Barnett Rubin's been doing some good blogging on Afghanistan at ICGA. But I found this post-- which he co-wrote with, I think, some help from Tao master Zhuang Zi-- particularly enlightening.
Please add your own comments that are courteous, fresh, helpful, and to the point. Be aware that comments might take a minute or two to post because of the extensive filtering we need to use. Comments that contain a number of links may be delayed so that I or my tech advisor can give approval for their publication. Generally this should not take too long. ~HC