policy
  Joint Statement by the United States and the United Kingdom
• [7 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [7 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband at Kandahar Air Base
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [7 Feb 08] Briefing with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband enroute Afghanistan
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [6 Feb 08] Remarks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [4 Feb 08] Afghanistan and NATO: Why They Both Matter
  Remarks by Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
• [1 Feb 08] The NATO Emerging in Afghanistan
  Op-Ed by Victoria Nuland, U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• [2 Jan 08] Fact Sheet: Civilian Police and Rule of Law Programs
• [13 Dec 07] Remarks on Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 Nov 07] Media Note: Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan
• [4 Oct 07] Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training in Afghanistan
  Thomas A. Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
• [14 Sep 07] Why Helping Afghanistan Matters
  Speech by Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, to the Atlantic Council of Finland
• [11 Sep 07] Press Roundtable in Afghanistan
  John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary
• [6 Sep 07] Remarks to the Press: Discussing Afghanistan
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [29 Aug 07] The Counternarcotics Situation in Afghanistan
  Thomas A. Schweich, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
• [9 Aug 07] On-the-Record Briefing on the Release of a Comprehensive New U.S. Government Implementation Plan to Control Narcotics in Afghanistan
  John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy, and Thomas Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
• [August 07] U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan
• [2 Aug 07] On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan
  Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [23 July 07] The Passing of Muhammad Zahir Shah, Former King of Afghanistan
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [25 June 07] A Comprehensive Approach to Counternarcotics in Afghanistan
  Foreign Press Center briefing by John P. Walters, Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, and Kim Howell, Minister of State, Foreign Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
• [14 May 07] Roundtable with East-West Center Journalists Tour
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [22 March 07] South and Central Asia Regional Update
  Foreign Press Center briefing by a Senior State Department Official
• [20 March 07] Statement by Ambassador Jackie Sanders, U.S. Alternative Representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs, at the Security Council Open Meeting on the Situation in Afghanistan
• [8 March 07] Moving Forward in Afghanistan
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
• [30 Jan 07] Overall U.S. Effort in Afghanistan
  Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ronald E. Neumann, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan
• [26 Jan 07] Fulfilling the Commitment to Success in Afghanistan
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [26 Jan 07] On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan
  R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State, and John Fox, Director of the Office of Afghanistan Affairs

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Other Policy Sources
• [current] USAID in Afghanistan
• [current] Export.Gov/Afghanistan
  Afghanistan Investment and Reconstruction Task Force, U.S. Department of Commerce
• [May 08] A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
  Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
• [27 March 08] Fact Sheet: USAID Assistance to Afghanistan in 2002-2008
  United States Agency for International Development
• [13 Nov 07] Remarks by Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez at the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference
• [18 July 07] United States and Other Paris Club Creditors Provide Further Debt Relief to Afghanistan
  Department of the Treasury Press Release
• [10 April 07] Business Opportunities in Afghanistan and Central Asia
  Remarks by Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
• [31 Oct 06] Remarks to the Afghan American Chamber of Commerce Business Matchmaking Conference
  Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce
• [4 Oct 06] Interview of John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, with Gary Thomas, Voice of America
• [21 Aug 06] Afghanistan: Opportunities in the Telecommunications Sector
  Remarks by Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
• [June 06] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan: An Interagency Assessment
  U.S. Agency for International Development
• [9 March 06] USAID Assistance to Afghanistan
  James Kunder, USAID Assistant Administrator

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U.S. Congress
• [23 Sep 08] The Situation in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
• [10 Sep 08] Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Iraq: Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead
  Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
  • Robert M. Gates
  • Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN
• [24 June 08] Examination of AEY Contracts with the U.S. Government
  Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  NOTE: Concerns a $300 million contract to supply ammunition to the Afghan security forces
• [18 June 08] Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice Sector in Afghanistan
  Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
• [3 June 08] Report of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA): Travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan
• [1 May 08] Hanging by a Thread: The State of U.S. Military Readiness and the Prospects for Success in Afghanistan
  Statement by Ike Skelton, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, before the U.S. House of Representatives
• [2 April 08] Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• [April 08] Agency Stovepipes vs Strategic Agility: Lessons We Need to Learn from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Intestigations, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives
• [14 Feb 08] The Strategy in Afghanistan and Recent Reports by the Afghanistan Study Group and the Atlantic Council of the United States
  Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
• [31 Jan 08] Afghanistan: A Plan to Turn the Tide?
  Hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Statement by Senator Richard Lugar, Ranking Republican on the Committee
• [23 Jan 08] Assessment of U.S. Strategy and Operations in Afghanistan and the Way Ahead
  Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
  • Ike Skelton
  • David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)
  • Karl F. Inderfurth
  • Barnett R. Rubin
• [25 Oct 07] Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
  Congressional Budget Office
• [4 Oct 07] The Role of the Department of Defense in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Hearing before the House Armed Services Commitee, Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee
  • Vic Snyder, chair
  • Mitchell Shivers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Central Asia Affairs
  • Maj. Gen. Bobby J. Wilkes, USAF - Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Asia), Strategic Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff
  • Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Col. Ralph O. Baker, USA, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Middle East), Strategic Plans and Policy, The Joint Staff
• [2 Oct 07] Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
• The Crash of Blackwater Flight 61
• [Sep 07] Replacing and Repairing Equipment Used in Iraq and Afghanistan: The Army's Reset Program
  Congressional Budget Office
• [30 March 07] H.R. 2446 Afghanistan Freedom Security Support Act of 2007
  Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
• [22 March 07] Deconstructing Reconstruction: Problems, Challenges, and the Way Forward in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• [1 March 07] Afghanistan
  Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee
• [15 Feb 07] Afghanistan on the Brink: Where Do We Go from Here?
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• [13 Feb 07] Assessment of Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations
  Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
  • Ike Skelton, Chair
  • Mary Beth Long
  • Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry
  • John Anthony Gastright, Jr.
• [15 Nov 06] The Current Situation and U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Hearing before the Senate Armed Forces Committee
• Gen. John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, United States Central Command
• David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq
• Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Gen. Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
• [12 Oct 06] Hyde/Kirk Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld Regarding the Opium Crisis in Afghanistan
• [21 Sep 06] From Coalition to ISAF Command in Afghanistan: The Purpose and Impact of the Transition
  Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• [20 Sep 06] Afghanistan: Five Years After 9/11
  Hearing before the House International Relations Committee
• [28 June 06] Status of Security and Stability in Afghanistan
  Hearing before the House Armed Services Committee
• [22 Sep 05] United States Policy in Afghanistan: Establishing Democratic Governance and Security in the Wake of Parliamentary Elections
  Hearing before the House International Relations Committe
• [17 March 05] U.S. Counternarcotics Policy in Afghanistan: Time for Leadership
  Hearing before the House International Relations Committee
• [23 Sep 04] United States Security Policy in Afghanistan on the Eve of National Elections
  Hearing before the House International Relations Committee

