Footnotes News in Brief Reporting, Quickly India’s Clampdown on Kashmir Threatens Afghanistan Peace Negotiations Pakistani officials warn Indian military action on the border may derail Taliban–U.S. negotiations in Doha, Qatar. Christopher Jones & Dan Xin Huang
Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News Afghan Election Season Begins With a Deadly Attack and a U.N. Report That Civilian Casualties Are Down As peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban proceed, the U.N. notes that more civilians have been killed by airstrikes than insurgent attacks this year. Christopher Jones & Dan Xin Huang
Social Justice Back to the Long War: Helmand Province Eight Years Later Hundreds of Marines lost their lives in Helmand before troop withdrawal. Christopher Jones returned to see what those lives had been lost to achieve. Christopher Jones
News in Brief Peace Talks Between Afghan Officials and the Taliban Postponed Indefinitely A last-minute cancellation caught Afghan President Ashraf Ghani by surprise. Christopher Jones
Social Justice What Afghan Soldiers Think About U.S. Troop Withdrawal and Taliban Peace Talks Interviews with members of the Afghan military, from generals to recruits, reveal concern about the future ahead. Christopher Jones