• INTRODUCTION


• A. THE NATO PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN




• Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq


• DOCUMENT NO. 1: The Afghanistan Compact


• DOCUMENT NO. 2: NATO Strategic Vision for Afghanistan


• DOCUMENT NO. 3: NATO Afghan First Policy, April, 2010


• DOCUMENT NO. 4: "2010: Afghan Sovereignty and International Partnerships" Speech by Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, May 12, 2010


• DOCUMENT NO. 5: ISAF Commander's Counterinsurgency Guidance


• DOCUMENT NO. 6: ISAF Tactical Directive, June 2009


• DOCUMENT NO. 7: Congressional Research Service, Steve Bowman and Catherine Dale, War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress, pages 1-69


• DOCUMENT NO. 8: Al Maqaleh v. Gates, -- F. 3d - (D.C. Cir. May 21, 2010)


• B. THE UNITED NATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN




• Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq


• DOCUMENT NO. 9: Reports of the U.N. Secretary General: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, March 10 2010


• DOCUMENT NO. 10: Briefing by Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy to U.N. Security Council, March 18, 2010


• DOCUMENT NO. 11: UNAMA, Afghanistan Annual Report on the Protection of Civilians from Armed Conflict (2009), pages 1-36


• DOCUMENT NO. 12: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights


• DOCUMENT NO. 13: Mission Report by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict on visit to Afghanistan (February 2010), pages 3-15


• DOCUMENT NO. 14: The United Nations Development Program Country Program Document for Afghanistan (2010-13), pages 1-8


• DOCUMENT NO. 15: UN Police Perceptions Survey 2009, pages 3-33


• C. THE EUROPEAN UNION IN AFGHANISTAN




• Commentary by Aziz Z. Huq


• DOCUMENT NO. 16: EU-Afghanistan Joint Declaration, November 2005


• DOCUMENT NO. 17: European Commission: Council Strategy Paper Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2007


• DOCUMENT NO. 18: Council of the European Union: Conclusions on Afghanistan


• D. APPENDIX


• DOCUMENT NO. 19: Congressional Research Service, Kenneth Katzman, Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, pages 1-88

Douglas Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.
Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.

Volume 117 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Conflict in Afghanistan includes recent documents relating to the conflict in Afghanistan against the Taliban and its foreign allies, including al Qaeda. Afghanistan remains a central front in the conflict against Al Qaeda and continues to plague analysts and military strategists alike. This collection of documents portrays a reoccurring theme: the integration of political and military strategies to better combat U.S. efforts in the region.