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Drug Trade

• [Dec 08] "Let Them Eat Promises": Closing the Opium Poppy Fields in Balkh and its Consequences
  Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Dec 08] Counter-Narcotics in Afghanistan: The Failure of Success?
  David Mansfield and Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Nov 08] Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Natural Resources Management, Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods
  Alan Roe. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Oct 08] Afghanistan's Hidden Drug Problem: The Misuse of Psychotropics
  David Macdonald. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Oct 08] Opium Poppy and Informal Credit
  Adam Pain. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Aug 08] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [May 08] Resurgence and Reductions: Explanations for Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Nangarhar and Ghor in 2006-07
  David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [April 08] Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [March 08] Responding to Afghanistan's Opium Economy Challenge: Lessons and Policy Implications from a Development Perspective
  William A. Byrd. The World Bank
• [Feb 08] Anatomy of a Fallacy: The Senlis Council and Narcotics in Afghanistan
  Frédéric Grare. Centre for International Governance Innovation
• [Feb 08] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [Feb 08] Afghanistan Economic Incentives and Development Initiatives to Reduce Opium Production
  Christopher Ward, David Mansfield, Peter Oldham and William Byrd. The World Bank
• [20 Dec 07] Tackling Afghanistan's Opium Trade with Legalization
  Romesh Bhattacharji.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [6 Dec 07] Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
  Christopher M. Blanchard. Congressional Research Service
• [Nov 07] Afghan Poppy for Medicine Projects: An Economic Case Study
  Senlis Council
• [Oct 07] Opium and Afghanistan: Reassessing U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy
  John A. Glaze.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [Aug 07] Opium Licensing in Afghanistan: Its Desirability and Feasibility
  Vanda Felbab-Brown.  Brookings Institution
• [Aug 07] Afghanistan Opium Survey Executive Summary
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [June 07] India's Experiences in Licensing Poppy Cultivatoin for the Production of Essential Medicines: Lessons for Afghanistan
  Romesh Bhattacharji.  Senlis Council
• [June 07] Poppy for Medicine: Licensing Poppy for the Production of Essential Medicines: An Integrated Counter-Narcotics, Development, and Counter-Insurgency Model for Afghanistan
  Senlis Council
• [10 May 07] Afghanistan's Drug Trade and How it Funds Taliban Operations
  Hayder Mili and Jacob Townsend. Jamestown Foundation
• [Feb 07] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [Winter 06/07] Poppies for Peace: Reforming Afghanistan's Opium Industry
  Peter van Ham and Jorrit Kamminga. Washington Quarterly
• [Dec 06] Water Management, Livestock and the Opium Economy: Opium Poppy Cultivation in Nangarhar and Ghor
  David Mansfield. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Nov 06] Afghanistan's Drug Industry: Structure, Functioning, Dynamics, and Implications for Counter-Narcotics Policy
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and The World Bank
• [15 Nov 06] Afghanistan Drug Control: Despite Improved Efforts, Deteriorating Security Threatens Success of U.S. Goals
  Government Accountability Office
• [Nov 06] Combating Opium in Afghanistan
  Ali A. Jalali, Robert B. Oakley, and Zoe Hunter.  Strategic Forum, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
• [14 Sep 06] Afghanistan's Role in Iran's Drug Problem
  Lionel Beehner.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [Aug 06] Opium Poppy Eradication: How to Raise Risk When There is Nothing to Lose?
  David Mansfield and Adam Pain.  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [June 06] Integrated Social Control in Afghanistan: Implications for the Licensed Cultivation of Poppy for the Production of Medicines
  Ali Wardak. Senlis Council
• [27 Feb 06] The Economic Feasibility of Licensed Opium Production for the Production of Medicines in Afghanistan
  Senlis Council
• [Feb 06] Afghanistan's Opium Production in Perspective
  Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
• [12 Sep 05] Summary Findings of Opium Trends in Afghanistan
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [Fall 05] Afghanistan: When Counternarcotics Undermines Counterterrorism
  Vanda Felbab-Brown. The Washington Quarterly
• [29 Aug 05] The Opium Situation in Afghanistan
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Statistical Annex as of 12 Sep 05
• [July 05] Mapping of Alternative Livelihoods Projects in Afghanistan
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [05] Opium Cultivation
  Afghanistan Watch
• [10 Nov 04] How the Drug War in Afghanistan Undermines America's War on Terror
  Ted Galen Carpenter. Cato Institute
• [Nov 04] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Human Rights & Refugees

