Afghanistan

Afghanistan in Transition

I December 2010, President Obama issued his review of the US strategy in Afghanistan following the significant increase in military forces and a renewed counterinsurgency effort. Nearly a year ago, the US Commander in Chief decided to send an additional 30,000 US forces to Afghanistan as part of a strategy to reverse the Taliban’s momentum and build the Afghan government’s capacity, allowing th...

The Future of Afghanistan

T he parliamentary elections in Afghanistan were the final event of the internationally-sponsored Bonn Accords of December 2001. During the past four years, Afghanistan has made significant progress toward democracy while reconstructing the country’s political, social, and security institutions. These include adopting an enlightened constitution (January 2004), holding a successful presidential...

An Afghanistan experience.

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 1/ 15 December 2003 179 11/12 591-593 ©The Medical Journal of Austral ia 2003 www.mja.com.au Frontline Medicine THIS IS A brief account of my six months in Afghanistan in 2003. I worked as the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project doctor in the western province of Herat, spending alternate weeks in Herat City and in Kushk-e-Kohna, a sparsely pop...

Afghanistan: Regaining Momentum

On the sixth anniversary of the US-led military invasion, Afghanistan is faced with its worst crisis since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. There are increasing concerns, both internationally and domestically, that Afghanistan faces the distinct possibility of sliding back into instability and chaos. The country is challenged by a revitalized Taliban-led insurgency, record rise in drug produc...

Promoting Democracy in Afghanistan