Business

One Veteran’s Battle to Bring His Afghan Interpreter to the United States

It took five years, amid constant death threats from the Taliban, to get one Army unit’s Afghan interpreter and his family to the United States. There has to be a better way. By Matt Zeller

  • Matt Zeller
Ideas

Just 75 Al Qaeda, Room for the Taliban and Organized Crime. Is This How It Ends in Afghanistan?

The enemy in Afghanistan is “a complex mosaic” and "may continue this fight for many, many years.” By Stephanie Gaskell

  • Stephanie Gaskell
Threats

Close to a Deal: U.S., Afghans Agree on Single Text

A bilateral security agreement is reachable by October, insiders say. But then what? By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Policy

China is Building a 'New Silk Road' in Afghanistan

Meanwhile, the Pentagon and State Department's plans for a similar transportation network remains in the idea phase. By Steve LeVine

  • Steve LeVine, Quartz
Threats

Dunford Says 8,000 to 12,000 Troops May Be Needed Through 2017 in Afghanistan

The top ISAF commander says US. troops will be needed for many functions in Afghanistan past 2014, but it will be the Afghans doing the fighting – and dying. By Defense One Staff

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

More Americans Are Questioning Why We Went to Afghanistan in the First Place

A new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans are tired of the war in Afghanistan. By Matt Vasilogambros

  • Matt Vasilogambros, National Journal
Threats

Dispatch from Afghanistan: They Don't Want to Fight, Neither Do We

In Nangarhar Province, with the war clock ticking, commanders know the Afghans cannot fight on their own -- or simply will not. “There is no commitment to victory.” By Carmen Gentile

  • Carmen Gentile
Threats

The Rise of Al-Qaeda 2.0

The terrorism network is now diffuse and lacks a coherent center, but it is still just as deadly. By Frud Bezhan

  • Frud Bezhan, The Atlantic
Policy

Obama Needs to Explain Why We're Breaking Up with Afghanistan

President Obama has switched from a message of 'we have to win' to 'we have to exit,' with little conversation in between. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Policy

Biden’s Passage to India Should Include Afghanistan

Obama’s Afghanistan drawdown won’t work without help from the world’s largest democracy. By Kedar Pavgi

  • Kedar Pavgi
Ideas

Here’s Why Taliban Talks Will Fail

Afghan negotiators insist peace talks with the Taliban will resume despite the recent collapse of efforts to get them started. Don’t bet on success. By James Kitfield

  • James Kitfield
Threats

Forget the Troops, Can the Afghan Government Lead?

Sure, the Pentagon hypes Afghan forces taking the security lead, but there’s a “gigantic truth that we keep missing.” By Stephanie Gaskell

  • Stephanie Gaskell
Threats

An Afghan Game of Chicken

By conducting a public feud, Obama and Karzai are putting their gains at risk in Afghanistan. By Michael Hirsh

  • Michael Hirsh
Policy

The Afghanistan Negotiations Are Not Going Well

Talks to draw down the war effectively are being derailed

  • Dashiell Bennett, The Wire
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