1. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

2. By the time Obama left the White House in January 2017, how many troops remained in Afghanistan?
(a) About 19,000.
(b) 9,600.
(c) 11,400.
(d) About 8,400.

3. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) Italians.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Germans.

4. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. When did bin Laden and al-Qaeda declare war aginst the U.S.?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat and new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan write an op-ed in The Washington Post praising the Afghans for holding a traditional assembly to draft a new constitution?

2. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?

3. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?

4. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?

5. How often did Ryan Crocker eat breakfast with Karzai in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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