List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Gourley challenge: We used the wrong tools for the Afghan problem
Our military has so far failed to achieve success in Afghanistan because the U.S. sent an army, which is a tool of diplomacy, to solve a non-diplomatic problem.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why did we fail in the Afghan war? Because we didn’t understand the place
Our problem was we quickly lost sight of the purpose of war: to force your enemy to submit to your will.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is There an Islamic State of AfPak?
Will an IS branch in AfPak take hold, even after the death of its deputy chief Abdul Rauf Khadim?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Looming Specter of Daesh in Afghanistan
Is Daesh a threat to Afghanistan, or do they just have a good public relations strategy?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Save Afghanistan’s Democracy
Afghanistan’s last election almost tore the country apart. The next one has to be different.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Taking the Gourley challenge: I’ll tell you in one word why we lost in Afghanistan
That one word: Pakistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Taking the Gourley challenge (II): We lost in A’stan because we had the wrong goal
America should have aimed at restoring Afghan Good Enough rather than transforming Afghanistan into something that almost no Afghans wanted.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 UNDP Responds to LOFTA Criticisms
A response from the United Nations Development Programme on the management of international funding for the Afghan National Police.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A challenge from Gourley: ‘Why did we lose in Afghanistan?’ in 500 words or less
Best Defense guest columnists on why the U.S. lost in Afghanistan.
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