• [current] Amnesty International's Online Document Archive - Afghanistan
• [current] Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
• [current] Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan
• [current] Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
• [23 June 08] Displacement and Security in Afghanistan
  Summary report of a Brookings Institution seminar
• [April 08] Arbitrary Justice: Trials of Guantánamo and Bagram Detainees in Afghanistan
  Sahr MuhammedAlly. Human Rights First
• [11 March 08] U.S. State Department Country Report for Human Rights Practices in Afghanistan - 2007
• [June 07] To Return Or To Remain: The Dilemma of Second-Generation Afghans in Pakistan
  Mamiko Saito and Pamela Hunte. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [6 March 07] U.S. State Department Country Report for Human Rights Practices in Afghanistan - 2006
• [26 Jan 07] Afghan Refugees: Current Status and Future Prospects
  Rhoda Margesson. Congressional Research Service
• [15 Sep 06] U.S. State Department Report on Religious Freedom in Afghanistan - 2006
• [8 March 06] U.S. State Department Country Report for Human Rights Practices in Afghanistan - 2005
• [n.d.] Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan website

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NATO

• [current] International Security Assistance Force
• [current] NATO in Afghanistan
• [23 Oct 08] NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance
  Vincent Morelli and Paul Gallis. Congressional Research Service
• [Oct 08] What NATO Can Learn from "the Surge" in Iraq
  Christopher M. Schnaubelt. NATO Defense College
• [30 July 08] After Action Report - Visit NATO Shape Headquarters and Afghanistan - 21-26 July 2008
  Memorandum by Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret)
• [Summer 08] Swords and Ploughshares: Can NATO Survive Afghanistan?
  Matthew A. Rosenstein, et al. Bulletin of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• [8 May 08] NATO in Afghanistan: A Special Address by the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  Remarks by Gen. Bantz John Craddock at the Heritage Foundation
• [17 April 08] Assessing the Overall Security Situation in Afghanistan
  Statement by Nick Grono, Deputy President, International Crisis Group, at a DCAF-NATO Parliamentary Assembly Seminar on Stabilising Afghanistan
• [16 April 08] Post-Bucharest: NATO's Prospects in Afghanistan
  Richard Weitz. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• [3 April 08] ISAF's Strategic Vision: Declaration by the Heads of State and Government of the Nations Contributing to the UN-mandated NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan
• [2-4 April 08] Progress in Afghanistan: Bucharest Summit 2-4 April 2008
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• [April 08] Helping Secure Afghanistan's Future
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• [25 March 08] NATO and the Afghan Insurgency: Looking Ahead to Bucharest
  Andrew Imbrie.  British American Security Information Council
• [24 March 08] Is NATO Up to the Afghan Challenge? Expectations for the Bucharest Meeting
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [29 Feb 08] Afghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21st Century Alliance
  Remarks of Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, to the Brookings Institution
• [Feb 08] Pashutunistan, NATO and the Global War on Terror: "If You Don't Fight, You Cannot Have Peace in Afghanistan"
  Michael Mihalka. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
• [Feb 08] The German Army and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: The Need for Strategy
  Timo Noetzel and Benjamin Schreer. German Institute for International and Security Affairs
• [Jan 08] Afghanistan: Europe's Forgotten War
  Daniel Korski.  European Council on Foreign Relations
• [13 Nov 07] NATO's Big Mission: The United States, Europe and the Challenge of Afghanistan
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [March 07] Assessing ISAF: A Baseline Study of NATO's Role in Afghanistan
  Cameron Scott. British American Security Information Council
• [29 Nov 06] Riga Summit Declaration
  Issued by the Heads of State and Government Participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Riga
• [29 Nov 06] Going South? NATO Still Split on Afghanistan
  Thomas Barfield.  The National Interest
• [27 Nov 06] NATO in Afghanistan: A Test Case for Future Missions
  Helle Dale.  Heritage Foundation
• [5 Nov 06] A Duty NATO is Dodging in Afghanistan
  David Bosco.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [2 Nov 06] NATO Joint Press Statement
• [5 Oct 06] Statement by the Secretary General on Expansion of NATO's Operation in Afghanistan
• [4 Oct 06] NATO's Role in Afghanistan
  Transcript of a speech by James R. Jones, General, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, to the Council on Foreign Relations
• [17 Sep 06] ISAF Concludes Operation Medusa in Southern Afghanistan
  NATO Press Release
• [6 Sep 06] Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• [23 Aug 06] NATO Struggles to Maintain Control of Southern Afghanistan
  Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation
• [3 Aug 06] NATO and the Afghan-Pakistani Border
  Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations
• [27 July 06] NATO Takes On Afghan Security
  Esther Pan. Council on Foreign Relations
• [1 June 06] NATO's Afghan Expansion
  David Barno, Director of the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. Council on Foreign Relations
• [15 May 06] Afghanistan Stage III: NATO's Most Ambitious Operation?
  Francis Rheinheimer. Center for Defense Information
• [9 Jan 06] Dutch Retreat? The Perils of Turning Afghanistan over to NATO
  Vance Serchuk. American Enterprise Institute
• [8 Jan 06] Back Up NATO's Afghanistan Force
  Philip H. Gordon. Brookings Institution
• [8 Dec 05] Final Communiqué
  NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting
• [8 Dec 05] News Conference
  Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
• [6 Dec 05] Rice Faces 'Tough Sale' to Persuade NATO Allies on Expanding Force in Afghanistan
  Robert E. Hunter. Council on Foreign Relations          

