Leslie H. Gelb says the Obama administration's announcement of a quick end to U.S. combat in Afghanistan is a surprise decision of strategic skill and political courage.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says the the shocking torture of Sahar Gul is just one example of widespread violence against women in Afghanistan, which mostly goes unreported and unpunished.

Leslie H. Gelb interviews U.S. vice president Joe Biden.

Max Boot argues that U.S. troops can win in Afghanistan, but the major battleground is in Washington.

Richard N. Haass says that the war in Afghanistan began ten years ago as a narrow, modest war of necessity but has evolved into a broad, ambitious war of choice.

Max Boot states that an American drawdown in both Iraq and Afghanistan makes continued war—and with it the possibility of a catastrophic American defeat—more likely by emboldening our enemies and disheartening our friends.

Stephen Biddle discusses how domestic politics still clashes with strategic imperatives in U.S. Afghan policy.

Leslie H. Gelb says President Obama accomplished the mission in Afghanistan and now needs to focus on nation building at home.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses why Ambassador Eikenberry was right to tell President Karzai to watch his words.

Leslie H. Gelb says President Obama's yet unrevealed plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan should satisfy those pushing for a quick exit and the diehards determined to stay the course.

Leslie H. Gelb says the U.S. military has lost its way in Afghanistan.

Leslie H. Gelb remembers Richard Holbrooke.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that unwanted attention on women's shelters in Afghanistan has sent a chill through women's rights supporters in Kabul and created an environment of both fear and defiance among shelter workers.

Leslie H. Gelb discusses President Obama's Afghan policy review.

Linda Robinson presents a scenario for resolution of the Afghan conflict in a manner that achieves U.S. objectives in Afghanistan.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the success of Afghan women.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says that even though Bibi Aisha, the Afghan teenager maimed by her Taliban-sympathizing husband and his family, has relocated to the United States, her story does not yet have a happy ending.

Leslie H. Gelb says we must face the devastating truth that the actual date of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be July 2011, but the end of 2014.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the rise of raisin production in Afghanistan.

Leslie H. Gelb says a way out of Afghanistan must eventually include trying to talk to the Taliban.