This WPR special report on the Afghanistan war compiles news, analysis and opinion from WPR’s pages to provide insight into the situation on the ground, as well as the strategic questions faced by U.S. and coalition policymakers. Contributors to the report include, Spencer Ackerman, David Axe, Andrew Bast, Andrew Exum, Joshua Foust, Judah Grunstein, Seth Rosen, Vikram Singh, Hampton Stephens, Balint Szlanko, and Richard Weitz.
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Abu Muqawama on Afghanistan: An Interview with Andrew Exum
By Judah Grunstein
July 29, 2009
Afghanistan is Not Iraq: Reasons to Be Wary of Another Surge
By Vikram Singh
July 25, 2008
Do All Roads Lead to Afghanistan?
By Richard Weitz
February 10, 2009
Less is Not More in Afghanistan
By Seth Rosen
March 27, 2009
British Roots for Obama’s Afghanistan Plan?
By Hampton Stephens
March 27, 2009
Counterinsurgents in the Halls of Power
By Spencer Ackerman
March 31, 2009
Conventional Wisdom Won’t Work in Afghanistan
By Joshua Foust
July 17, 2009
Fighting the Afghanistan Strategy
By Andrew Bast
August 7, 2009
In Afghanistan, U.S. Experiments Again with Local Militias
By David Axe
May 20, 2009
Afghanistan: From ‘Forgotten War’ to Long War
By Balint Szlanko
July 31, 2009
Late to the PRT
By Andrew Bast
March 16, 2009
In Afghanistan’s Provinces, Troops Aren’t Enough
By Joshua Foust
March 23, 2009
Going it Alone in Afghanistan
By Andrew Bast
March 30, 2009
Kapisa Province, Afhganistan
By Joshua Foust
March 31, 2009
Wardak, Afghanistan
By Balint Szlanko
July 24, 2009