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. Read the press release.

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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.
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  Afghanistan Task Force White Papers

  A list of White Papers from the Afghanistan in its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions Task Force and Project.
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  Press Release: International Task Force on Afghanistan Calls for Opening Talks on a Regional Peace Settlement

  The co-chairs of The Century Foundation’s International Task Force on Afghanistan in Its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions, Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas R. Pickering, today released Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace, a report by a high-level international task force calling for a prompt start to talks using an international facilitator to explore the possibilities for negotiations to end the Afghanistan conflict.
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  Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace DC Discussion

  The international task force organized by The Century Foundation, under the leadership of Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, released their report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace. Their findings and recommendations seek to determine what kind of political path might lead to ending the war.
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  Afghanistan Task Force co-chairs interviewed on Charlie Rose.

  Afghanistan Report with Lakhdar Brahimi & Thomas Pickering.
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  Webcast: The Century Foundation Briefing on Release of Report of International Task Force on Afghanistan

  On March 23, The Century Foundation released the Task Force report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace. The co-chairs, along with Task Force members James Dobbins and Lawrence Korb, briefed participants on their findings and recommendations, which explore issues of timing, process, and substantive agendas. A webcast of the event is available.
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  What the Media is Saying: Afghanistan Task Force

  A compilation of media hits on the Afghanistan Task Force.

Afghanistan in Its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions – All Content

• In The News: Talking to the Taliban: An Elusive Peace in Afghanistan
  Jan 4, 2012
  TCF Afghanistan report cited in Reuters article.
• Blog Post: Switch Tracks to Peace in Afghanistan
  Oct 7, 2011
  It 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...
• In The News: Afghan Peace Talks
  Aug 17, 2011
  TCF 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.
• In The News: Give and Take with the Taliban
  Jul 20, 2011
  Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering (p. 74) and Jeffrey Laurenti (p. 80) are published in this magazine on international affairs.
• In The News: U.S. Surge Was Not a Success for Afghans
  Jun 23, 2011
  Century Foundation author Orzala Ashraf Nemat published in The Guardian.
• In The News: ‘Diplomatic Surge’ Launched to End Afghan War
  Jun 10, 2011
  Peter Goodspeed cites the TCF Afghanistan Task Force in this National Post article.
• In The News: Balancing Interests in Afghanistan
  Jun 6, 2011
  Afghanistan Task Force paper cited in Tanvir Ahmad Khan's Express Tribune piece.
• Video: Negotiating Peace: A Viable Way to End the Afghan War? Video
  Apr 19, 2011
  In this event video, TCF Senior Fellow, Jeffrey Laurenti introduces a discussion on the prospects for negotiations between New America Foundation President, Steve Coll, Ambassador Francesc Vendrell, & Middle East Institute Scholar-in-Residence, Marvin Weinbaum moderated by Lawrence Korb.
• Video: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Video
  Apr 19, 2011
  In this event video, Center for American Progress Senior VP Rudy deLeon looks at lessons learned on the security side with John Nagl, President, Center for a New American Security & Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
• Video: International aspects of an Afghan peace: What to expect if negotiations do proceed: Q&A
  Apr 12, 2011
  To promote the regional and multilateral dimensions of negotiations for a peace process in Afghanistan, TCF and FES New York hosted a discussion at the UN with members of the task force on their recently launched report.
• Video: International aspects of an Afghan peace: What to expect if negotiations do proceed: Discussion
  Apr 12, 2011
  To promote the regional and multilateral dimensions of negotiations for a peace process in Afghanistan, TCF and FES New York hosted a discussion at the UN with members of the task force on their recently launched report.
• In The News: Why It's Time to Negotiate With the Taliban
  Apr 7, 2011
  The Afghanistan Task Force report is discussed in The Atlantic.
• In The News: There's Renewed Talk of Talks with the Taliban
  Apr 4, 2011
  The Afghanistan Task Force cited in this Philadelphia Inquirer column.
• Event: International Aspects of an Afghan Peace: What to Expect if Negotiations do Proceed
  Apr 3, 2011
  Amid mounting indications of interest in a political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan among key parties, The Century Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hosted this event.
• Blog Post: Afghanistan War, Forgotten Again?
  Apr 1, 2011
  While your local newspaper or radio station filled its international news hole the past few days with breathless reporting on Libya’s...
• In The News: Moving Toward an Afghan Endgame
  Mar 28, 2011
  Jeffrey Laurenti in The InterDependent.
• In The News: Time for a "Diplomatic Surge" In Afghanistan
  Mar 28, 2011
  The Afghanistan Task Force covered on PBS NewsHour's blog.
• Paper: Afghan Women at the Crossroads: Agents of Peace—Or Its Victims?
  Mar 25, 2011
  Despite the Taliban-fostered image that Afghanistan’s traditional society is not ready to accept women’s rights, Orzala Ashraf Nemat argues, the past thirty years have laid the groundwork for the active role of women in public life.
• Report: Afghanistan Agonistes: The Many Stakes in a Thirty Years War
  Mar 25, 2011
  Afghans largely recognize that their country has made considerable gains over the past decade, project director Jeffrey Laurenti argues in this background paper for the task force, but unreconciled internal divisions and the conflicting priorities of Afghans' foreign friends have aborted the country's return to stability.
• Commentary: What the Media is Saying: Afghanistan Task Force
  Mar 24, 2011
  A compilation of media hits on the Afghanistan Task Force.