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RC East
Leadership Changes in Afghanistan
May 12, 2009 - Institute for t...Sec. Gates and Adm. Mullen discuss the replacement of General David McKiernan with Lt. General Stanley McChrystal
Afghanistan Political Map
Apr 23, 2009 - Institute for t...Afghanistan Political Map
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is a group of fighters whose main area of operation is northeastern Afghanistan, such as the provinces of Kunar, Laghman and Paktia.
Narcotics
Overview
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has played an increasingly important role in virtually all aspects of Afghan society. From 2005 to 2007, opium cultivation nearly doubled, from 104,000 hectares (ha) to 193,000 hectares.1 Production peaked in 2007, resulting in an estimated 8,200 tons of opium, an increase of 34 percent over the previous year.2 There is a symbiotic relationship between the drug trade and the insurgency.
Afghanistan National Army (ANA)
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs)
Overview
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
The Development of ISAF
Regional Command Capital
Demographics and Terrain
Regional Command Capital (RC Capital) comprises Kabul city and fourteen districts of Kabul province: Bagrami, Chahar Asyab, Deh Sabz, Farza, Guldara, Istalif, Kalakan, Khaki Jabar, Mir Bacha Kot, Mussahi, Paghman, Qarabagh, Shakardara, and Sorubi. With an area of 4,462 square kilometers (1,723 sq. miles), Kabul province is slightly smaller than Delaware. The provincial population is 3,450,000,1 and more than two million live in Kabul city.
Regional Command East
Regional Command East (RC East) is comprised of fourteen provinces