International Affairs / Afghanistan and Its Region
The project featuring an international task force co-chaired by Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, has released its report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace. It recommends a political path that might lead to ending the war. TCF received major support for the project from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and additional support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung of Germany and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read the press release.
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Michael Wahid Hanna is a fellow at The Century Foundation. He focuses on issues of international security, human rights, post-conflict justice and U.S. foreign policy in the broader Middle East.
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Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace
The international task force organized by The Century Foundation, under the leadership of Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, just released their report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace. -
Afghanistan in Its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions
The project featuring an international task force co-chaired by Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, has released its report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace. It recommends a political path that might lead to ending the war. TCF received major support for the project from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and additional support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung of Germany and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. -
Afghanistan Task Force White Papers
A list of White Papers from the Afghanistan in its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions Task Force and Project. -
Afghanistan Task Force co-chairs interviewed on Charlie Rose.
Afghanistan Report with Lakhdar Brahimi & Thomas Pickering.
Afghanistan and Its Region – All Content
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In The News: Afghans Take Control of Night RaidsMichael Cohen quoted in Wall Street Journal.Apr 9, 2012
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In The News: Will America ‘Win’ in Afghanistan?Fellow Michael Wahid Hanna participates in the Council for Foreign Relations blog's Ask the Experts.Apr 3, 2012
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Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian mentions Carnegie's support for the TCF Afghanistan Task Force at the US Afghan Women's council 10th anniversary meeting - headlined by Secretary Clinton, Zalmai Rassoul, and Barbara Bush.Mar 22, 2012
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In The News: Afghan war is hell; let's get the hell outMichael Cohen quoted in Al Neuharth's USA TODAY column.Mar 16, 2012
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In The News: Cutting and Running in AfghanistanFellow Michael Cohen writes in Foreign Policy on what makes good politics for Obama.Feb 3, 2012
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TCF Afghanistan report cited in Reuters article.Jan 4, 2012
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Blog Post: The Best and Worst of 2011: The WorldOur annual idiosyncratic review of the year’s most important developments worldwide, for good or for ill, is as always prioritized by alphabetical...Dec 21, 2011
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Whatever may have triggered the two-hour attack by NATO war planes on Pakistan’s Mohmand border posts in the pre-dawn hours of November 26, not...Nov 28, 2011
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Blog Post: Switch Tracks to Peace in AfghanistanIt is far easier to enter a war than to end one, as the tenth anniversary Friday of America’s entry into Afghanistan’s long-running war reminds...Oct 7, 2011
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In The News: Is Reconciliation Finished in Afghanistan?Michael Wahid Hanna published in Foreign Policy.Sep 26, 2011
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Blog Post: Learning from MistakesAl Qaeda’s leaders intended their audacious attacks of September 11 to suck the United States into a debilitating war in a distant, landlocked...Sep 10, 2011
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In The News: Afghan Peace TalksTCF Afghan Task Force members James Shinn and Jim Dobbins published in a primer for the RAND corporation, based in large part on their Task Force work.Aug 17, 2011
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co-authored by Sarah AounJul 22, 2011
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In The News: Give and Take with the TalibanAmbassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering (p. 74) and Jeffrey Laurenti (p. 80) are published in this magazine on international affairs.Jul 20, 2011
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In The News: Will Afghan Drawdown Spur U.S. Policy Rethink?Jeffrey Laurenti quoted on NPR's All Things Considered.Jun 30, 2011
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In this interview, Senior Fellow Jeff Laurenti speaks with US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter about the difficulties facing the US-Pakistani relationship after a decade of war in South Asia, including how to increase aid effectiveness, combat common terrorist threats, and improve civilian governance.Jun 26, 2011
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Blog Post: Turning the Afghan Ship Around“Moving the ship of state is a slow process,” President Obama replied two years ago to a Turkish student impatient for more dramatic changes...Jun 23, 2011
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In The News: U.S. Surge Was Not a Success for AfghansCentury Foundation author Orzala Ashraf Nemat published in The Guardian.Jun 23, 2011
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Michael Wahid Hanna will moderate this event at the Asia Society. It will be streamed live from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET on June 23.Jun 22, 2011
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Jeffrey Laurenti quoted in Huffington Post.Jun 21, 2011
