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TIME Asia
June 14, 2010
Tim McGirk |
Armed Farces The U.S. has spent $26 billion building up the Afghan army. But it is still poorly trained and rife with internal rivalries. Will it ever be fit to fight?   |
Parameters
Autumn 2005
Sean M. Maloney |
Afghanistan Four Years On: An Assessment The situation in Afghanistan has progressed to the point where guarded optimism is justified. Unfortunately, the perception of the situation on the ground has become distorted through the prism of American partisan politics. |
Outside
November 2009
Brian Mockenhaupt |
Fire on the Mountain In the rugged eastern provinces of Afghanistan, American Troops are engaged in a kind of alpine warfare not seen for decades. Months can go by without combat, but the calm is often shattered when you least expect it. |
Fast Company
E.B. Boyd |
Getting Out Of Afghanistan Leaving Afghanistan has become one of the most difficult operations the U.S. military has ever undertaken. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
The Helicopter War: PM Reports from Afghanistan The 120 soldiers seated in the gravel at Forward Operating Base Zormat in eastern Afghanistan are all eagerly watching the sky |
Popular Mechanics
May 12, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
What the Firing of 4-Star Gen. McKiernan Means for Afghan War: Analysis What is the strategy in Afghanistan? |
Parameters
Spring 2004
Sean M. Maloney |
Afghanistan: From Here to Eternity? American policy in Afghanistan is at a crossroads, or so it appears. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested in May 2003 that the war on terror in Afghanistan was in "cleanup" or "mop up" phase. |
Parameters
Spring 2006
Ali A. Jalali |
The Future of Afghanistan Afghanistan is again at a crossroads. One road leads to peace and prosperity; the other leads to the loss of all that has been achieved. Everything depends on the level of international commitment to help Afghanistan emerge from the dark shadows of its recent past. |
Outside
December 2003
Patrick Symmes |
The Kabul Express In the sixties and seventies it was the hippie trail that brought foreigners to Afghanistan. Two decades of war and terror later, Kabul is a nonstop rave of C-130s, NGOs, soldiers, and spooky nation-builders. The freaks are back on Chicken Street -- where everything old is new again. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2001
Ken Silverstein |
Blasts from the past The weaponry the Taliban could turn on us may be our own, the relics of a $7 billion Cold War campaign... |
Salon.com
April 23, 2002
Mark Scheffler |
The real war on terrorism Robert Young Pelton, author of "The World's Most Dangerous Places," says the U.S. military has killed "thousands and thousands" of people in Afghanistan, al-Qaida is a myth and the WTC was brought down by a "Mickey Mouse" outfit... |
National Defense
November 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Equipment Choices Shaped by Afghanistan War While the Obama administration ponders a future strategy for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, the Army is rushing to buy new combat equipment especially suited to that nation's high altitudes and tough terrain. |
National Defense
May 2006
Grace Jean |
Soldiers Sharpen Humanitarian, Diplomatic Skills In preparation for the launch of a humanitarian aid mission at a refugee camp in Iraq, soldiers are being trained to cope with the unpredictable hurdles that come with interacting with people from a different culture. |
National Defense
December 2009
Austin Wright |
Troops Learn From Foreign Role-Players The Army is using replicated war zones and cultural education to prepare U.S. troops who will help the Iraqi and Afghan armies assume security duties in the war-ravaged countries. |
National Defense
February 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Special Operations Recreated in Afghanistan Battle Simulation The goal of the project, run by the Institute for Defense Analysis and DARPA, was to faithfully recreate the operations that liberated Mazar e-Sharif and drove Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters from northern Afghanistan. |
National Defense
December 2009
Austin Wright |
Army Leaders Prepare for War, Peace and Everything In Between The military is transitioning from a group of one-track warriors to a force of multitaskers who can advise, assist and attack. |
Parameters
Autumn 2005
Andrew S. Natsios |
The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development In a time of increasing collaboration between the two organizations, it is important that the military gain a better understanding of how the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and development agencies generally approach their work, and how the two communities can beneficially build on this cooperation. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
Stan Crock |
A Treacherous Test for Afghan Democracy Polling monitors and workers are not yet in place. Power brokers are trying to cut deals to eliminate competitive elections. And violence against election workers and politicians is on the rise. |
National Defense
October 2004 |
Army Trying to Get Better Grasp on War Zone Intelligence Under the banner of "every soldier is a sensor," the Army is pushing the notion that ground troops are primary sources of valuable battlefield intelligence. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Manjeet Kripalani |
Operation: Stability in Afghanistan The country is making steady progress, but it's facing huge challenges in getting ready for free elections next June. |
National Defense
December 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Army to Create Education Programs for Soldiers Who Are Too Busy to Go to School Repeated deployments have kept soldiers away from schoolhouses. But the Army still believes there are ways to provide learning opportunities outside of the traditional education system. |
Salon.com
December 3, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Any day now Afghan women hope to use the momentum of international recognition to secure civil rights and a role in government... |
ifeminists
July 10, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
Arm the Afghan women Give an Afghan woman the right to own a gun and you protect her long after the current tragedy has become old news. A gun in the hand of a mother who is protecting her child may be the most humanitarian relief of all. |
TIME Asia
October 4, 2010
Aryn Baker |
A Failing Cause On Sept. 18, Afghans braved bombings, violence, ambushes and threats to cast their votes for members of the lower house of parliament. |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Michael Easterbrook |
What are we fighting for? Colombia's civil war puts children on the front lines... |
Salon.com
November 16, 2001
Janelle Brown |
"Beneath the Veil" redux Documentary filmmaker Saira Shah returns to Afghanistan to find hopeful soldiers and starving children. Her film of the journey is called "Unholy War"... |
National Defense
February 2014
Stephen A. Mackey |
Time to Make Key Decisions in Afghanistan As the United States enters its second decade in Afghanistan, it is wise to examine the nation's interests and use them to inform the path ahead. Nations do not have permanent friends and allies, only permanent interests. |
Salon.com
September 19, 2001
Laura Miller |
The "enemy" we barely know A writer who has traveled extensively in Afghanistan talks about how little we understand its people, how dangerous it is to underestimate them and why they have cause to resent the U.S.... |
Salon.com
September 27, 2001
Steve Kettmann |
Creating "many, many Osamas" Novelist William Vollmann says if the U.S. convinces Afghans of bin Laden's guilt, they'll support the move against him. If not, only "genocide" will defeat them... |
Salon.com
December 17, 2001
Tamim Ansary |
Leaping to conclusions Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future... |
National Defense
April 2013
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
In the Grips of Crises Abroad and at Home When considering the nation's budget problems at home -- how do we fund increasingly expensive government programs, keep faith with all promises and underwrite U.S. security and worldwide commitments? The answer is that we cannot do it all. |
