Newsletter Archive

    May 10, 2006

    Remember Afghanistan? Early miscalculations make sustainability a steep climb

    May 2, 2006

    Making way for Afghanistan's women as cabinet and courts take step backward...Al Qaeda second in command targets Pakistan in video

    April 21, 2006

    Afghanistan’s Uncertain Transition...Coalition investigates “friendly fire” incidents...Opium: U.S. drug chief cites progress, numbers suggest otherwise

    April 7, 2006

    Richard Holbrooke on the long road ahead...Head of Afghanistan’s Central Bank on economic recovery... Evangelicals Reconsider Bush's Drive In Mideast

    March 10, 2006

    Karzai and Musharraf spar over insurgency...Opium production to rise in 2006

    March 3, 2006

    Bush in Kabul...the Pul-e-Charkri prison riot...Pakistan Strikes Suspected al Qaeda Camp

    February 17, 2006

    Warlords in Parliament: How it Happened...Karzai, in Islamabad... Afghanistan's Army

    February 10, 2006

    Accommodating a culture of justice...Twelve Afghans dead as hundreds protests cartoon...Sunni-Shiite violence in Heart kills five

    February 3, 2006

    Donor Promises and Afghan Realities...U.S. renews aid pledges at London Conference...Netherlands Votes to Join NATO Expansion

    January 18, 2006

    Wave of attacks strikes Afghanistan... Thousands protest Pakistan airstrike; jihadists may be among dead

    January 6, 2006

    Parliament’s first act: eliminate security barriers...Violence against journalists doubled in 2005...Suicide bomb kills 10, wounds 50 as US Ambassador visits

    December 22, 2005

    Afghanistan Year in Review...Interview with Craig Charney

    December 9, 2005

    Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Details from TCF's UN Roundtable...“Historic and groundbreaking” Conference on regional economic cooperation

    December 2, 2005

    United Nations Releases 2005 Opium Survey...U.S. Commits to $5 Billion over 5 Years for Afghanistan... Foreign Support Seen Behind Attacks That Mimic Those in Iraq

    November 15, 2005

    Iraq to Afghanistan: Afghan Jihadists Adopt Iraq Tactics...Afghanistan Joins Central Asian Economic Cooperation Program...Afghanistan Not Aware of Reported Secret CIA Jails

    November 3, 2005

    The Paradox of Coalition Counterinsurgency Tactics... Afghanistan Inaugurates First Industrial Park...New Bomb Technology Poses Threat to Troops

    October 21, 2005

    Afghanistan Watch Exclusive: Robert Finn, former Ambassador to Afghanistan, On What's Next for Afghanistan...U.S. Army Begins Investigation into Burning of Taliban Corpses...More Pro-Government Clerics Assassinated

    October 7 , 2005

    Second Suicide Bomber in a Week...First Election Results In...France Opposes Combining NATO & U.S.-led Forces

    September 29, 2005

    Ali Jalali, Interior Minister, Resigns in Frustration...Afghan Military: Training Too Slow-and Target Too High? Assassination Clause Claims First Victim?

    September 23, 2005

    Bonn Process Complete: Now the Hard Work Begins...Afghanistan Parliamentary elections: Low Violence, Low Turnout...Karzai: War on terrorism in Afghanistan has changed

    August 12, 2005

    U.S. to Transfer Detainees from Guantanamo to Afghanistan...Afghan women risk their lives to run for office...Jihadists turn to the internet

    August 4, 2005

    Afghans to consider legalizing opium production..."Marked increase" in women's registration for September polls...Crime and Politics of the Opium Trade

    July 28, 2005

    Americans Pessimistic About Afghanistan...1,000 Afghan protestors gather in anti-U.S. Riots...U.S. bases in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to stay...Are Afghan Elections the Endgame, or a New Beginning?

    July 21, 2005

    Justice for one: British court sentences warlord to 20 years...Afghan police thwart attack on dam...Two new human rights reports name and shame-but will they make a difference?

