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United States must be a part of peace negotiations in Afghanistan.

Last week saw several reports, including in the Washington Post and the Guardian, claiming renewed or invigorated contacts between the Karzai administration and the Taliban.  This has been reported on...

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Three Baffling News Developments from Afghanistan

If you think you understand Afghanistan, try to make a coherent narrative out of the following three news stories reported this week: 1.        The New York Times reports that the U.S. flew Taliban...

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Afghanistan News Recap

Iran in Afghanistan Today’s New York Times has a front page story on Iran’s increasingly cozy relationship with the Karzai government.  The U.S. should not be surprised that Iran is trying to influence...

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11/12/2010 Afghanistan Update: No Games in December, Let’s Have a Real Review

Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group Blogger Afghanistan Update 11/12/10:  Council on Foreign Relations Releases Af-Pak Review The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) has just published a policy paper...

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More on the Sangin Deal

In a recent post, Afghanistan Study Group Director Matt Hoh gave a relatively optimistic take on the recent peace deal in Sangin province and highlighted the importance of reaching these types of deals...

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Reconciling the Afghan Analyst Network

Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group How confident should we be that the supposed reconciliation talks are going to succeed?  Why don’t we check with the folks from the Afghan Analysts Network? Thomas...

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Navigating the Afghanistan Peace Process: It’s Going to be a Bumpy Road

Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger “I don’t know any peace process that hasn’t been a bumpy process,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during her trip to the Middle East last week....

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The GOP Candidates on the Afghanistan War: “I can’t, …. I can’t, sorry. Oops.”

Mary Kaszynski Afghanistan Study Group Blogger Ninety-seven thousand (97,000) US troops are currently stationed in Afghanistan, but you might never have known that from Saturday’s debate. The...

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Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Perspectives on the Peace Process

The announcement that the Taliban will open a political office in Qatar in exchange for the release of Taliban officials from Guantanamo Bay has been alternately hailed as a dramatic breakthough and...

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