List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Against Other Threats, Obama’s Security Budget Sticks to Asia-Pacific Pivot
President Barack Obama's 2016 national security budget keeps the focus on the pivot to the Asia-Pacific, while treating threats of the Islamic State and Russian aggression as short-term problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ghani, UNDP, and the NYT: Who Really ‘Overreached’ on Paying the Afghan Police?
The New York Times editorial board recently argued that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani “overreached” in his attempt to reform the management of international funding for the Afghan National Police (ANP). But it seems they didn't do their homework.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bergdahl Verdict Will Be White House’s Next Political Headache
As the Army mulls charging the former POW with desertion, the Obama administration braces for new attacks on its prisoner exchange with the Taliban.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Myth of the Terrorist Safe Haven
A pernicious and persistent theory that America’s enemies flourish in foreign sanctuaries -- and that only military means can rout them -- has led us abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stay Scary, America
When it comes to the U.S. response to extremists abroad, it is far better for America to be feared, and to be loved.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Publish and Perish in Afghanistan
The Taliban is targeting journalists as part of an ongoing insurgency against the government. But militants are not the only threat to media freedom in Afghanistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Capture the Flag in Afghanistan
ISIS is trying to make inroads into Afghanistan but how likely are Afghan’s to replace their white Taliban flags with the black ISIS flag?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Emile Simpson rips apart a crab and discusses the future of Afghanistan
The Financial Times interviewed Emile Simpson about Afghanistan over a crab lunch.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The post-Amos Marine Corps: A big sigh of relief & hopes for a change of course
Best Defense guest correspondent looks at the future of the Marine Corps.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Anti-Islamic State Push May Be Helping China Crack Down on Its Uighurs
Recent arrests in Shanghai raise questions about how China is using a U.N. Security Council resolution to stop foreign fighters from joining terrorist groups.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 And the War Goes On
For Afghan refugees, the conflict is not over.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time to Act for Afghan Women: Pass EVAW
Why Afghanistan needs to pass the Elimination of Violence Against Women bill.
