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The Afghan War News Site Map lists all pages on the website.
Taliban Regime
Taliban Regime
News about Taliban Regime
The Resistance to the Taliban Regime
Kabul NEO / Air Evacuation
U.S. NEO Evacuation at
Kabul International Airport
Operation Allies Refuge - Supporting Afghan SIV Applicants in the
U.S.
Afghan Interpreters
Taliban Victory - 2021
Taliban
U.S. Withdrawal Agreement (Feb 2020)
Failure in Afghanistan
ANDSF
Spring 2021 Taliban Offensive
Intelligence
Failure or Policy Failure?
Assessments of ANDSF Training over 20 Years
Taliban and Other Insurgent Groups
(2001 - 2021)
Roots of Insurgency
al Qaeda
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Chinese separatist group.
Haqqani Network
Hezb-i-Islami (HIG)
Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan or IMU. Uzebekistan group.
Quetta Shura Taliban
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistani militant group.
ISIS in Afghanistan
Countries - Neighboring and Regional
China
India
Iran
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
History
Books on Afghan History
Soviet Union Invasion and
Occupation of Afghanistan - 1979 - 1989
Civil War (1989-1992)
Civil War (1992-1996)
Taliban Regime
Timeline of the Afghan War -
2000 to Present
Battles & Operations: 2001-2014
Archived Webpages
With the fall of the Afghan government in the summer of 2021 the Taliban
took power. The vast majority of the pages below are now historical in
nature - covering the period of 2001 to 2021.
Blogs, Daily News, Research Sites, Reading Lists,
Maps, and other
References
Daily Read A quick look at the
news for Afghanistan
Current News A more indepth look at the
news for Afghanistan. Multiple sources.
Research Sites
Military Websites
Government Websites
Afghan War
News Blog
Weekly Newsletter
Blogs on Afghan War
Blogs by Military
Maps
Afghan Reading List
Afghan War Glossary
Resolute Support Annotated
Bibliography An Adobe Acrobat PDF with over 200 pages filled with
links to websites, documents, and publications about Resolute Support,
Afghanistan, and Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Assessments and Reports on Afghan War
Lessons Learned (LL) of Afghan War
General Information
Books. Listing of books about Afghanistan
Documentaries. Listing of
films and documentaries about Afghanistan
Videos and
Movies - a listing of videos
about Afghanistan and the Afghan War
Podcasts - a listing of podcasts about
Afghanistan.
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
Ministry of Defense (MoD)
Afghan National Army
Afghan National Army Special Operations Command
(ANASOC)
Afghan Commandos
Afghan National Army Special Forces
Cobra Strike
Kandaks
National Mission Brigade
(NMB)
KKA - Afghan Partnering Unit
(APU)
Afghan Border Force (ABF)
Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF)
Afghan Territorial Army
(ATA)
ANA Combat Support Kandak
(CSK)
ANA Combat
Service Support Kandak (CSSK)
Corps Engineer Kandak (CEK)
ANA Mobile Strike Force (MSF)
ANA Tank Kandak
ANA Logistics
ANA 122-mm D-30 Howitzer
ANA 82mm Mortar
ANA M224 60mm Mortar
ANA-TF - Afghan National Army Territorial
Force
Female
Tactical Platoon (FTP)
Officer Cadet Training -
'Sandhurst in the Sand' or ANA-OA
Pay Issues and Mobile Money
Women in MOD and ANA
Afghan Air Force (AAF)
Special Mission Wing (SMW)
Air Advisors to Afghan Air
Force (AAF)
Train, Advise, Assist Command - Air (TAAC-Air)
A-29 Super Tocano
C-208 Cessna
MD-530F Helicopter
Mi-17 Transport Helicopter
Mi-35 Attack Helicopter
PC-12
UH-60 Black Hawk
Afghan Tactical Air Coordinator (ATAC)
Ministry of Interior (MoI)
Afghan National Police
Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF)
Afghan Local Police (ALP)
News Articles about ALP
Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP)
Afghan Border Police (ABP)
Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP)
Afghan Democratic Policing Project (ADPP)
Directorate of Police Intelligence
(DPI)
Office of Police Ombudsman (OPO)
Police Institutional Advisory Team
(PIAT)
Provincial Response Company (PRC)
Public Security Police (PSP)
General Command of Police Special Units
(GCPSU)
CF-333
ATF-444
ATF 888
Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF)
MoI Radio FM 96.5
German Police Project Team (GPPT)
Women's Police Corps
