1. Presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Barack Obama of the United States meet on the sideslines of a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, November 20, 2010

    Taliban Talks Could Hurt Obama’s Reelection Chances

    Domestic American politics will probably frustrate attempts to bring the war in Afghanistan to a negotiated end.

  1. Four US Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly over mountains in Afghanistan, November 25, 2010 (US Air Force)

    Pentagon Study Says NATO Messed Up

    An internal Defense Department study reveals that NATO had a role in the death of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers.

  1. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, September 26, 2007 (Lindsay Beyerstein)

    Karzai Balks At Terms of Taliban Reconciliation

    Negotiations between the Taliban and the United States broke down after the Afghan president rejected the terms of a ceasefire.

  1. Republican senator Mark Kirk of Illinois, November 3, 2010 (Jonathan Daniel)

    American Senators Push For Engagement with India

    Opposition lawmakers suggested that India “fill the vacuum in Kabul once we leave,” a Pakistani horror scenario.

  1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany during an Afghan security conference in Bonn, December 5, 2011 (AFP)

    The World Commits to Afghanistan in Bonn

    NATO countries reiterated the importance of stability in Afghanistan. Will money and support be enough to achieve it?