Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Afghanistan has been at the epicenter of the war on terror since the attacks of September 11, 2001, after which Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar refused to turn al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden over to the United States.

Afghanistan has been at the epicenter of the war on terror since the attacks of September 11, 2001, after which Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar refused to turn al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden over to the United States.

In the years since, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ work on Afghanistan has featured the reporting of senior fellow Bill Roggio, and his Long War Journal, the definitive source on the whens, wheres, whos and hows of U.S. drone strikes, and the actions of al-Qaeda writ large.

Reporters read and rely on Roggio’s work at prestigious media outlets across the United States, Middle East and South Asia, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, ABC News, Dawn, and the Times of India. U.S. congressional staffers, and many soldiers in the field also follow Roggio’s work religiously.

FDD senior fellow and former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht has a keen understanding of Afghanistan’s various tribal and ethnic constituencies, and the challenges of the coming U.S. military withdrawal.

FDD President Cliff May also pays close attention to the region, to which he has traveled several times on official visits by the U.S. State Department.