AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN
Articles & Blog Posts:
- "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War" by Craig Whitlock in "The Washington Post, Dec 9, 2019
- "Lessons Not Learned in Afghanistan" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer’s Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran" by Danny Sjursen on "Informed Comment," Sept 23, 2019
- "Reflections on 'Peace' in Afghanistan" by Andrew Bacevich on "Lobe Log," Sept 18, 2019
- "In Afghanistan, the Real Peace Talks Loom" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "U.S. Special Forces Battle Against ISIS Turns to Containment, and Concern" by Thomas Gibbons-Neff in "The New York Times," June 14, 2019
- "Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West" by Kathy Gannon (AP) on "ABC News," June 10, 2019
- "Afghanistan Peace Talks: The Devil Is In The Details" by Fariba Pajooh on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2019
- "More Schools and Fewer Tanks for the Mideast" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Jan 22, 2019
- "Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 3, 2019
- "Troop Drawdown Imperils Afghan Diplomacy" by Fred Kaplan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 21, 2018
- "How the U.S. Government Misleads the Public on Afghanistan" by Rod Nordland, Ash Ngu & Fahim Abed in "The New York Times," Sept 8, 2018
- "Ghazni’s fall" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Axios AM: Mike's Top 10" by Mike Allen on "Axios," Aug 4, 2018
- "It’s time to get out of Afghanistan. Here’s how." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Aug 2, 2018
- "Stabilization of Afghanistan: The Little Engine That Couldn’t" by Diana Ohlbaum on "Lobe Log," July 6, 2018
- "IG Report Shows Afghanistan Failing To Fight Corruption" by Charles Tiefer in "Forbes," June 6, 2018
- "The War in Afghanistan is Killing More People Than Ever" by Edward Hunt on "Lobe Log," June 20, 2018
- "Ghani’s olive branch" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "FATA merges with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 4, 2018
- "Taliban hard-liners still hold the cards" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Iranian foreign minister visits Pakistan" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 12, 2018
- "Ghani offer to Taliban not enough to bring them to bargaining table" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 5, 2018
- "The United States should get out of Afghanistan. Now." by Richard Cohen in "The Washington Post," Feb 26, 2018
- "Taliban appeals to American people to ‘rationally’ rethink war effort" by Pamela Constable in "The Washington Post," Feb 14, 2018
- "President’s 'no talking' remark suits Taliban playbook" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 5, 2018
- "In Afghanistan’s Unwinnable War, What’s the Best Loss to Hope For?" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," Feb 1, 2018
- "Trump has drawn three red lines. They’re all likely to be crossed." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Feb 1, 2018
- "Assessing The Afghan War" by Derek Davison on "Lobe Log," Feb 1, 2018
- "We Can’t Win in Afghanistan Because We Don’t Know Why We’re There" by Steve Coll in "The New York Times," Jan 26, 2018
- "Afghan Government Pleased with U.S. Mini-Surge" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Nov 20, 2017
- "Into The Afghan Abyss (Again)" by Alfred W. McCoy on "Lobe Log," Nov 13, 2017
- "Hague Prosecutor Seeks to Pursue Afghan Case That Could Ensnare Americans" by Rick Gladstone & Marlise Simons in "The New York Times," Nov 3, 2017
- "A Funeral of 2 Friends: C.I.A. Deaths Rise in Secret Afghan War" by Adam Goldman & Matthew Rosenberg in "The New York Times," Sept 6, 2017
- “Trump Signs on to the Forever War in Afghanistan” by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," Aug 25, 2017
- "Inside Erik Prince's secret proposal to outsource the war in Afghanistan" by Josh Rogin in "The Washington Post," Aug 9, 2017
- "In Afghanistan, U.S. Exits, and Iran Comes In" by Carlotta Gall in"The New York Times," Aug 5, 2017
- "The Sharif Dynasty Lives on in Pakistan" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," July 31, 2017
- "Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals" by Mark Landler & James Risen in "The New York Times," July 25, 2017
- "China Makes Diplomatic Play in Afghanistan" by Vinay Kaura on "Middle East Institute," July 12, 2017
- "How Iran Recruited Afghan Refugees to Fight Assad's War" by Ali M. Latifi in "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "Will More U.S. Troops Help Afghanistan?" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing: Eastern Syria a Hotbed of Geopolitical Interests," June 19, 2017
- "Has Afghanistan Become America’s Afghanistan?" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 27, 2017
- "The Never-Ending War in Afghanistan" by Andrew J. Bacevich in "The New York Times," March 13, 2017
- "Tougher Pakistan Policy May Backfire" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "The Middle East in the Year Ahead" by various authors on "Middle East Institute," Jan 5, 2017 (includes pieces on Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the "War on Terror")
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Pardon the American Taliban" by Paul Theroux in "The New York Times," Oct 22, 2016
- "Eight Lessons from Afghanistan" by Diana Ohlbaum on "LobeLong Foreign Policy," Oct 18, 2016
- "American Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action" by Dilip Hiro on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 11, 2016
- "15 Years in the Afghan Crucible" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2016
- "15 Years in the Afghan Crucible" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2016
- "The Afghan War Quagmire" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands." by C.J. Chivers in "The New York Times Magazine," Aug 24, 2016
