Ahmad Murid Partaw

Ahmad Murid Partaw is a former Afghanistan Senior National Representative (SNR) to the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) and a graduate of Political Science from the University of South Florida (USF). He is currently teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Hillsborough College in Tampa. His research focuses on AfPak politics and the Middle East. He writes about Afghanistan and Pakistan in Journal of Political Science and Public Affairs, Foreign Policy Journal, The National Interest, IHS Janes, Eurasia Journal, Kabul Times, and Indian Strategic Studies.

The United States Needs a Political Strategy to Win in Afghanistan

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