Afghanistan research

On Sunday, gunmen assassinated Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a top negotiator for Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) in Kabul.

Most of the Koran burning protests are not spontaneous or self-organizing outbursts of anti-Americanism, but rather organized violence orchestrated by insurgent groups, Iran, and Afghan political factions aiming to harm their local rivals.

The Afghan government must make substantial improvements to the electoral process to successfully hold its next presidential election in 2014.

In an effort to bring the war in Afghanistan to a swift conclusion, the Obama administration is trying to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.

The Haqqani Network represents a strategic threat to the enduring stability of the Afghan state and U.S. national security interests in the region.

The Afghanistan Order of Battle describes the location and area of responsibility of all American units in Afghanistan, down to the battalion level, updated as of July 2012.

In an effort to bring the war in Afghanistan to a swift conclusion, the Obama administration is trying to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.