- "America's Mr. Diplomacy" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2016
- "The New 'Great Game' on the Silk Road" by Sharon Lundahl on "Music for the Eyes," Sept 11, 2016
- "After 9/11, We Thought It Would Be a Generation-Long Struggle; We Were Wrong" by Richard Clarke on "ABC News," Sept 8, 2016
- "Saudis and Extremism: 'Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters'," by Scott Sahne in "The New York Times, Aug 25, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Erdogan Reaching Out to Russia; Update on Battle for Aleppo" by W. Robert Pearson, Alex Vatanka, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum & Mabrouka M'Barek on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2016
- "'Brexit' and Russia Loom Over Obama's final NATO Summit Meeting" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," July 7, 2016
- "Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?" by Patrick Cockburn on "Informed Comment," June 29, 2016
- "America’s Sinkhole Wars" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 31, 2016
- "Afghans, the Refugees' Refugees" by May Jeong in "The New York Times," May 30, 2016
- "The Failures of Success" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," May 12, 2016
- "The Necessity of an Afghan Resettlement Program in the U.S." by Robert Crews in "The New York Times," April 6, 2016
- "Chadima continues her vital work in Afghanistan" by Susan B. Chadima on "NickerNews.net," Oct 13, 2015
- "An Insight into Afghanistan from the Perspective of Aid to the Animal Health and Production Sector" by Susan B. Chadima on "PrairiePride.org" [undated]
- "A C.I.A. Grunt's Tale of the Fog of Secret War" by Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," April 1, 2016
- "Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Feb 6, 2016
- "Most important Neglected Middle East Stories of 2015" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 31, 2015
- "Negotiating the Whirlwind: Can Secretary of State John Kerry break through in Syria?" by David Remnick in "The New Yorker," Dec 21, 2015
- "Why ISIL won't be defeated" by Aljazeera staff on "Aljazeera.com," Dec 8, 2015
- "The Man on the Operating Table" by Andrew Quilty on "FP: Foreign Policy," Dec 3, 2015
- "A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Yet Get Worse" by Rod Nordland in "The New York Times," Oct 31, 2015
- "Bush Lapdog Blair can’t Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 26, 2015
- "What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? - What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 22, 2015
- "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow" by Gordon Adams & Stephen M. Walt in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2015
- "U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia" by Anne Barnard & Karam Shoumali, "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2015
- "Does Obama have a Syria Strategy? Putin Does." by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 12, 2015
- "On Building Armies (and Watching Them Fail): Why Washington Can’t 'Stand Up' Foreign Militaries" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 13, 2015
- "Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia’s 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks" by Tom Balmforth on "Informed Comment," Oct 11, 2015
- "What is Russia’s Strategy in Syria & Why does Egypt Approve?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 8, 2015
- "The Roots of the Current Refugee Crisis" by Shireen Hunter" on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 17, 2015
- "The EU’s Emerging Post-Deal Iran Strategy" by Eldar Mamedov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 14, 2015
- "When will War be off the Table? Iran & US Trash Talk" by David M. Faris on "Informed Comment," Sept 14, 2015
- "Paths of Glory: Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan. Can he make it to 10 Downing Street?" by Ian Parker in "The New Yorker," Nov 15, 2010 (If not available online, click here for a PDF file.)
- "How worried should we be about terrorism?" by Global Public Square staff on "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Nov 24, 2014
- "Exploring a New Role: Peacemaker in Afghanistan" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," Jan 14, 2015
- "Graham Fuller’s Five Middle East Predictions for 2015" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 4, 2015
- "Paying Afghanistan’s Bills," an editorial in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2014
- "False Claims in Afghan Accusations on U.S. Raid Add to Doubts on Karzai" by Matthew Rosenbergjan in "The New York Times," Jan 25, 2014
- "10 Facts About US Withdrawal from Afghanistan" from "Countdown to Drawdown," a project of "JustForeignPolicy.org" [undated]
- "We’re Never Leaving Afghanistan" by Justin Raimondo on "AntiWar.com" Nov 22, 2013
- "U.S. Trashes Afghanistan Gear, Angering Afghans Who Could Use Equipment" by Kathy Gannon on "The World Post, a partnership of "The Huffington Post" and Berggruen Institute on Governance, Nov 6, 2013
- "Leaving Afghanistan: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper" by Stephen M. Walt in "ForeignPolicy.com," Oct 28, 2013
- "Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan" by Alissa J. Rubin in "The New York Times," April 27, 2013
- "The West will pay a terrible price if we leave Afghanistan in the lurch" by Con Coughlin in "The Telegraph" (UK), March 29, 2012"
- "The Mystery of ISIS" by Anonymous in "The New York Review of Books," Aug 13, 2015, a review of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror by Michael Weiss & Hassan Hassan and ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger
- Barker, Kim, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2012
- Stewart, Rory, The Places In Between (2006)
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) - A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. (Based on The Taliban Shuffle by Kim Barker.)