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The U.S. Institute of Peace held a discussion with U.S. Central Command leaders and academic scholars on the military’s role in Afghanistan and sustaining peace in the country. Topics…

Mohammad Hanit Atmar, Afghanistan’s national security adviser, spoke about security and politics in his country. He talked about the security environment, counterterrorism efforts,…

Laura Bush talked about the book, We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope, about the lives of Afghan women since the U.S. invasion. Mrs. Bush wrote the introduction to the book, which was…

Ambassador Dan Feldman and other peace policy experts talked about the strength of the Afghan unity government and the country’s security situation. Topics included U.S. diplomacy efforts,…

Senate Armed Services Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) spoke about U.S.-Afghanistan relations. Afterward he answered questions from moderator Stephen Hadley and members of the audience. Senator…

Panelists talked about the legacy of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, including the obstacles he faced as president and the future of Afghanistan. Former Afghanistan Commander John Allen among his…

Panelists talked about the future of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Topics included the training of Afghan national and local police forces. The former Afghanistan Interior…

The U.S. Institute of Peace held a discussion on the previous week’s elections in Afghanistan. The 2014 elections marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in the country’s…

Panelists talked about Afghanistan’s relationship with the U.S. USAID official Alex Thier spoke about the progress in Afghan civil society. In addition, other topics included the Afghan National…

Afghan journalists and Voice of American and BBC media executives talked about the future of media and press relations in Afghanistan. Topics included the state of investigative reporting…

A panel of young Afghan leaders and experts on Afghanistan discussed the next generation of leadership in that country at an event hosted by the United State Institute of Peace Open Society…

Panelists talked about the proposed 2014 security transition in Afghanistan, and the role of neighboring countries Pakistan and Iran.

Panelists talked about Afghanistan’s transition and peace process as international forces withdraw. They focused on the key challenges and opportunities for a successful peace process,…

The top commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan and the president of National Defense University talked about the Defense Department’s Ministry of Defense Advisers (MoDA)…

Panelists talked about the future of the Afghan National Security Forces. Among the topics they addressed were the Afghan local police force and the training procedures of the Afghan Army…

Panelists talked about political strategy in Afghanistan in light of a recently released Institute of Peace report titled, “Making Peace in Afghanistan: The Missing Political Strategy.”…

Panelists talked about U.S. efforts to reconcile with moderate factions of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the impact those efforts could have on women in the country. They focused on the history of the…

Participants talked about a recent report on the drug trade in Afghanistan and the effectiveness of efforts by U.S. and NATO authorities to counter drug trafficking in the region. Among the…

Secretary Clinton and President Karzai spoke about relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan, as well as his trip to the U.S. They characterized the visit as highly successful, and said…

Panelists talked about the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) of Afghanistan’s fraud investigations into the 2009 Afghanistan presidential elections and the prospects for fair and…