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Ashraf Ghani's Presidential Election Ad
Who’s the target of this presidential election ad? I was curious to see any local Ashraf Ghani TV ads that are actually aimed at Afghans. I went to his Dari page and found only a video mess… more →
Ghosts of Alexander
Ashraf Ghani's Presidential Election Ad
Christian wrote 1 month ago: Who’s the target of this presidential election ad? I was curious to see any local Ashraf … more →
First Afghan Presidential Poll of Voting Intentions Rolls In
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Christian wrote 1 month ago: For what it’s worth, The International Republican Institute commissioned a poll of voter inten … more →
Karzai Gets Two More Key Endorsements, Commences Victory Lap
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Christian wrote 1 month ago: A month ago I tongue-in-cheek announced Karzai’s election victory. But I did really believe it … more →
Academic Reading Recommendation #3
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Christian wrote 1 month ago: There is a lot of dry, boring scholarship on Afghanistan. On the other hand, “good reads … more →
Karzai Re-elected!
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Christian wrote 2 months ago: Based on final projections, the statistics and polling team here at Ghosts of Alexander has decided … more →
Afghan Survival Mode
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Christian wrote 2 months ago: H/T Abu Muqawama: “The Afghans consistently lied to us, and we knew that they knew that we kne … more →
The Moderate Taliban in Action
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Christian wrote 2 months ago: Last summer The Independent newspaper ran an article titled “Afghan President pardons men conv … more →
Saving Afghanistan (yet again) by Robert Kaplan
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Christian wrote 3 months ago: Please, no more articles or policy papers titled “Saving Afghanistan.” It’s really … more →
US Army Tribal Engagement in Afghanistan
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Christian wrote 4 months ago: If you don’t mind, I’ll review the second-in-a-row of military journal articles. Up next … more →
2009 Afghanistan Analyst Bibliography Download
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Christian wrote 4 months ago: The 4th edition of the Afghanistan Analyst Bibliography is now available for download: Afghanistan … more →
Fick/Nagl on Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
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Christian wrote 6 months ago: Nathaniel Fick and John Nagl have written an article on counterinsurgency in the newest edition of F … more →
The Death of the Anbar Militia Strategy in Afghanistan
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Christian wrote 8 months ago: It’s official. Any chance of an application of the Iraqi Awakening/ Sons of Iraq/Concerned Cit … more →
"Controlled Warlordism"
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Christian wrote 9 months ago: Thanks to Sir Max Hastings and his ramblings on Afghanistan we have a new oxymoron: The highest aspi … more →
Talibs, Hizbis; Goats, Sheep
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Christian wrote 9 months ago: Well, the insurgency is interesting, I give it that. So “interesting” that the media nee … more →
Nadir plays the Americans
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Christian wrote 10 months ago: About a year and a half ago Afghanistanica wrote about deliberate misinformation leading to innocent … more →
Tribal Lashkars as Counterinsurgency Franchisees
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Christian wrote 10 months ago: I have written (skeptically) about the potential for the al Anbar strategy to be replicated in Afgha … more →
Empires of Mud
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Christian wrote 10 months ago: I’m pre-ordering my copy now. Empires of Mud: Wars and Warlords in Afghanistan by Antonio Gius … more →
Tajik Taliban?
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Christian wrote 11 months ago: Not quite. Tajik ACM (Anti-Coalition Militia) would be a more accurate term. Fighting against the Af … more →
Look behind you Obama!
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Christian wrote 12 months ago: It’s Gul Agha Shirzai! The caption on the news story does not say so, but that would be him h … more →
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