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August 15, 2011Afghanistan Study Group blogger Ed Kenney is in Afghanistan for a few weeks. While he is there we will be featuring his thoughts and experiences. On Tuesday, I sat down to discuss Afghanistan with the country director of a small … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, defense spending, progress | Leave a commentAfghanistan Study Group Weekly Reader: $325 Million Dollars a Day in Afghanistan …
August 11, 2011Yesterday Amanda Terkel at the Huffington Post reported the resignation of Herb Richardson, the acting Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan is in charge of “ferreting out waste, fraud and abuse in reconstruction … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, corruption, defense spending, exit strategy, Obama's Wars, withdraw | Leave a comment“Extraordinary Sacrifices”: We don’t need to lose any more of our precious resources in Afghanistan.
August 10, 2011Mathew Hoh – Director, Afghanistan Study Group Clarissa F. Griebel – Afghanistan Study Group For almost ten years the United States has been in Afghanistan. On Saturday, our forces there suffered the single largest loss of life in one day. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged al Qaeda, continuation, defense spending, exit strategy, Obama's Wars, strategy, withdraw | Leave a commentASG Weekly Reader: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
August 1, 2011The budget debate has captivated most of the country’s attention this past week. Despite the focus on fiscal responsibility, stories of corruption and waste continue to surface in relation to the Afghanistan War not only among Afghan institutions, but here … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentLooking for a Way to Cut the Budget; How about Afghanistan? See Where Key Leaders Stand on the Afghanistan War
August 1, 2011The Afghanistan Study Group developed an interactive infographic identifying where national opinion leaders – politicians, media and academics – stand on President Obama’s plan to remove troops from Afghanistan. Featuring pundits, media, elected leaders, and academics, the infographic highlights each … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged drawdown, exit strategy, withdraw | 7 CommentsASG Weekly Reader – Military Contracting and the Afghanistan War: “it’s okay to pay the enemy because then we have better snacks”
July 25, 2011Amid the repercussions of high profile assassinations in Afghanistan, the U.S. continues to dump billions of dollars into Afghanistan without oversight. Hamid Karzai continues to block anti-money laundering efforts, while a new study will be released by Congress in the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentASG Weekly Reader: The Drawdown Begins
July 21, 2011The drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan has begun. Over the past week the first group of American soldiers have departed and they will not be replaced by a fresh unit. Although, the House may not have gotten the memo, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged Newsletter | Leave a commentU.S. Adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan: “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time”
July 14, 2011Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group Sometimes what seems like good policy at first can turn out to be a bad idea with the benefit of hindsight. The support for Mujahidin leaders such as Hekmatyar and Haqqani seemed like a great … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged Afghanistan government, corruption, Obama's Wars, security | Leave a commentASG Weekly Reader: The Bedrock of Our National Defense
July 8, 2011President Obama continues to receive pressure from the left to increase the pace of the Afghanistan draw-down, but where are the fiscal conservatives in Congress? Our land war in Asia has already cost us upwards of 3.2 trillion. Unfortunately, we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentHistorical Counterinsurgency and Afghanistan
July 7, 2011Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group Two papers published recently compare historical counterinsurgency experiences to the situation in Afghanistan. The first, authored by Christopher Paul and published by RAND Corporation compares Afghanistan to 30 historical counterinsurgencies over the last thirty years. … Continue reading
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