Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.

Has the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan been beneficial? -- U.S. invasion has benefited Afghanistan / Michael Turner -- U.S. invasion has harmed Afghanistan / Faruq Achikzad -- Media underreport progress in Afghanistan / Mary Matalin -- Media underreport failure in Afghanistan / Mike Whitney -- Afghanistan's elections were a benefit of the U.S. invasion / Austin Bay -- Afghanistan's elections were a sham / Peter Symonds -- Has life improved for Afghan women since the U.S. invasion? -- Afghanistan is working toward gender equality / Masooda Jalal -- Afghanistan is not working toward gender equality / Nazir Gul -- Educational opportunities are improving for Afghan women / Laura Bush -- Educational opportunities are not improving for Afghan women / Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan -- Violence against Afghan women has increased / Aisha Ahmad --

How should drug production in Afghanistan be addressed? -- Efforts to end illegal drug production in Afghanistan will succeed / Robert B. Charles -- Efforts to end illegal drug production in Afghanistan will fail / Robert B. Scheer -- Afghanistan should use poppies to produce legal medicines / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Afghanistan should gradually curtail poppy cultivation / Peter Reuter, Victoria Greenfield -- What is the political climate in Afghanistan? -- Afghanistan is an emerging democracy / Condoleezza Rice -- Afghanistan is not a democracy / Mike Head -- Afghanistan is becoming stable / Hamid Karzai -- Afghanistan is unstable / Meena Nanji.