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Bloomberg. Afghanistan News. http://topics.bloomberg.com/afghanistan/
Christian Science Monitor. Afghanistan news. www.csmonitor.com/World/Topics/Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor. World Security Watch. www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch
The Telegraph. (UK). Afghan news, video, and pictures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/
Wall Street Journal. Asia news. www.wsj.com/public/page/news-asia-business.html
Washington Post. Asia and Pacific News. www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/
Washington Times. World news. www.washingtontimes.com/news/world/
USA Today. World news. www.usatoday.com/news/world/
Afghan News Media
Afghan Professionals Network (APN) http://afghanprofessionals.net
Magazines and Periodicals
Armed Forces Journal (AFJ) www.armedforcesjournal.com
Army Times News.www.armytimes.com
Foreign Affairs - Asia. Published by the Council on Foreign Relations. www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/Asia
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Georgetown University. http://journal.georgetown.edu
Georgetown Security Studies Review. Georgetown University. http://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org
Global ECCO.
https://globalecco.org
Parameters. U.S. Army War College Quarterly. http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/
Salon - Afghanistan.
www.salon.com/topic/afghanistan
The Atlantic. International News. www.theatlantic.com/international/
The Economist. Asia news. www.economist.com/sections/asia
World News. Time Magazine. http://time.com/world/
Online News Organizations
ABC. World News http://abcnews.go.com/wn
AOL News. News www.aol.com/news/
Security Watch BackChannels. Christian Science Monitor www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels
BBC News - Asia. Daily news online www.bbc.com/news/world/asia
BBC News. Pashto Language News www.bbc.co.uk/pashto
BBC News. Dari Language www.bbc.co.uk/persian
Breaking Defense http://breakingdefense.com
CBS News World News www.cbsnews.com/world/
CNN Asia News. http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA
Danger Room. Wired.com. www.wired.com/category/dangerroom
DEFCON Hill. The Hill's Defense Blog. http://thehill.com/policy/defense
Defense News. A Gannett Company. www.defensenews.com
Defense One. National Journal Group. www.defenseone.com
Defense Talk - Afghanistan. Global defense & military portal. www.defencetalk.com/tag/afghanistan
Defense Tech. Military.com. Where Technology & Defense Intersect. http://defensetech.org
DoD Buzz. Online defense and acquisition journal by Military.com. www.dodbuzz.com
Duffel Blog. Commentary on all things military. www.duffelblog.com
Eurasia Daily Monitor. The Jamestown Foundation. Addressing the new strategic realities emerging in Eurasia. www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/
Eurasia Review www.eurasiareview.com
Fortuna's Corner - Afghanistan. A retired intelligence officer tracks the news. http://fortunascorner.com/category/afghanistan
Fox News. Afghanistan. www.foxnews.com/world/afghanistan/index.html
Fox News Videos http://video.foxnews.com
Google News. Use search keyword "Afghanistan". http://news.google.com
Kings of War. UK Focus on military affairs. http://kingsofwar.org.uk
NBC World News. World News. www.nbcnews.com/news/world
Marine Corp Times. News. www.marinecorpstimes.com/your-marine-corps/
Military.com. Military Headlines. www.military.com/daily-news
Military Industry Today. Afghanistan War News. http://military.einnews.com/news/afghan-war
National Public Radio (NPR). Afghanistan. www.npr.org/sections/afghanistan/
PBS Online Newshour. Afghanistan. www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/afghanistan/
Reuters. Afghanistan news. www.reuters.com/places/afghanistan
Silk Road Reporters Central Asia News www.silkroadreporters.com/category/central-asia/
Special Operations Journal. Published by the Special Operations Research Association (SORA). www.specopsjournal.org/home.html
The Diplomat. Central Asia News. http://thediplomat.com/regions/central-asia/
The Huffington Post. Afghanistan: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News. www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan/
Huffington Post Afghanistan War Blog www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan-war-blog/
The Jamestown Foundation. Afghanistan articles. www.jamestown.org/regions/southasia/afghanistan/
United Press International (UPI). War in Afghanistan. www.upi.com/topic/War_in_Afghanistan
Yahoo! News page on Afghanistan by Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/topics/afghanistan/
NGOs, Political, Policy and Research Organizations
South Asia.. Center for a New American Security. www.cnas.org/research/regions-and-states/south-and-central-asia
Afghanistan Research and Evalutation Unit (AREU) Blog. www.areu.org.af/Blog.aspx?contentid=1000
Asia Society. Afghanistan policy and politics. http://asiasociety.org/policy/strategic-challenges/afghanistan
Center for a New America (CNAS). www.cnas.org
Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies Afghanistan (CAPS) Regional News. www.caps.af/
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Articles and postings about Afghanistan. www.cfr.org/region/afghanistan/ri218
Doctors Without Borders. (Medecins Sans Frontieres). www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories
Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Blog. http://blogs.fas.org
FAS Strategic Security Blog. Federation of American Scientists. http://blogs.fas.org/security/
FAS Secrecy News Blog. Federation of American Scientists. http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/
Foreign Policy in Focus. Afghanistan tags. http://fpif.org/tag/afghanistan
iCasualties - OEF. News and casualty reports and data. www.icasualties.org/oef/
ICRC in Afghanistan. International Committee of the Red Cross. www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/asia-pacific/afghanistan/
International Relations and Security Network (ISN) News Articles www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles
