The Afghanistan War Commission is a bipartisan legislative commission established to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021.[1] This commission was formally authorized as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.[2]
The commission will spend four years studying all aspects of the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, including military operations, the efforts of non-military government organizations, and the cooperation between those actors. The commission will draft a report of its findings, styled after the 9/11 Commission Report.
Members
The following four members of this commission were nominated by the Congressional Armed Services Committees:[3][4]
Colin Jackson, chair of the Naval War College's Strategic and Operational Research Department
Luke Hartig - President of National Journal Research, former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council under the Obama administration
Laurel Miller - Former acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the U.S. Department of State, 2013–2017
Andrew Wilder- Vice president of Asia Programs at United States Institute for Peace, previously served as director of Afghanistan and Pakistan Programs
Anand Gopal - Author of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes
Seth Jones - Previously served as a plans officer and advisor to the commanding general, U.S. special operations forces in Afghanistan (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan)