Females in ANP / MoI
Security
Security
ANDSF Roadmap
Biometrics
South Asia Strategy 2017
Village Stability
Operations (VSO)
Community Based
Security Solutions (CBSS)
Interim
Security Critical Infrastructure (ISCI)
Critical Infrastructure Program (CIP)
Local Defense Initiative (LDI)
Militias
Community
Defense Initiative (CDI)
Afghan Public
Protection Program (APPP or AP3)
Afghan
Guard Force (AGF)
Operation Coordination
Center (OCC)
People's Uprising Program
(PUP)
District Control
Governance
Governance
News about Governance in Afghanistan
Afghan Ministries
Elections in Afghanistan
2014
Elections
2015 Elections
2018
Parliamentary Elections
National Unity Government (NUG)
Publications about Governance in Afghanistan
Reintegration of Insurgents
Reintegration News
Afghan High Peace
Council
Publications about
Reintegration
Reconciliation and Peace
Talks
News about Reconciliation
and Peace Talks
Rule of Law in Afghanistan
Corruption in Afghanistan
Taliban Governance
Provinces
District Control
Development
Development
Development News
Afghan Economy
National Solidarity Programme (NSP)
Commander's Emergency
Response Program (CERP)
Community Development Councils (CDCs)
Education
Electricity
Provincial Development Plans (PDPs)
Publications about Development
Solar Energy
Agriculture
Agricultural Development for Afghan
Pre-Deployment Training (ADAPT)
Railroads
Road Construction
Istanbul Process - "The
Heart of Asia"
Kajaki Hyrdoelectric Dam
Telecommunications
Minerals
Afghan Marble Industry
Hajigak Iron Ore Mine
Mes Aynak Copper Mine
New Silk Road Strategy (NSRS)
Stability in Key Areas
(SIKA) - USAID Program
TAPI Pipeline
Health
COVID-19 in
Afghanistan
Cross-Cutting Issues and Miscellaneous Categories
AfPak Hands Program
COMISAF Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT)
CAAT Recommended Reading List
COIN
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
COIN Training Center - Afghanistan (CTC-A)
Culture
Tribes
Nomads
Ramazan
Information Operations. IO, PSYOP, and
MISO.
Afghan
Media
Radio In A Box
RIAB
Inform and
Influence Activities (IIA)
Social Media
Insider Threat or Green-on-Blue Incidents
News Articles on Insider
Threat
Insider Threat
References
Insider Threat Guidebook 2.0
Weather
Women in Afghanistan
Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Advising Conceptional Framework
Difference Between FID and SFA
Partnering
Security Force Assistance Imperatives
Security Force Assistance Tasks - OTERA
Video on Functionally-based
Security Force Assistance
Advisor Selection and Training
Advisor Selection
Advisor Training -
News Reports & Articles
Advisor Selection
Criteria Survey - take survey and view results
Common Training Standards
for Security Force Assistance (DoD Jan 14)
Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC)
- Bydgoszcz, Poland
JSFA Course. Joint Security Force
Assistance Course, Fort Polk.
SFA Course.
Security Force Assistance Course, Fort Polk.
Resources for Advising in Afghanistan
Advising - Papers and Pubs about
Advising
SFA Publications. Reports, Documents,
Field Manuals, and more
DoD Instructions on SFA
Papers about SFA
15 Principles of SFA.
Security Force Assistance Terminology
Monthly ANDSF Assessment Report (MAAR)
ANSF Advisor Guide (JCISFA May
2014)
FAQs about SFA
ISAF Security Force Assistance Guide
2.0 (ISAF January 2014)
Security Force Assistance Guide 3.0
(ISAF July 2014)
SFA Advisor Process Maps.
Graphical depictions of ANSF systems.
SFA / TAA By Function, Staff, or Expertise
Functional SFA
5
Functional Pillars
C2
Leadership
Combined Arms Operation
Personnel & Training
Sustainment
8
Essential Functions
EF 1 PPBE
EF 2 TAO
EF 3 RoL / Gov
EF 4 Force Gen
EF 5 Force Sust
EF 6 C2 Ops
EF 7 Intel
EF 8 STRATCOM
Gender
Advising
Functional Areas
Resource Management (RM)
Transparency, Accountability, and Oversight
(TAO)
Rule of Law and Governance
Force Development
Operational Sustainment and
Logistics
Command and Control Operations
Intelligence
Strategic Communications
Gender Integration and Mainstreaming
Specific Functional Areas
Maintenance
SFA and Medical Advising
SFA and Engineer
Advising
SFA and
Communications Advising
Advising Structure and Organizations for SFA (old and new)
Embedded Training Teams
(ETTs) (2003 to ?)
SFATs. Info on 48-man SFATs attached to BCTs
(2012 - 2014).
