Afghanistan in 2016: Still vital interests, still reasons for hope - brookings.edu

“Afghanistan remains a crucial country,” Brookings scholar Vanda Felbab-Brown said at a recent event, “one in which we have made a commitment and where we also raise tremendous hope among the Afghan people. It is very important not to forget that war.” Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow with the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at Brookings, was joined by panelists Ann Vaughan of Mercy Corps, Jason Cone of Doctors Without Borders, Ché Bolden—a Brookings Federal Executive Fellow and active duty U.S. Marine Corps officer, and Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow and co-director of the center. - Read More at the brookings

Afghanistan in 2016: Still vital interests, still reasons for hope