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Blogs about Afghanistan

 

Afghan Lord. Commenting on political and social issues inside Afghanistan. By Nasim Fekrat.
https://www.nasimfekrat.com/

afghanhindsight. A blog about propanda, conflict resolution, ANSF, Taliban, and development in Afghanistan.
https://afghanhindsight.wordpress.com/

South Asia Source - Atlantic Council
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/category/blogs/southasiasource/

Feral Jundi. Blog on all things military and security contractors.
http://feraljundi.com/category/afghanistan/

Foreign Policy Magazine - South Asia Brief
https://foreignpolicy.com/category/south-asia-brief/

Free Range International
http://freerangeinternational.com/blog/

Gandhara. A blog on Afghanistan by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
http://gandhara.rferl.org

Just Security Law Blog - Afghanistan.
http://justsecurity.org/tag/afghanistan/

Michael Yon Online. A military correspondent blogs on his travels.
https://www.michaelyon-online.com/

Radio Free Europe - Afghanistan Tag
https://www.rferl.org/s?k=afghanistan

Qishloq Ovozi - Central Asia - Radio Free Europe
https://www.rferl.org/QishloqOvozi

Small Wars Journal. News and commentary about Afghanistan and other conflicts around the world.
http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/recent

The Captain's Journal. A conservative world view on matters military.
https://www.captainsjournal.com/

The Long War Journal. Reporting on the Global War on Terror (GWOT).
https://www.longwarjournal.org/

The Long War Journal. Tags Afghanistan.
https://www.longwarjournal.org/?s=afghanistan

War on the Rocks. Commentary and analysis on defense and war, Afghanistan tag.
https://warontherocks.com/index.php?s=Afghanistan


Blogs on Defense and National Security

At War. Notes from the Front Lines. The New York Times.
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com

Best Defense. By Tom Ricks, Foreign Policy Magazine.
http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com

Eurasia Daily Monitor. The Jamestown Foundation.
www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/

Kings of War. United Kingdom.
http://kingsofwar.org.uk/

Marine Corps Gazette Blog
http://mcgazette.blogspot.com

Max Boot. Military Historian and Foreign Policy Analyst.
http://maxboot.net/articles.html

Steven Pressfield Online
www.stevenpressfield.com


Dormant Blogs about Afghanistan and Military
No longer updated or active

Afghan Blue III. A National Guard Soldier on his third tour in Afghanistan provides insight into his Afghan experience. Serving on an SFAT as an advisor to an Afghan Border Police (ABP) unit. (Last entry 2013).
http://afghanblue.com/

AfghaniDan, Part II. A young man's strange, erotic journey. (last entry 2014)
http://afghanidan.blogspot.com/

At War. New York Times Blog.
https://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/

Bouhammer's Blog. Defense, military, and a little on Afghanistan.
www.bouhammer.com

Central Eurasia Standard. All Things Central Asia. (last entry 2014)
https://cestandard.wordpress.com/

Afghan Journal. Reuters. Last entry 2011. Deleted from the Internet.

Afghan Quest. Blogging about a country ten minutes out of the stone age. (last post 2012). Now posting under Afghan Blue III.
http://afghanblue.com/

Afghanistan. Foreign Policy Blog Network of the Foreign Policy Association. An exploration of Afghan domestic and international politics. (Last entry December 2013).
http://afghanistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/

Afghanistanica. "An exploration of Afghanistan from a safe distance". Last blog post was 2009. Now marked "No Longer Available".
https://afghanistanica.wordpress.com/

A Handful of Dust. On Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, and Whatever Else We Might Fancy. Three Army LTs and two grad students blog on the war. (No longer available.)

Afghan Adventure. Bill and Bob's Excellent Afghan Adventure. A citizen-solider blogs about his time in Afghanistan as a member of a Police Mentor Team (PMT). Circa 2006-2009. (Last entry 2009).
http://billandbobsadventure.blogspot.com/

Afghan Regional Security Integration Command - South. Training, Mentoring, and Advising the ANSF in support of OEF. (Last entry December 2008.)
https://arsicsouth7.wordpress.com/

Afghanistan Without a Clue. A blogger posts about his one-year tour. (Circa 2006, no longer online).

Captain Cat's Diaries. A "peace builder" blogs about lack of progress. (Last post 2011).
https://captaincat.typepad.com/

Checkpoint Kabul. (last entry February 7, 2011).
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/kabul/

Children in Afghanistan. The Afghan Child Project. (Last post 2010).
http://afghaniorphans.blogspot.com/

Circling the Lion's Den. "A glance at the conflict in Afghanistan." (Last entry 2013).
http://circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com

COIN Central. The Counter Insurgency Journal. (last entry 2011).
https://coincentral.wordpress.com

Complex Topics. A civilian trainer of the ANA blogs on Afghanistan. (Last post 2009).
http://complextopics.blogspot.com/

Defense Tech - Afghan Update. Intersection of technology and defense. (Last entry 2013).
http://www.defensetech.org/category/afghan-update/

Embedded in Afghanistan. A military man blogs (2007-2009).
http://bc235.blogspot.com/

Exploring the Heart of Asia. The Narrative of Afghanistan. (Last entry 2008).
https://heartofasia.wordpress.com/

Ghosts of Alexander. Conflict and Society in Central Asia.
http://easterncampaign.com

FaST Surgeon in Afghanistan. 909th Forward Surgical Team. (Last entry 2013).

Free Range International. Outside the wire, inside the loop. A security contractor blogs about the war. (Last post 2012).
http://freerangeinternational.com/blog/

Ghosts of Alexander. Conflict and Society in Central Asia.
http://easterncampaign.com/

Greg Mortenson's Blog. Author of Three Cups of Tea. (Last post 2011).
http://gregmortenson.blogspot.com/

Harry Rud. An aid worker in Afghanistan blogs. (Last post 2010).
https://harryrud.wordpress.com/

Hazaristan Times. A blog by and about Hazaras of Afghanistan. (Last post 2011).
https://hazaristantimes.wordpress.com/

Ink Spots. Blog posts on Afghanistan. (Last post 2012)
http://tachesdhuile.blogspot.com/search/label/Afghanistan

Kabul Perspective. Perspective of a journalist from Kabul. (Last post 2012)
https://kabulperspective.wordpress.com/

Knights of Afghanistan. A security manager blogs about the war. (Last post 2010).
http://knightsofafghanistan.blogspot.com

Michael Huges - Afghanistan Headlines Examiner
www.examiner.com/afghanistan-headlines-in-national/michael-hughes

Miserable Doughnuts. Military members blog on "The Doughnut of Misery". (last entry 2018)
http://miserabledonuts.blogspot.com/

Mudville Gazette. Milblog Headquarters.
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/

[My] State Failure Blog. International Relations and Afghanistan. (last post 2011)
http://statefailure.blogspot.com

Rajiv Srinivasan Blog. (last entry 2012).
https://rajivsrinivasan.wordpress.com

Registan.net. Central Asia News. (with an Afghan tag).
http://registan.net/category/afghanistan/

Rethink Afghanistan
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/

The Afghan Analyst
http://afghanistan-analyst.org

The Kabul Cable. A military man spends a year in Afghanistan (2012-2013); blog by anAfghan Hand. (Taken offline).

Yale Afghanistan Forum. (last entry March 2012).
https://afghanistanforum.wordpress.com

Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping. A Kiwa human rights advocate with time in Afghanistan. "Lessons in life, love and letting go from the mountains of Afghanistan". (Last post 2010).
https://zenpeacekeeping.typepad.com/


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