Last updated: 14 February 2011

Blogs

This page lists key blogs covering security and conflict issues in Afghanistan. The descriptions used are, as much as possible, those posted on the blogs by the bloggers/editors themselves. We are continuously updating this list. Please let us know of additional resources or corrections.

• Abu Muqawama by Andrew Exum

  “Abu Muqawama is a blog dedicated to following issues related to contemporary insurgencies as well as counterinsurgency tactics and strategy. Abu Muqawama aims to be a resource for students, counterinsurgents, academics, and the general public.”

• Afghan Journal, Reuters
  Analysis and opinions by Reuters journalists
  
  
• Afghanistan Blog, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
  “SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.”
  
  
• Afghanistan Crossroads, CNN
  “Afghanistan Crossroads is where CNN's reporting converges - bringing you a diversity of voices, stunning images and video, global perspectives and the latest news from on the ground in Afghanistan and around the world.”
  
  
• Afghanistan Watch, The Century Foundation
  Afghanistan Watch is a project of The Century Foundation prepared by Carl Robichaud.
  
  
• AfPak Channel, Foreign Policy
  “A blog by the Foreign Policy magazine, edited by Peter Bergen, a print and television journalist, a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and Co-Director of the Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, along with Katherine Tiedemann, a policy analyst in the Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative.”
  
  
• At War, The New York Times
  “At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other conflicts in the post-9/11 era. The New York Times’ award-winning team provides insight — and answers questions — about combatants on the fault lines, and civilians caught in the middle.”
  
  
• Checkpoint Kabul, McClatchy
  “Checkpoint Kabul is written by Dion Nissenbaum, who covers South Asia with a focus on Afghanistan as bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers. Other McClatchy journalists occasionally contribute.”
  
  
• Daily Kos
  An Afghanistan-centric blog by Daily Kos, an online political community.
  
  
• Foreign Policy Blogs Network: Central Asia, Foreign Policy Blog
  “Foreign Policy Blogs is the largest network of global affairs blogs online. Staffed by scores of professional contributors from the worlds of journalism, academia, business, non-profits and think tanks, the FPB network tracks global developments from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between, daily. The FPB network is a production of the Foreign Policy Association.
  
  
• Passport, Foreign Policy
  “Passport, FP’s flagship blog, brings you news and hidden angles on the biggest stories of the day, as well as insights and under-the-radar gems from around the world.”
  
  
• Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project Blog, CSI
  “The PCR blog casts a critical eye on the latest trends in conflict-prone regions and post-conflict reconstruction. It aims to keep the development and reconstruction community updated and in touch.”
  
  
• Registan
  “Registan.net covers Eurasian politics and news, seeking to draw more attention to issues and news rarely covered in much depth, if at all, by Western media. Our focus is primarily on the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and the Caucasus and Afghanistan, with an eye to domestic politics, relations with rest of the world, and foreign policy as well as the occasional report on pop culture.”