Reports and News Updates on Afghanistan

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Reports

Michael T. Heaney and Fabio Rojas,The Partisan Dynamics of Contention: Demobilization of the Anti-War Movement in the United States, 2007-2009 Mobilization: An International Journal, 2011, 16(1), 45-64

Stephen Carter and Kate Clark, No Shortcut to Stability: Justice, Politics, and Insurgency in Afghanistan, Chatham House (UK)

Afghanistan: The War Logs (Wikileaks documents from The Guardian, UK - covering the period January 2004 to December 2009)

News Updates

Afghanistan Digest; from USLAW

Reports and Weekly Blog from the Afghanistan Study Group

Alissa J. Rubin, "Clouds Around Karzai Darken the Road Ahead," New York Times, July 14, 2011

Rod Nordland, "As Local Militias Expand in Northern Afghanistan, Tales of Abuse Follow,",New York Times, 06/13/11

Elizabeth Bumiller, " Panetta Demurs on Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan,",New York Times, 06/09/11

Henry Kissinger, "How to Exit Afghanistan without Creating Wider Conflict (opinion),",Washington Post, 06/06/11

Joshua Partlow and Craig Whitlow, "Karzai Orders NATO o Stop Airstrikes on Afghan Homes", Washington Post, 05/31/11

Ahmed Rashid, "How U.S. Intends to End War with Taliban", Financial Times, 04/18/11

Jon Boone, "U.S. Army 'Kill Team' in Afghanistan Posed for Photos of Murdered Civilians", The Guardian (UK), 03/21/11

Ray Rivera, "Afghanistan Plans Departure of Security Firms", New York Times, 03/17/11

Daniel Dombey and Matthew Green, "U.S. Shifts Afghan Tactics to Target Taliban", Financial Times, 03/17/11

Thom Shanker, "General Sees Joint Bases with Afghans after 2014", New York Times, 03/15/11

Ewen MacAskill, "U.S. Warns against Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal", The Guardian (UK), 03/11/11

"Afghanistan Civilian Casualties: Year by Year, Month by Month", The Guardian (UK), 03/10/11

Jon Boone, "Most Afghan Civilian Deaths 'Caused by Taliban Attacks, not U.S. Forces'", The Guardian (UK), 03/09/11

Nushin Arbabzadeh, "Afghan Women Remain Wary of Politics - and Rightly So", The Guardian (UK), 03/09/11

Jon Boone, "Afghanistan Lets Blackwater Stay Despite Shake-ip of Security Contractors", The Guardian (UK), 03/07/11

Amy Goodman, "Afghanistan and the Arithmetic of Austerity", The Guardian (UK), 03/02/11

Associated Press, "Hope for One of the Buddha Statues Blown Up by the Taliban", The Guardian (UK), 02/28/11

Matthew Green, "U.S. Senators Faced 'Psy-OPs,' Reports Claim", Financial Times, 02/25/11

Matthew Green, "Petraeus Says War Only Just Starting", Financial Times, 02/07/11

C.J. Chivers, "In Eastern Afghanistan, at War with the Taliban's Shadowy Rule", New York Times, 02/07/11

Carlotta Gall, "N.Y.U. Report Casts Doubt on Taliban's Ties with Al Qaeda," New York Times, 02/07/11

Matthew Green, "Afghan Ministers Implicated in Loans Scandal," Financial Times, 02/01/11

Helene Cooper, "Afghan Report Sees July Troop Pullouts Despite Perils," New York Times, 12/16/10

Elisabeth Bumiller, "Intelligence Reports Offer Dim View of Afghan War." New York Times, 12/15/10

Rod Nordland, "Killings of Afghan Relief Workers Stirs Debate," New York Times, 12/13/10

Andrew E. Kramer, "New Backing for Gas Line through Asia," New York Times, 12/11/10

Declan Walsh, "Pakistan Secretly Supporting Militants," Guardian Weekly, 12/10/10, p.4

Declan Walsh, "American Memo: Hajj Used as Cover to Send Funds to Terrorists; Clinton says Riyadh failing to act against donors bankrolling Islamist groups, " Guardian Weekly, 12/10/10, p.3

Declan Walsh, "Wikileaks Cables Portray Saudi Arabia as a Cash Machine for Terrorists, The Guardian (UK), 12/5/10

Maureen Dowd, "The Great Game Imposter," New York Times, 11/23/10

Dexter Filkins and Carlotta Gall, "Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Imposter," New York Times, 11/22/10

David Betty, "NATO Maps Out Afghanistan Withdrawal by 2014 at Lisbon Summit," Guardian (UK), 11/20/10

"Official Warns of Overrun on Afghan Handover," Matthew Green, Financial Times, 11/17/10

Thom Shanker, Elizabeth Bumiller, and Rod Norland, "Despite Gains, Night Raids Split U.S. and Karzai," New York Times, 11/16/10

Malalai Joya, "Any hope I had in the ballot box bringing change in Afghanistan is gone," The Guardian (UK) 11/2/10

"Karzai says Iran gave 'bags' of cash as aid," Matthew Green, Financial Times, 10/25/10

"Taliban elite, aided by NATO, join talks for Afghan peace," Dexter Filkins, The New York Times, 10/20/10

"Afghanistan Order of Battle: Disposition of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, October 2010" Wesley Morgan, Institute for the Study of War, 10/18/10

"Fraud may void a quarter of Afghan votes, officials say," Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 10/17/10

"Tea in Kabul," Nicholas Kristoff, New York Times, 10/17/10

"In Afghanistan, the exit plan starts with 'if'," Dexter Filkins, New York Times, 10/17/10

"Afghan: Consult system on military ops not working," Heidi Vogt and Amir Shah, Associated Press, in The Washington Post, 10/17/10

"Petraeus: NATO has facilitated Taliban movement," Deb Reichmann, Associated Press, in The Washington Post, 10/15/10

"Creating Police and Law Enforcement Systems: Best Practices in Counterinsurgency, Report #4" James Dubik, Institute for the Study of War, 10/13/10

"Gains in Afghan Training, but Struggles in War," C.J.Chivers, New York Times, 10/12/10

"Kabul Pins Hopes on Vast Iron Ore Deposits," Matthew Green, Financial Times, 10/11/10 *

"Afghanistan: Does Anyone in the U.S. Still Care?" Josh Rushing, Al Jazeera English, 10/11/10

"Senate report blasts security contractors in Afghanistan," Laura Rozen and Meredith Shiner, Politico, 10/7/10

"Obama Must Keep His Eye on the Afghan Exit," Ahmed Rashid, Financial Times , 10/5/10 *

"Aid to Fight Qaeda in Yemen Divides US officials," Eric Schmitt and Scott Shane, New York Times , 9/15/10

"Afghan Election: Five Campaigners for Female Candidates Shot Dead," Jon Boone, Guardian UK, 8/29/10

"U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan," James Risen, New York Times, 6/13/10