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![Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-31-1.jpg)
Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring
By Catherine Putz
The next step may very well be intra-Afghan talks, but the Taliban have spent the first half of the year bludgeoning the Afghan security forces.
![Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-6298867259_1fecf9f4a7_b.jpg)
Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room
By Said Sabir Ibrahimi
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan shouldn’t be treated as simple statistics that no one wants to talk about.
![Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-1200px-afghan_commandos_in_line.jpg)
Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces
By Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi
To make the ANDSF an effective force, there needs to be some drastic changes.
![Decoding Afghan Security Forces' Failures Decoding Afghan Security Forces' Failures](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-9570687188_5bcab6ffab_k.jpg)
Decoding Afghan Security Forces' Failures
By Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi
Afghanistan's woefully unprepared intelligence and security agencies are as much of a problem as cross-border terrorism.
![Afghan Air Force’s A-29s Only Drop ‘Dumb’ Bombs in Air Strikes so far Afghan Air Force’s A-29s Only Drop ‘Dumb’ Bombs in Air Strikes so far](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-09_19-35-32.jpg)
Afghan Air Force’s A-29s Only Drop ‘Dumb’ Bombs in Air Strikes so far
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Until now, Afghanistan’s new A-29 light attack aircraft have only been using unguided bombs against Taliban targets.
![Afghan Air Force’s New Light Attack Aircraft Conducts More than 260 Sorties in Afghanistan Afghan Air Force’s New Light Attack Aircraft Conducts More than 260 Sorties in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
Afghan Air Force’s New Light Attack Aircraft Conducts More than 260 Sorties in Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have flown hundreds of close-air support and training missions since January.
![Afghanistan: Will the Afghan Air Force Make a Difference in the 2016 Fighting Season? Afghanistan: Will the Afghan Air Force Make a Difference in the 2016 Fighting Season?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-13_16-41-49.jpg)
Afghanistan: Will the Afghan Air Force Make a Difference in the 2016 Fighting Season?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Afghan Air Force will, for the first time, deploy new light attack aircraft in its fight against insurgents this year.
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