Human Rights Watch. Afghanistan Page and News. www.hrw.org/asia/afghanistan
NATO Watch. A virtual think-tank that promotes a more open, transparent and accountable North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. http://www.natowatch.org/afghanistan
RAND Corporation. Latest publication releases. www.rand.org/pubs/new.html
South Asia Channel. Foreign Policy and the New American Foundation. http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/
The RAND Blog www.rand.org/blog.html
UCLA International Institute - Afghan Studies www.international.ucla.edu/asia/centralasia/afghanstudies
Central Asia News and Blogs
Registan. News of Central Asia and Afghanistan. http://registan.net/category/country-archives/afghanistan/
Inside the Cocoon. EurasiaNet.org. "Central Asia Today". www.eurasianet.org/voices/centralasia
Sifting the Karakum. EuraasiaNet.org. "Independent News from Turkmenistan". www.eurasianet.org/voices/karakum
The Bug Pit. EurasiaNet.org. "Military and security in Eurasia". www.eurasianet.org/voices/thebugpit
Choihona. EurasiaNet.org. "Independent News from Uzbekistan". www.eurasianet.org/voices/choihona
United Nations Organizations
Bahum Newsletter by United Nations Development Program in Afghanistan
www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/library/Newsletters/Bahum/
Food and Agriculture Organization of UN - Afghanistan. http://coin.fao.org/cms/world/afghanistan/en/Home.html
UNICEF - Afghanistan. Newsline. www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_latest.html
UN News Centre. News Focus: Asia and Pacific. http://www.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=3
World Food Programme - Afghanistan. United Nations. www.wfp.org/node/3191
World Health Organization - Afghanistan. United Nations. www.who.int/countries/afg/en/
IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis. Afghan News. www.irinnews.org/country/afg/afghanistan
Open Source Intelligence Web Sites and Forums
Foreign Intrigue
http://foreign-intrigue.com
Open-source Intelligence. By Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence
Overt Action. Daily Intel reports posted.
www.overtaction.org
Earth Intelligence Network www.earth-intelligence.net/
Public Intelligence Blog. "The truth at any cost lowers all other costs" http://www.phibetaiota.net/
General Military News and Blog Sites
Special Operations Forces (SOF) News
www.specialforcestraining.info/SOF-News.html
1st Special Forces Command Facebook
www.facebook.com/SFCommand
Air Force Times www.airforcetimes.com
Army Doctrine and Training Publications - New Releases http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/New_Releases_1.html
Association of the United States Army - Headline News www.ausa.org/news/Pages/default.aspx
Association of the United States Army - Institute of Land Warfare www.ausa.org/publications/ilw/Pages/default.aspx
Association of the United States Army - Publications www.ausa.org/publications/Pages/default.aspx
At War. Notes from the Front Lines, A New York Times blog. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com
COMISAF Facebook - General John Campbell www.facebook.com/GENJohnCampbell
David Ignatius Blog. The Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-ignatius
Defense News. A Gannett Company. www.defensenews.com
Defense in Depth. Janine Davidson on Council on Foreign Relations. http://blogs.cfr.org/davidson/
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) News Archive www.dsca.mil/news-media/news-archive
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Major Arms Sales www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales
DoD News. U.S. Department of Defense www.defense.gov/news/articles.aspx
Forces TV News. United Kingdom. http://forces.tv/news
Forces TV Videos. United Kingdom. http://videos.forces.tv/
Institute for the Study of War (ISW) www.understandingwar.org
Lexington Institute - Early Warning Blog www.lexingtoninstitute.org/early-warning-blog/
The Long War Journal www.longwarjournal.org
Marine Corps Gazette. Marine Corps Association & Foundation. www.mca-marines.org/gazette
Marine Corps Times. www.marinecorpstimes.com
Military Review. U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/militaryreview/index.asp
National Defense Magazince. NDIA. www.nationaldefensemagazine.org
Navy Times. www.navytimes.com
RAND Corporation www.rand.org
Real Clear Defense. Afghanistan News and Articles. www.realcleardefense.com/topic/a/Afghanistan/
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). www.rusi.org
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
www.sigar.mil
Task & Purpose - News http://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/
The Olive Branch - Blog of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) www.usip.org/olivebranch
War Council Blog. www.warcouncil.org/blog
Wings Over Iraq http://wingsoveriraq.com
United States Institute for Peace - Articles & Analysis on Afghanistan www.usip.org/category/countries/afghanistan
U.S. Army WTF Moments - Facebook
www.facebook.com/usawtfm
General News Sites on Afghanistan
Center for a New American Security - South Asia www.cnas.org/research/regions-and-states/south-and-central-asia
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) - Afghanistan http://csis.org/region/afghanistan
Not So Current
(no longer up to date but has content)
Afghanistan Crossroads. CNN World. http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/
Battleland Time. Last post July 2013. "Military intelligence for the rest of us". http://nation.time.com/category/battleland/
CNN - Afghan War News News and videos about Afghanistan war. http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/afghanistan_war
Examiner. Afghanistan Headlines by Michael Hughes. http://www.examiner.com/afghanistan-headlines-in-national/michael-hughes
Foreign Policy Association. Afghanistan. http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/category/afghanistan/
Military Briefing Book. Online news on COIN and Afghanistan. http://militarybriefingbook.com/topic.cfm?topic=Counter-Insurgency%20Operations
Washington Post. "America at War". www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/afghanistan/
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