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Politics & Government

• [current] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Office of the President
• [current] Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections
  Joint Afghan-U.N. Electoral Management Body
• [Nov 08] Elections in 2009 and 2010: Technical and Contextual Challenges to Building Democracy in Afghanistan
  Grant Kippen. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Fall 08] Is Time Ripe for Transitional Justice in Afghanistan?
  David Wisner. al Nakhlah
• [28 Aug 08] Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance
  Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service
• [June 08] Afghanistan - Building an Effective State: Priorities for Public Administration Reform
  The World Bank
• [June 08] A Change of Paradigm in Afghanistan: Afghan Government Ownership Instead of Donor Priorities
  Citha D. Maass. German Institute for International and Security Affairs
• [29 May 08] Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Return to the Afghan Insurgency
  Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation
• [15 April 08] Afghanistan's Economic Fortunes
  Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Feb 08] Moving to the Mainstream: Integrating Gender in Afghanistan's National Policy
  Anna Wordsworth. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [Feb 08] The Changing Face of Local Governance? Community Development Councils in Afghanistan
  Hamish Nixon. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [16 April 07] Afghanistan's Fiscal Future and Challenges
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event featuring Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• [21 Sep 06] A Conversation with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
  Council on Foreign Relations
• [21 Sep 06] Karzai Says Pakistan Holds Key to Ending Afghan Violence
  Lionel Beehner.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [20 Sep 06] Statement by His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, to the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
• [Sep 06] Moving Forward? Assessing Public Administration Reform in Afghanistan
  Sarah Lister.  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [15 May 06] Afghanistan's New Legislature: Making Democracy Work
  International Crisis Group
• [Feb 06] The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past
  Thomas H. Johnson. Strategic Insights
• [22 Sep 05] A Conversation with Abdullah Abdullah
  Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Council on Foreign Relations

TOP

Rebuilding Afghanistan

• [current] Afghanistan: Emergency Maps
  ReliefWeb
• [Dec 08] The Seven Capital Sins of the Donor Community in Afghanistan
  Serge Michailof. German Marshall Fund of the United States
• [Nov 08] The Role of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Counterinsurgency Operations: Khost Province, Afghanistan
  Robert J. Bebber. Small Wars Journal
• [1 Oct 08] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Government Accountability Office
• [Oct 08] Stabilizing Afghanistan: Threats and Challenges
  William Maley. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [8 July 08] Afghanistan Reconstruction: Progress Made in Constructing Roads, but Assessments for Determining Impact and a Sustainable Maintenance Program Are Needed
  Government Accountability Office
• [July 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion
  International Monetary Fund
• [9 June 08] More Investment Will Bring Security to Afghanistan
  Mahmoud Saikal. Council on Foreign Relations
• [June 08] Afghanistan: Not Lost, But Needs More Attention
  Mohammad M. Stanekzai. United States Institute of Peace
• [May 08] The Role of Medical Diplomacy in Stabilizing Afghanistan
  Donald F. Thompson. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
• [21 April 08] Uncertain Afghanistan
  Yves Boyer and Franz Borkenhagen. Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
• [2 April 08] Success in Afghanistan: How to Define it, How to Make it Happen
  Statement by Nick Grono, Deputy President (Operations), International Crsis Group, at a Policy Dialogue conference sponsored by the European Policy Centre
• [April 08] Afghanistan National Development Strategy: 1387-1391 (2008-2013) - A Strategy for Security, Governance, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• [April 08] Subnational State-Building in Afghanistan
  Hamish Nixon. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [April 08] Implementation: A New Approach to Multinational Coordination in Afghanistan
  Amb. Ronald E. Neumann. Stanley Foundation
• [March 08] Falling Short: Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan
  Matt Waldman. Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief
• [15 Feb 08] Who Should Lead Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
  Craig Cohen and Col. Garland H. Williams, Council on Foreign Relations
• [Feb 08] Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Case for a National Strategy
  Matt Waldman. Oxfam International
• [Feb 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Progress Report
  International Monetary Fund
• [Feb 08] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues
  Mohamad Elhage, et al. International Monetary Fund
• [Jan 08] Information and Communication Technologies for Reconstruction and Development: Afghanistan Challenges and Opportunities
  Larry Wentz, Frank Kramer, and Stuart Starr. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
• [Jan 08] Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities
  Oxfam
• [Jan 08] Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan
  Markus Gauster.  George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
• [Nov 07] Afghanistan's Economy: On the Right Road, but Still a Long Way to Go
  Beth Ellen Cole.  United States Institute of Peace
• [Nov 07] Armed Nation Building: The Real Challenge in Afghanistan
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Oct 07] Overcoming the Obstacles to Establishing a Democratic State in Afghanistan
  Dennis O. Young.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [28 June 07] Getting the Fundamentals Right: The Early Stages of Afghanistan's WTO Accession Process
  Oxfam International
• [May/June 07] Committing to Afghanistan: The Case for Increasing U.S. Reconstruction and Stabilization Aid
  Craig C. Colucci. Military Review
• [24 May 07] Securing, Stabilizing, and Reconstructing Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
  Government Accountability Office
• [May 07] Public Health and Conflict Series: Rebuilding a Nation's Health in Afghanistan
  Sarah Dye. United States Institute of Peace
• [April 07] Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan
  Greg Mills. Foreign Policy Research Institute
• [March 07] Breaking Point: Measuring Progress in Afghanistan
  Seema Patel and Steven Ross.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [24 Oct 06] Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan: Canada's Leadership to Break the Cycle of Violence in Southern Afghanistan
  Senlis Council
• [6 Oct 06] Voices of Afghanistan: An Evaluation Study
  Seema Patel.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Fall 06] Retooling the Nationbuilding Strategy in Afghanistan
  Vincent M. Dreyer.  Joint Force Quarterly
• [8 Aug 06] Afghanistan: Keep up the War on Terror at its Source
  Nick Grono and Joanna Nathan. International Crisis Group
• [1 Aug 06] The Reconstruction of Afghanistan: A Fight for Survival
  Famid Sinha and Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Aug 06] Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan
  Jo Beall and Stefan Schütte.  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [6 July 06] Rescuing Afghan Reconstruction
  Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [1 June 06] Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
  International Monetary Fund
• [25 May 06] Failed States, Governance and Nation-Building: The Case of Afghanistan
  Greg Mills. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
• [10 May 06] Afghanistan - Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project
  World Bank
• [10 May 06] What Ails Afghanistan?
  Chris Patten. International Crisis Group
• [April 06] Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy
  Barnett R. Rubin. Council on Foreign Relations
• [March/April 06] Afghanistan: The Night Fairies
  Sarah Chayes. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• [Spring 06] Rebuilding the Judicial Sector in Afghanistan: The Role of Customary Law
  Amy Senier. Al Nakhlah
• [Feb 06] Afghans, International Community Chart A Joint Path Forward
  U.S. Institute of Peace
• [1 Feb 06] The Afghanistan Compact
  London Conference on Afghanistan
• [31 Jan 06] Afghans Likely to be Disappointed at London Conference
  Amin Tarzi. Council on Foreign Relations
• [27 Jan 06] Living on a Life Support Machine: The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan
  Peter J. Middlebrook and Sharon M. Miller. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [27 Jan 06] Lessons in Post Conflict Reconstruction from the New Afghanistan Compact
  Peter J. Middlebrook and Sharon M. Miller. Foreign Policy in Focus
• [17 Jan 06] Increased Security Amidst a Mounting Insurgency: A Close Look at the Afghan Security Paradox
  Joseph Button. Center for Defense Information

