The other war

Despite insurgent violence, President Hamid Karzai is calling for foreign investors to put money in Afghanistan. Midmorning examines challenges to U.S. strategy and reconstruction efforts in the country.

Guests

• Thomas Gouttierre: Dean of international studies and programs and director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He lived and worked in Afghanistan for nearly ten years, and also served as a senior political advisor for the U.N. peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan from 1996-1997.
• Larry Goodson: Chair of the national security department at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is also author of "Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban."

Resources

• About Thomas Gouttierre
• "Afghanistan's Endless War : State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban"
• CIA World Factbook: Afghanistan