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Insurgents in the eastern province of Nangarhar recently perpetrated one of the most vicious attacks against Afghan civilians in recent memory.
Panelists will discuss governance challenges, ongoing counterinsurgency operations, the changing face of the enemy, & the growth of ANSF.
Military personnel may be portrayed by their critics as killing machines, but in training officers, the US focuses on teaching military strategy,critical thinking, history and philosophy.
On February 17, ISW hosted the first Congressional event of the year at a briefing featuring LTG James Dubik & ISW Scholars Marisa Cochrane Sullivan, Jeffrey Dressler, & Carl Forsberg.
The United States’ position in Iraq recalls Henry Stimson’s warning: “The construction of a stable peace is a longer, more complex, and greater task than the relatively simple work of war-making.”
Although Uzbek militants have been active in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the late 1990s, little attention has been paid to these fighters.
The Quetta Shura Taliban (QST)& their senior leadership is distinct from the Haqqani Network, which operates primarily from the southeastern provinces of Khost, Paktia & Paktika, all the way to Kabul.
Please join ISW for a luncheon briefing discussing recent developments in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as what Congress should expect to see on both fronts during 2011.
News from Afghanistan this week sheds more light on the entrenched corruption at Kabul Bank, estimating in the tens of millions of dollars.