The supposed success of COIN tactics in Iraq, twinned with the 2007 surge of 30,000 US troops, led to the claim that these successes could be replicated in Afghanistan.

Editor's note: As the debate over America's future course in Afghanistan roils the policy waters of Washington, noted military historian and professor at the Marine Corps University, Mark Moyar ...

Tangible (and hard fought) gains in southern Afghanistan are now imperiled by a lack of resources in Regional Command East, and any reasonable analysis of Afghanistan – based on terrain and tribal ...

LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 2: Tribal mediators on Sunday helped customs officials recover a large quantity of Afghan coins which were stolen from a container at Torkham on Sept 28. The owner ...

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David Mac Dowall, the numismatist, who has died aged 94 was, at various times, Assistant Keeper of Oriental Coins at the British Museum, Master of University College, Durham and Director of the ...

Cultural crossroads. Afghanistan is at the centre - the crossroads - of ancient civilisations stretching back at least 3,000 years. Its richness and strategic importance - located as it once was ...