Special Assessment: Afghanistan
The military campaign to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan has been ongoing since the 2001 American-led invasion. In recent years, the Taliban has re-emerged as a Pashtun movement, based in southern Afghanistan but also spreading into Pakistan. Mullah Omar, the spiritual head of the Taliban in Afghanistan, has claimed that the efforts of the [...]
Petraeus Has New Approach to Victory in Afghanistan
Recently, General David Petraeus was confirmed as the top military commander in Afghanistan, replacing General Stanley McChrystal. The architect of the successful counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, General Petraeus will be focused on this single mission, having most recently served as head of United States Central Command, where he was responsible for overseeing the Middle East [...]
