At a superficial level, one might expect a degree of satisfaction in the Pentagon at the apparent completion of the war in Afghanistan, with the destruction of the Taliban regime
By the end of the eleventh week of the war, there was a media perception that the conflict in Afghanistan was effectively over and that issues of international terrorism were
The bombing campaign and its implications
Until last Wednesday, local anti-Taliban militia had spent the best part of two weeks attempting to overcome a substantial force of al-Qaida and Taliban
The end of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has left competing power centres encircling each other. The US will continue to hunt dispersed al-Qaida and Taliban groups, at the cost
By the end of the eighth week of the war, there was an expectation that, with the imminent occupation of Kunduz, the southern Taliban city of Kandahar would quickly fall.
A More Complicated Conflict with Unexpected Consequences
Following the retreat of substantial Taliban forces from most of Northern Afghanistan in the period 8-13 November, there was an expectation that the
Over the period 8-13 November, there was a radical change in the war in Afghanistan, with the Taliban retreating throughout the majority of the areas under their control. A week
Two months after the New York and Washington attacks, the sixth week of the war, there have been substantial developments that make it a little easier to analyse the direction,
There have been bombing raids on targets in Afghanistan for 29 days, and the past week has seen two significant changes a move to area bombing and to economic targeting.
Sourcing the Analysis
The aim of these weekly reports is to attempt to analyse the development of the conflict with as much accuracy as possible, with the intention of helping
The spreading US air attacks are likely to impact increasingly on civilians. With winter looming, and refugee and humanitarian crises pending, both sides seem ready for a lengthy conflict.From
Most of the media has given an impression of a massive air bombardment on Afghanistan, but the reality is of a fairly low-level air-war. There are two different reasons for
