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Politico military affairs reporter Wesley Morgan looked at American military action in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. This virtual event was hosted by the New America Foundation in Washington,…

New America hosted a discussion about the political climate and ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Participants talked about how the country has changed since the U.S. first sent troops there…

Arizona State University and New America hosted a discussion on the future of war with national security and military experts. In the first portion, Retired Lieutenant General Robert…

Afghanistan Ambassador to the U.S. Hamdullah Mohib discussed the relationship between the U.S. and Afghanistan. Ambassador Mohib’s said that the country’s top priorities included rooting…

Michael Waltz talked about his book, Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret’s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan, about his experiences fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan and in…

Panelists talked about the Obama administration’s proposed drawdown of troops from Afghanistan and its effects on U.S-Afghan relations. They also discussed the pending presidential run-off…

Peter Bergen and a panel of contributors to the book, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion talked about the threat posed by extremists who operate in…

J. Alexander Thier spoke about U.S. policy in Afghanistan, troop withdrawals, and the future of Afghanistan following U.S. withdrawal. He said that education and health care rates had…

David Ensor talked about the U.S’s continued efforts to combat anti-American propaganda in Afghanistan. He also talked about efforts to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, the…

A bipartisan group of scholars, business executives, former government officials and journalists known as the Afghanistan Study Group released a report on the war. It recommended changes in…

Seth Jones talked about his book In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan (W. W. Norton & Company; July 6, 2009). He examined the trend of affairs in Afghanistan over several…

“The Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan” was the third panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0/The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” Topics included the goals…