Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on 30 Jan 07:
...Gentlemen I hope you can help us understand the way forward. This will be the first of several hearings we will hold on Afghanistan in coming months and you will help us set the stage. What are the key challenges facing the U.S. and coalition military operations, the Afghan government and security forces, and counter-narcotics and reconstruction efforts? And how should these challenges be addressed?

I am pleased to have with us an exceptionally qualified panel of experts. We have Ambassador James Dobbins, who served as the President’s first envoy to Afghanistan following the 9-11 attacks. We have Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, who handled matters involving Afghanistan as the Assistant Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. We have the Honorable Ali A. Jalali, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister until 2005. And we have Doctor Anthony Cordesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who is another one of the country’s top experts on Afghanistan. ...
Amb. James Dobbins, Dir. International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND

Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth, Prof. Practice of International Affairs, GWU

Ali A. Jalali, Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies, NDU

Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS