4. What percent of Afghan police recruits did a Norwegian official estimate deserted with their government-issued weapons so they could establish checkpoints and rob people?

5. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Pentagon brass tell Trump about withdrawing from Afghanistan?

2. In Chapter 19, why did Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster favor sending additional soldiers back to Afghanistan?

3. In Chapter 16, why was Obama's war strategy failing?

4. How and why did Karzai steal the 2009 election?

5. What corruption erupted after Karzai was reelected, and in what way was the U.S. partially responsible?

6. What opportunities had the U.S. missed to talk peace with the Taliban?

7. What public image did Petraeus and McChrystal have?

8. What problems were there with the plan to rebuild the aging hydroelectric power station at the Kajaki Dam?

9. How did insider assaults increase in 2012?

10. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The U.S. was tasked with the creation of the Afghan army. Why was training so difficult and unsuccessful?

Essay Topic 2

Obama promised to end the war. How and why did he and his administration backpedal on that commitment?

Essay Topic 3

Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and has served as a foreign correspondent, Pentagon reporter, and national security specialist. Why did Whitlock write The Afghanistan Papers?

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