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Afghanistan: The Limits of Counterinsurgency

Matthias Bruggman

Afghanistan, Asia August 2009

Counterinsurgency, or COIN, is viewed by its practitioners in the military as the methods of warfare used to divide a civilian population's political and sentimental allegiance away from a guerrilla force. It can also be viewed as a method to suppress national liberation...

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Education in Afghanistan: Opportunity in Peril

Shaun McCanna

Project Afghanistan, Asia June 2009
Afghanistan: Civilians Under Siege

Jason Motlagh

Project Afghanistan, Asia May 2009
Human Terrain: The New Counterinsurgency?

Vanessa M. Gezari

Project Afghanistan, Asia April 2009
A Journey Home: Afghanistan through the Eyes of a Returning Refugee

Don Duncan

Project Afghanistan, Asia May 2008
Afghanistan: Failure of Expectation

Shaun McCanna

Project Afghanistan, Asia May 2008
Fort Bragg East: Rebuilding Afghanistan

Kevin Maurer

Project Afghanistan, Asia September 2007

Q & A: Nir Rosen on Afghanistan and WikiLeaks

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Columbia Journalism Review August 3, 2010
Correspondent's Diary: The Slog Gets Harder

Jason Motlagh

The Economist July 21, 2010
In Kandahar, Afghans Start Taking Charge of Security

Jason Motlagh

Time July 21, 2010
Can the Allies Trust Afghan Soldiers to Watch Their Backs?

Jason Motlagh

Time July 15, 2010
The Badlands of Kandahar: Counterinsurgency's Testing Ground

Jason Motlagh

Time July 13, 2010
Will Petraeus Change the Rules for Shooting Back?

Jason Motlagh

Time July 7, 2010
Kandahar Air Base: Part Afghanistan, Part Jersey Shore

Jason Motlagh

Time July 5, 2010
The Taliban's Changing, and Deadly, Tactics

Jason Motlagh

Time July 1, 2010
In Afghanistan, U.S. Troops Ponder the Possible Loss of a Commander

Jason Motlagh

Time June 23, 2010
Karzai's Prisoner-Release Plan: How It Could Backfire

Jason Motlagh

Time June 22, 2010
In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News — for Now

Jason Motlagh

Time June 16, 2010
A Sunni Awakening: Not So Easy in Afghanistan

Jason Motlagh

Time May 18, 2010
Afghanistan: After a Deadly Night Raid

Jason Motlagh

Untold Stories May 17, 2010
Afghans Protest Deadly Nighttime Raid

Richard Rowley

Democracy Now May 17, 2010
Civilian Casualties Raise Afghan Ire at U.S.

Jason Motlagh

Time May 16, 2010
Jason Motlagh interviewed by VQR

News, Virginia Quarterly Review May 14, 2010
Jason Motlagh interviewed by Kent State online newspaper

Project news April 22, 2010
The Bombing at Bala Baluk

Jason Motlagh

Virginia Quarterly Review April 4, 2010
Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan 2007-2009

Mark Stanley

News Points March 8, 2010
The Problem Of Memory: Why Launching A New Strategy In Afghanistan Is Harder Than It Looks

Vanessa M. Gezari

Untold Stories March 6, 2010

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