APPROACH. Walker Kosmidou-Bradley, a geographer on the Afghanistan team in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, had a simple idea: Harness satellite data, open-source digital mapping technology, ...

BAND-E-AMIR NATIONAL PARK, AFGHANISTAN — Big dreams are reflected in the azure-hued shimmer of these pristine mountain lakes: Afghanistan’s quixotic ambitions of becoming a tourist paradise ...

Afghanistan: Security map The Taliban has vowed to disrupt elections in Afghanistan on 20 August and insurgent activity continues to take its toll on civilians and national and international forces.

Map of Afghanistan. I. Summary. ... and the deaths of the police officers highlights continuing problems in this area. Also on July 6, 2008, an airstrike against a “target of opportunity” ...

Our analysis of the threat assessment map relied on data about the size of each of Afghanistan’s nearly 400 districts provided by USAID in Afghanistan and the Afghanistan Information Management ...

Last October, the Bush administration arranged a briefing for aides to Barack Obama and John McCain on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. One of the expert advisers was David Kilcullen ...