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The Taliban

• [Dec 08] Struggle for Kabul: The Taliban Advance
  International Council on Security and Development
• [25 Nov 08] Going to "Plan B": Negotiations with Taliban May Shape a New Afghanistan
  Chris Zambelis. Jamestown Foundation
• [2 Sep 08] Mass Attack on French Paratroopers Heralds New Taliban Tactics
  Andrew McGregor. Jamestown Foundation
• [24 July 08] Taliban Propaganda: Winning the War of Words?
  International Crisis Group
• [10 July 08] Fueling the Taliban: Poppies, Guns and Insurgents
  Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation
• [2 July 08] The Taliban in Afghanistan
  Eben Kaplan and Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations
• [23 May 08] The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq
  Imtiaz Ali. Jamestown Foundation
• [April 08] Insurgents in Afghanistan Have Mastered Media Manipulation
  Sean D. Naylor. Armed Forces Journal
• [14 Dec 07] The Resurgence of the Neo-Taliban
  Antonio Giustozzi.  openDemocracy
• [12 Oct 07] Afghanistan: Necessity and Impossibility
  Philip Jakeman.  openDemocracy
• [16 Aug 07] Talk to the Taliban
  Tarique Nizai.  Foreign Policy in Focus
• [Aug 07] The Taliban and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
  Magnus Norell.  China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
• [14 June 07] Is Iran Abetting the Taliban?
  Lionel Beehner. Council on Foreign Relations
• [June 07] The Taliban's Propaganda Activities: How Well is the Insurgency Communicating and What is it Saying?
  Tim Foxley.  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• [June 07] Taliban Politics and Afghan Legitimate Grievances
  Senlis Council
• [24 May 07] A Report from the Field: Gauging the Impact of Taliban Suicide Bombing
  Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation
• [23 May 07] The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami Ul-Haq
  Imtiaz Ali. Jamestown Foundation
• [10 May 07] South Waziristan's Maulvi Nazir: The New Face of the Taliban
  Hassan Abbas. Jamestown Foundation
• [3 May 07] Afghanistan's Veteran Jihadi Leader: An Interview with Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad
  Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation
• [May 07] On the Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
  Thomas H. Johnson.  China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
• [April 07] The Situation in Afghanistan: A Re-Evaluation Needed
  Beth Cole and Catherine Morris. United States Institute of Peace
• [1 March 07] Cheney Attack Reveals Taliban Suicide Bombing Patterns
  Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation
• [31 Jan 07] Afghanistan's Local Insurgency
  Seth Jones. RAND Corporation       