SFAATs. Info on Security Force Assistance Teams.
SFAAT News Reports
SFABs. Info on Security Force Assistance
Brigades (2012 - 2014).
TAAC - Train, Advise, and Assist Command
TAAC West
Task Force
Southeast
ACC. Advise and Assist Cell
Expeditionary
Advisory Package (EAP)
The New SFABs (2017 to present)
SFAC
SFAB News Stories
1st SFAB
1st SFAB News Stories, Articles,
Analysis, and Commentary
1st SFAB MOSs - Military Occupational Specialities
2nd SFAB News Stories
3rd SFAB News
Stories
4th SFAB News Stories
5th SFAB News Stories
54th SFAB News Stories
Miscellaneous Info on SFA
Advising Afghan Ministries
Advisor Experiences in Afghanistan
Levels of Advising
Level Two Advising
Guardian Angels
Intelligence
Intelligence Support to
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Afghan Automated Biometric Information System (AABIS)
Company Intelligence Support Team
(CoIST)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Drones
F3EAD - Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit,
Analyze, and Disseminate
Attack the Network (AtN)
DCGS and Palantir
Geospatial
Intelligence (GEOINT)
Document and
Media Exploitation (DOMEX)
Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Khost Protection Force (KPF)
National Directorate of Security (NDS)
National
Military Intelligence Center (NMIC)
National Information Management System
(NIMS)
National Target Exploitation
Center (NTEC)
Directorate of Police
Intelligence (DPI)
Sangorian
Events
Battle of Tora Bora - 2001
Operation Anaconda - 2002
Battle for Wanat - 2008
Battle for Marjah - 2010
Fight for Kandahar -
2010-2011
Death of Osama Bin Laden
- May 2, 2011
Koran Burning Incident -
Feb 2012
Panjwai District Killings
- March 11, 2012
Local Uprisings in Afghanistan
Kabul Restaurant
Bombing - January 2014
Park Palace Hotel Attack
- May 2015
Kunduz - Taliban take City in Fall 2015
Kunduz MSF Medical
Facility Attacked - October 2015
Brussels Conference on
Afghanistan - October 2016
Units and Organizations
Order of Battle (OB) - Listing of
units in Afghanistan
CJ7 Training and Exercises (TREX)
Coast Guard RAID Team
Combined Security Transition Command -
Afghanistan (CSTC-A)
Cultural Support Teams (CSTs)
European Union (EU) in Afghanistan
Female Engagement Team (FET)
Functional Area Support Team (FAST)
Human Terrain Teams (HTTs)
ISAF Joint Command (IJC)
Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA)
Kabul Security Forces (KSF)
Marines - U.S. Marine Corps
NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A)
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs)
Security Force Assistance Teams (SFAT)
Security Force Assistance Advisory Teams (SFAAT)
Special Operations Joint Task Force - Afghanistan (SOJTF-A)
Special Operations Weather Technicians (SOWT)
Stability Operations Information Center (SOIC)
Task Force for Business and Stability Operations
(TFBSO)
Task Force Musketeer (France)
Task Force ODIN Afghanistan
Task Force Phoenix
Afghanistan
Task Force South West
Train Advise Assist Command - North
(TAAC-North)
Train Advise Assist Command - South
(TAAC-South)
Countries - Coalition and Others
Australia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Georgia
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Romania
Russia
United Kingdom
Equipment
Aircraft
B-1 Lancer BomberAMD-65 Assault
Rifle
Boots
Drones. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs.
Shadow
ScanEagle
RQ-20 Puma
C-RAM Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and
Mortar system
PGSS - Persistent Ground Surveillance
System
Reflective Belts
Wolfhound
Weapons
Massive Ordnance Air
Blast (MOAB)
People
Ashraf Ghani
General
John Campbell
General Dostum
Jim Gant
Mohammad Qasim Fahim
Governor Atta Mohammad Noor
Abdul Raziq
Topics
Afghan Human Resource Information Management System (AHRMS)
Balochistan
Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA)
Bergdahl Desertion
Civilian Casualties (CIVCAS)
Civilian Surge
Civilianization
Close Air Support (CAS)
Commitment Letters
Disarmament
Drugs
Enduring Partnership
Fatemiyoun Brigade
Ghost Soldiers and Police
Human Rights
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
Interpreters
Jirgas and Shuras
Metrics for ANSF
Night Raids
Northern
Distribution Network (NDN)
Operation Freedom's Sentinel
Photographs of Afghanistan
Policy in Afghanistan - U.S. Policy
Towards Afghanistan
Refugees
Retrograde from Afghanistan
Resolute Support
Transition
Warlords of Afghanistan
Water
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