Guerillas win as long as they do not lose, and government forces lose as long as they do not win. In Afghanistan, this adage holds, once again, true. Western civilian and military leaders want us to believe that insurgents and criminals are running out of options. Indeed, after much initial stuttering, NATO has transformed into a veritable counter-insurgency machine, with the United States shouldering most of the burden. Casualties among the Taliban and other enemies of NATO are enormous. Enormous, too, is the coalition of NATO and Afghan troops, approaching half a million soldiers and militia-types
Ten years into the war on terror, the Karzai government and its international backers, namely the Un...
In the context of the recently opened Taliban office in Doha (Qatar), and the start of talks between...
Afghanistan is considered the entry point for interventions and an important basis for the strategic...
The Coalition is rapidly losing the war in Afghanistan, primarily for two reasons. Coalition action ...
After pursuing military actions in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States adopted a counterins...
‘We try to help them … but it just seems pointless’ one British solider says, referring to the battl...
Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooper...
Common wisdom has it that the Atlantic Alliance can hardly succeed in Afghanistan. It has too few tr...
A decade of war suggests that the only feasible option to end the war in Afghanistan is to engage th...
Over the last ten years, the mantra of experts and scholars highlighted the uncertain future of Afgh...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) engagement in Afghanistan represents the most challengin...
Despite the United States\u27 continued military operations in Afghanistan to target, defeat, and el...
NATO launched a major offensive today against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in central Helmand. T...
There almost certainly will be another Afghanistan somewhere in the world. There are too many failin...
In 2007, violent incidents increased by 27% with the majority in the eastern and southern provinces ...
Ten years into the war on terror, the Karzai government and its international backers, namely the Un...
In the context of the recently opened Taliban office in Doha (Qatar), and the start of talks between...
Afghanistan is considered the entry point for interventions and an important basis for the strategic...
The Coalition is rapidly losing the war in Afghanistan, primarily for two reasons. Coalition action ...
After pursuing military actions in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States adopted a counterins...
‘We try to help them … but it just seems pointless’ one British solider says, referring to the battl...
Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooper...
Common wisdom has it that the Atlantic Alliance can hardly succeed in Afghanistan. It has too few tr...
A decade of war suggests that the only feasible option to end the war in Afghanistan is to engage th...
Over the last ten years, the mantra of experts and scholars highlighted the uncertain future of Afgh...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) engagement in Afghanistan represents the most challengin...
Despite the United States\u27 continued military operations in Afghanistan to target, defeat, and el...
NATO launched a major offensive today against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in central Helmand. T...
There almost certainly will be another Afghanistan somewhere in the world. There are too many failin...
In 2007, violent incidents increased by 27% with the majority in the eastern and southern provinces ...
Ten years into the war on terror, the Karzai government and its international backers, namely the Un...
In the context of the recently opened Taliban office in Doha (Qatar), and the start of talks between...
Afghanistan is considered the entry point for interventions and an important basis for the strategic...