    July 14, 2005

    The Taliban reconciliation drive examined...Arab detainees escape Bagram...Afghan opium: Turning vice to virtue?

    July 7, 2005

    Zalmay Khalilzad's Top Ten Reasons for Success in Afghanistan...Elections will proceed--but won't be perfect...U.S. Must Pressure Pakistan and NATO

    June 29, 2005

    Taliban Down U.S. Helicopter Carrying 17 troops...U.N. Rep. Jean Arnault Appeals to Security Council...Karzai: September Elections Will Be Held, Despite Violence...Who are the suicide bombers?

    June 23, 2005

    Defense minister says al-Qaeda planning Iraq-style attacks in Afghanistan...Sixty Taliban killed in latest offensive; assassinations and kidnappings continue

    June 16, 2005

    What do you learn when you speak with 1,600 Afghans?...The implications of Monday's suicide attack...New law demands better standards in Afghan prisons

    June 9, 2005

    Iraq Tactics Hit Afghanistan...New Reports on Political Parties and Disarmament...The Man in the Palace: Karzai's Relationship with America Examined

    June 3, 2005

    Wave of Taliban Attacks...Nearly 3,000 Candidates Register for Fall Elections...Amnesty Report Cites Continued Persecution of Women

    May 27, 2005

    Overstaying Our Welcome? Assessing the U.S. Military Presence...Analysis on the US-Afghanistan Strategic Pact...Other News from Afghanistan

    April 21, 2005

    CARE warns against 'declaring success' on opium...UN Human Rights Commission calls for change in Afghanistan...Women entrepreneurs and the tourism trade

    April 14, 2005

    Karzai Asks for More Control of International Aid—and a Long-term Security Deal with the U.S...Thousands of Villagers Protest Poppy Eradication...Other News

    March 17, 2005

    Condoleezza Rice In Afghanistan...Bush Names Khalilzad to Be Ambassador to Iraq

    March 11, 2005

    House Boosts Military Budget, Cuts Afghanistan Aid...Women's Access to Land and Livestock

    March 3, 2005

    Karzai Names Dostum As Chief of Staff...Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Agree on Pipeline...Afghanistan launches polio vaccination campaign

    February 24, 2005

    Afghanistan's First Human Development Report Available...Getting Disarmament Back on Track...McCain Calls for Permanent U.S. Bases in Afghanistan

    February 17, 2005

    Four Taliban Leaders Accept Amnesty Offer...US Rejects UN Expert's Afghan Rights Concerns

    February 4, 2005

    Journalists Quitting Kabul...Afghanistan launches poppy eradication force...Legal requirements and security issues may force an election delay say experts

    January 28, 2005

    Iraqi Elections: Does the Afghan Example Give Reason for Optimism?...No International Observers to be Present for Iraq Elections

    January 13, 2005

    Supporting Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan

    December 22, 2004

    The Cabinet Choice...Afghanistan 'Footprint' Helps Shape U.N. Reform

    December 8, 2004

    Karzai Inaugurated, Cabinet Decisions Loom Large...Pentagon Pledges Support, Contemplates Cuts...Toward a "Plan Afghanistan": Counternarcotics Plan Emerges

    December 1, 2004

    New report makes recs for "complicated" Afghan poll...Stabilization through Administration

    November 22, 2004

    Afghanistan's Latest Drug Report: The Hidden Story

    November 9, 2004

    Inside Karzai's Shrinking Tent

    October 26, 2004

    An Afghanistan Watch Interview with Dr. Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

    October 21, 2004

    Despite manpower challenge, U.S. Army needs a long-term commitment to Afghanistan

    October 14, 2004

    After the Afghan Elections

    October 5, 2004

    Campaigning Ends—Does Anyone Notice?

    September 28, 2004

    Europeans Still Falling Short on Afghan Security