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Terrorism

• [30 Nov 08] The Implications of the Mumbai Attacks for Afghanistan
  Vanda Felbab-Brown. Brookings Institution
• [21 Nov 08] Islamist Militancy in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region and U.S. Policy
  K. Alan Kronstadt and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service
• [7 Oct 08] Descent Into Chaos: The U.S. and the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [29 July 08] Al-Qaeda's Military Chief in Afghanistan Views the Ongoing Insurgency with Optimism
  Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation
• [23 June 08] Why NATO Must Win in Afghanistan: A Central Front in the War on Terrorism
  Sally McNamara. Heritage Foundation
• [24 March 08] The Haqqani Network and Cross-Border Terrorism in Afghanistan
  Imtiaz Ali. Jamestown Foundation
• [29 Nov 07] The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border
  Jayshree Bajoria.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [3 July 07] Al-Qaeda's New Leader in Afghanistan: A Profile of Abu al-Yazid
  Michael Scheuer.  Jamestown Foundation
• [Feb 07] The Islamic Emirate of Waziristan and the Bajaur Tribal Region: The Strategic Threat of Terrorist Sanctuaries
  Eric Sayers.  Center for Security Policy
• [22 Nov 06] Five Years after the Fall of the Taliban: Afghanistan and the War on Terror
  Beth Ellen Cole and Jorge Aguilar.  United States Institute of Peace
• [2 Nov 06] Combating the Ideology of Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan
  Waliullah Rahmani.  Jamestown Foundation
• [21 Sep 06] Gulbuddin Hekmatyar: From Holy Warrior to Wanted Terrorist
  Omid Marzban.  Jamestown Foundation
• [18 July 06] Amanullah Guzar Attempts to Maintain Stability in Kabul
  Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation
• [18 July 06] Hell in Helmand
  Irfan Husain. openDemocracy
• [11 July 06] Kabul Bombings Reveal Mounting Challenges Faced by the Karzai Government
  Christopher Swift. Jamestown Foundation
• [July 06] Lessons in Terror: Attacks on Education in Afghanistan
  Human Rights Watch
• [June 06] Helmand at War: The Changing Nature of the Insurgency in Southern Afghanistan and Its Effects on the Future of the Country
  Senlis Council
• [May 06] Cross Border Terrorism Issues Plaguing Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
  Rizwan Zeb. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
• [20 April 06] Kandahar Province and the New Wave of Violence
  Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation
• [27 March 06] Afghanistan and the Logic of Suicide Terrorism
  Hekmat Karzai. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
• [23 March 06] Helmand Province and the Afghan Insurgency
  Waliullah Rahmani. Jamestown Foundation
• [14 Feb 06] Afghanistan's New Security Threat
  Esther Pan. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Feb 06] Afghan Insurgency Still A Potent Force
  U.S. Institute of Peace
• [11 Jan 06] Afghan Public Overwhelmingly Rejects al-Qaeda, Taliban
  World Public Opinion
• [19 Jan 06] Are We Winning the War on Terrorism? A Report from Afghanistan
  Brookings Institution
• [Dec 05] Terrorism Havens: Afghanistan
  Council on Foreign Relations
• [05] Terrorist Attacks in Afghanistan (Jan - May, 2005)
  Afghanistan Watch

TOP

• [Aug 08] Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008: Executive Summary
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [June 08] Justice for Children: The Situation for Children in Conflict with the Law in Afghanistan
  United Nations' Children's Fund - UNICEF
• [28 April 08] Afghanistan: A New Start?
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace featuring Kai Eide, Special Representative in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan
• [6 March 08] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
  Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council
• [9 Sept 07] Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan (2001 - 2007)
  United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
• [Aug 07] Afghanistan Opium Survey Executive Summary
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [17 July 07] The Situation in Afghanistan
  Statement by the President of the Security Council
• [23 March 07] United Nations Security Council Resolution 1746 on Afghanistan
• [15 March 07] The Situation in Afghanistan and its Implications for International Peace and Security
  Report of the Secretary-General
• [Feb 07] Afghanistan: Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• [4 Dec 06] Report of the Security Council Mission to Afghanistan, 11 to 16 November 2006
• [9 Oct 06] Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan
• [12 Sep 06] Resolution 1707 - the Situation in Afghanistan
  United Nations Security Council
• [7 March 06] The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security
  Report of the Secretary General to the Security Council
• [15 Feb 06] The Situation in Afghanistan
  United Nations Security Council
• [n.d.] Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent Government Institutions

