by Ashley Boyle | Sep 20, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is quoted in The Washington Post regarding recent shifts in the Taliban’s strategy in Afghanistan. “‘The Taliban are fighting a political war while the United States and its allies are still fighting a tactical military...
by Ashley Boyle | Sep 20, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is quoted in The National Interest on the deteriorating security environment in Afghanistan as US and NATO troops continue to conduct training missions ahead of the 2014 exit date. “The training mission is the foundation of the...
by Ashley Boyle | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust discusses the challenges faced by the ISAF training mission in Afghanistan. Suffering from high desertion rates and increasingly frequent insider attacks, ISAF recently decided to suspend its police force training operations. Further...
by Ashley Boyle | Sep 6, 2012 | Monitor
In his latest for PBS’ Need to Know, ASP Fellow Joshua Foust discusses the conspicuous lack of discussion about Afghanistan in the presidential candidates’ campaigns. Noting that 68,000 US troops will still be in Afghanistan come Election Day,...
by Ashley Boyle | Aug 21, 2012 | Monitor
ASP Fellow Joshua Foust is quoted in U.S. News and World Report discussing the recent increase in “insider attacks” in Afghanistan. Though NATO and US leaders are concerned about and have instituted programs designed to prevent such attacks, they have so...