The Council has convened a new Independent Task Force on Pakistan and Afghanistan, chaired by former deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage and former national security adviser Samuel R. Berger. The Task Force aims to assess current U.S. policy toward South Asia and make recommendations on how to meet the urgent and long-term challenges the United States faces in the region.

In its analysis, the Task Force will consider the conduct of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, non-military assistance strategies, the Pakistani nuclear program, prospects for strengthening and reforming political leadership and governance, and the role of regional and global actors and institutions.

Daniel Markey, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, serves as the project director. The group aims to produce a report in early 2010.

This project is made possible in part through generous support from the Rockefeller Foundation.