TOP

Research & Analysis

• [18 Dec 08] Policing in Afghanistan: Still Searching for a Strategy
  International Crisis Group
• [9 Dec 08] Winning in Afghanistan: Creating Effective Afghan Security Forces
  Anthony H. Cordesman, David Kasten, and Adam Mausner. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Nov/Dec 08] From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid. Foreign Affairs
• [26 Nov 08] Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
  Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service
• [17-18 Nov 08] From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?
  Helge Lurås, Niels Nagelhus Schia, Stina Torjesen, and Ståle Ulriksen. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• [17 Nov 08] A Tribal Strategy for Afghanistan
  Greg Bruno. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Nov 08] How Should the U.S. Execute a Surge in Afghanistan?
  Robert Downey, Lee Grubbs, Brian Malloy, and Craig Wonson. Small Wars Journal
• [Nov 08] Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
  Ian Hope. Strategic Studies Institute
• [23 Oct 08] India-Afhghanistan Relations
  Jayshree Bajoria. Council on Foreign Relations
• [23 Oct 08] Prospects in Afghanistan 'Not Looking Good'
  John Burns. Council on Foreign Relations
• [17 Oct 08] Confronting Two Key Challenges in Afghanistan
  Karin von Hippel. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [15 Oct 08] The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
  Amy Belasco. Congressional Research Service
• [9 Oct 08] Winning the War in Aghanistan: The Realities of 2009
  Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [1 Oct 08] Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Government Accountability Office
• [Oct 08] The U.S. and Iran in Afghanistan: Policy Gone Awry
  Barnett R. Rubin and Sara Batmanglich. MIT Center for International Studies
• [Oct 08] Afghanistan in 2008: A Survey of the Afghan People
  The Asia Foundation
• [9 Sep 08] Follow the Money: Why the U.S. is Losing the War in Afghanistan
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic & International Studies
• [Sep 08] Programming Development Funds to Support a Counterinsurgency - Nangarhar, Afghanistan, 2006
  Michelle Parker. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
• [Sep 08] Thwarting Afghanistan's Insurgency: A Pragmatic Approach toward Peace and Reconciliation
  Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai. United States Institute of Peace
• [Fall 08] Interview with Said T. Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the US: "Where the Road Ends the Taliban Begins"
  Michael Mylrea. al Nakhlah
• [Fall 08] Afghanistan: Back to Basics
  James S. Robbins. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [6 Aug 08] Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges This Fall and Beyond
  Transcript of a Brookings Institution event
• [Aug 08] Future U.S. Security Relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Roles
  David E. Thaler, et al. RAND Corporation
• [28 July 08] Analyzing the Afghan-Pakistan War
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [10 July 08] Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond: Military Operations in the 21st Century
  Remarks by Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom, at the Brookings Institution
• [July 08] Killing Friends, Making Enemies: The Impact and Avoidance of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
  J. Alexander Thier and Azita Ranjbar. United States Institute of Peace
• [25 June 08] Recent Developments Fail to Change Afghan War Fundamentals
  Richard Weitz. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• [18 June 08] Afghanistan Security: Further Congressional Action May be Needed to Ensure Completion of a Detailed Plan to Develop and Sustain Capable Afghan National Security Forces
  Government Accountability Office
• [June 08] Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
  Seth G. Jones. RAND Corporation
• [30 May 08] Afghan-Turkmen Relations Improve
  John C. K. Daly. Jamestown Foundation
• [21 May 08] Dilemmas of Democracy: Work in Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Remarks by David Miliband, U.K. Foreign Secretary, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event
• [14 May 08] The Emerging China-Afghanistan Relationship
  Nicklas Norling. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• [13 May 08] Afghanistan in Chinese Strategy Toward South and Central Asia
  Tariq Mahmud Ashraf. Jamestown Foundation
• [9 May 08] U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
  JoAnne O'Bryant and Michael Waterhouse.  Congressional Research Service
• [1 May 08] Afghanistan's National Army: The Ambiguous Prospects of Afghanization
  Antonio Giustozzi. Jamestown Foundation
• [17 April 08] Afghanistan's Vietnam Portent
  Paul Rogers.  openDemocracy
• [17 April 08] The War in Afghanistan: More Help Needed
  James Phillips and Lisa Curtis.  Heritage Foundation
• [17 April 08] Dostum: Afghanistan’s Embattled Warlord
  Brian Glyn Williams. Jamestown Foundation
• [3 April 08] India and Pakistan in Afghanistan: Hostile Sports
  Raja Karthikeya Gundu and Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [18 March 08] United States Military Casualty Statistics: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
  Hannah Fischer.  Congressional Research Service
• [March 08] Afghanistan and Regional Instability: A Risk Assessment
  Heidi Kjærnet and Stina Torjesen. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• [Spring 08] No Sign Until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
  Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason. International Security
• [Spring 08] The Rise of Afghanistan's Insurgency: State Failure and Jihad
  Seth G. Jones. International Security
• [14 Feb 08] Detention in Afghanistan: The Need for an Integrated Plan
  Ashley Deeks. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [6 Feb 08] Afghanistan:  The Need for International Resolve
  International Crisis Group
• [Feb 08] US Policy in Afghanistan: SENLIS Council Recommendations
  Senlis Council
• [Feb 08] Afghanistan - Decision Point 2008
  Senlis Council
• [18 Jan 08] Afghanistan's Situation and its Impact in the Region and the World
  Transcript of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
• [16 Jan 08] Open Letter on Afghanistan to the House Committee on Armed Services
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Jan 08] Winning the Invisible War: An Agricultural Pilot Plan for Afghanistan
  Edward Borcherdt, Austin Carson, Frank Kennefick, James Moseley, William Taylor, Harlan Ullman, and Larry Wentz.  Center for Technology and National Security Policy
• [Jan 08] Afghanistan Study Group Report: Revitalizing our Efforts Rethinking our Strategies
  General James L. Jones, USMC, ret., and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering.  Center for the Study of the Presidency
• [Jan 08] Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
  Atlantic Council of the United States
• [08] COIN Revisited: Lessons of the Classical Literature on Counterinsurgency and its Applicability to the Afghan Hybrid Insurgency
  Harald Håvoll. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• [08] Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead - Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007
  Cheryl Benard, Ole Kværnø, Peter Dahl Thruelsen, and Kristen Cordell, eds. RAND Corporation
• [Winter 07/08] Afghanistan: Regaining Momentum
  Ali A. Jalali. Parameters
• [10 Dec 07] The State of the Afghan Insurgency
  Seth G. Jones.  RAND Corporation
• [4 Dec 07] The Afghan-Pakistan War: A Status Report
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [3 Dec 07] Assessing the Afghan-Pakistani Conflict
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [8 Nov 07] Internal Displacement in Afghanistan
  Khalid Koser.  Brookings Institution
• [Nov 07] Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the Brink
  Senlis Council
• [Nov 07] Still on the Way to Afghanistan? Germany and its Forces in the Hindu Kush
  Sebastian Merz.  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• [Nov 07] The Forgotten Front
  Caroline P. Wadhams and Lawrence J. Korb.  Center for American Progress
• [Nov 07] Preliminary Mineral Resource Assessment of Selected Mineral Deposit Types in Afghanistan
  U.S. Geological Survey
• [15 Oct 07] Revitalizing U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan
  Lisa Curtis and James Phillips.  Heritage Foundation
• [5 Oct 07] The Forgotten Mission in Afghanistan Can Succeed.  Here's How
  Caroline Wadhams and Lawrence J. Korb.  Center for American Progress
• [Oct 07] Coalition Warfare in Afghanistan: Burden-sharing or Disunity?
  Timo Noetzel and Sibylle Scheipers.  Chatham House
• [Sep/Oct 07] Fighting "The Other War:" Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan, 2003-2005
  Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, USA Ret.  Military Review
• [Sep 07] Afghanistan in 2007: A Survey of the Afghan People
  The Asia Foundation
• [Sep 07] Enabling or Disabling? The Operating Environment for Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Afghanistan
  Saeed Parto, Anna Paterson and Asif Karimi.  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [30 Aug 07] Reforming Afghanistan's Police
  International Crisis Group
• [28 Aug 07] Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures
  Clay Wilson.  Congressional Research Service
• [31 July 07] Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
  Congressional Budget Office
• [July 07] Cops or Robbers? The Struggle to Reform the Afghan National Police
  Andrew Wilder.  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• [July 07] Shaping Commitment: Resolving Canada's Strategy Gap in Afghanistan and Beyond
  D. Craig Hilton.  Strategic Studies Institute
• [1 June 07] Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: The Afghan National Army
  Samuel Chan. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• [Summer 07] Buying Time in Afghanistan
  Carl Robichaud.  World Policy Journal
• [30 May 07] The Afghanistan-Russia Rapprochement and its Geopolitical Implications
  Dmitry Shlapentokh. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• [23 May 07] Military Operations: The Department of Defense's Use of Solatia and Condolence Payments in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Government Accountability Office
• [18 May 07] The Uncertain "Metrics" of Afghanistan (and Iraq)
  Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [2 May 07] U.S. Strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan: Beyond Partisan Failure and Dishonesty
  Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [17 April 07] Afghanistan and Iraq: Two Sunni War Theaters Evolving into One?
  Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation
• [2 April 07] A Working Plan: Hope Isn't the Only Strategy for Afghanistan
  Christopher Griffin. American Enterprise Institute
• [April 07] The Human Cost: The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan
  Human Rights Watch
• [8 March 07] Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
  James Dobbins. RAND Corporation
• [6 March 07] Afghanistan: Forgetting the Lessons of History
  Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation
• [March 07]  On a Knife Edge: Rapid Assessment Field Survey Southern and Eastern Afghanistan
  Senlis Council
• [March 07] Canada in Afghanistan: Is it Working?
  Gordon Smith.  Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
• [March 07] Warlordism in Comparative Perspective
  Kimberly Marten. International Security
• [21 Feb 07] Iranian Involvement in Afghanistan
  Muhammad Tahir. Jamestown Foundation
• [5 Feb 07] Budgeting for Empire: The Effect of Iraq and Afghanistan on Military Forces, Budgets, and Plans
  David Isenberg. Independent Institute
• [Feb 07] Pak-Afghan Relations 2005 - 2007
  Noor Ul-Haq. Islamabad Policy Research Institute
• [30 Jan 07] Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
  James Dobbins. RAND Corporation
• [Jan 07] Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform?  U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes
  Seth G. Jones, Olga Oliker, Peter Chalk, C. Christine Fair, Rollie Lal and James Dobbins. RAND Corporation

