Red Teaming Afghanistan: How Will the Enemy Respond?
Dr. Kimberly Kagan (ISW) and Dr. Fred Kagan (AEI) have produced a second report considering how enemy groups would respond to several US Policy scenarios.
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Regional Command East
Redeploying in RC East - NPR interview with James Fussell
Sep 25, 2009 - AnonymousISW contributor James Fussell speaks about US forces moving out of Kunar and Nuristan provinces on NPR's Morning Edition. Mr. Fussell recently co-authored an ISW report on Eastern Afghanistan.
Dr. Kimberly Kagan Speaks at Brookings Institution
Sep 1, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
ISW President Kimbery Kagan spoke on a panel at the Brookings Institution with Michael O'Hanlon, Bruce Riedel and Anthony Cordesman following the August 2009 Afghanistan elections.
Kunar and Nuristan: Rethinking U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations
This paper documents Coalition and Afghan efforts to implement counterinsurgency in Kunar and Nuristan.
Haqqani Network
The Haqqani Network is a group of fighters based in the area of Paktia, Paktika, and Khost (P2K or Greater Paktia) and North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Afghan National Police (ANP)
Establishing a Police Force for Afghanistan
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is a group of fighters whose main area of operation is northeastern Afghanistan, such as the provinces of Kunar, Laghman and Paktia.
Narcotics
Overview
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has played an increasingly important role in virtually all aspects of Afghan society. From 2005 to 2007, opium cultivation nearly doubled, from 104,000 hectares (ha) to 193,000 hectares.1 Production peaked in 2007, resulting in an estimated 8,200 tons of opium, an increase of 34 percent over the previous year.2 There is a symbiotic relationship between the drug trade and the insurgency.