Five Years After the U.S. Intervention: What Can the U.S. Do to Help Afghanistan?
A public meeting of the Afghanistan Working Group
This is the first session of a four-part series leading to the fifth anniversary of the fall of the Taliban.
The Taliban, drug traffickers, local warlords, cross-border insurgency, and other anti-government forces are exploiting the weaknesses of an impoverished nation and a weak central government, which threatens the achievements of the last five years.
- What resources can be directed to make the Afghan state stronger and more stable?
- How effective is the new NATO strategy?
- Are the police and army capable of ensuring security throughout Afghanistan?
- How strong is the Taliban and how can the Taliban's forces be countered?
Speakers
- Deborah Alexander
Former Special Advisor
U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan (2002-2006) - John Gastright
Deputy Assistant Secrety of State for South Asian Affairs
U.S. Department of State - Jonathan Landay
Journalist
McClatchy Newspapers - Beth Cole DeGrasse, Moderator
U.S.Institute of Peace