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• [current] Afgha.com
  Links to recent news stories on Afghanistan
• [current] Afghan News Channel
• [current] Afghan News from Guardian Unlimited
• [current] Afghanistan News.net
• [current] AfghanOnline Press
• [current] Yahoo News Search - Afghanistan
• [current] Google News Search - Afghanistan

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Web Gateways

• [current] Afghanistan Watch
  The Century Foundation
• [current] International Affairs: Afghanistan
  The Century Foundation
• [current] Middle East Network Information Center
  The Afghanistan page of MENIC (Middle East Network Information Center) gathers Web resources on Afghani news and current events, government and politics, history and archaeology, arts and culture, business and economy, the work of relief organizations in Afghanistan, and general information about the country.  
• [current] War Report: Afghan Aftermath
  Articles, documents and analyses from the Project on Defense Alternatives website
• [current] Afghanistan: The Latest
  ReliefWeb website
• [current] Yahoo Country Directory - Afghanistan
• [n.d.] Understanding Afghanistan: Land in Crisis
  National Geographic website
  Current news, maps, recent photographs, and lesson plans, including an extensive bibliography of the magazine's maps and articles (some available online) about Afghanistan, terrorist attacks, Islam, rescue work, and other topics. There is also an archived webcast of "National Geographic Explores a Changing World," a film screening and panel discussion on the Middle East and Afghanistan after the events of 9/11, accompanied by a discussion forum.

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