# Multimedia Multimedia --- - [Podcasts](/podcasts) - [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video) - [Video Series](/search/category/video-series) - [Events](/multimedia/events) Download: [ Video ](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/82d1ab16-fabb-4032-9498-0931f2a2c223/9ccf21c1-891b-4c5a-8f95-a48081bd1e77/main.mp4) [ Video ](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cpf-12-11-08.mp4) [ Audio ](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2008/cpfa-12-11-08.mp3) Events • December 11, 2008 # Afghanistan Seven Years Later Seven years after the invasion of Afghanistan, coalition troops are no closer to winning the war against the Taliban. With security getting worse and a violent insurgency raging in western Pakistan, can the “war on terror’s” central front be won? Will a heavier combat presence, endorsed by President-elect Barack Obama, provide a solution or contribute to the widening problem? Please join us for an in-depth discussion on this critical and turbulent region, and what the next administration can do to save this deteriorating mission. [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). ##### Featuring ##### Said T. Jawad ##### Akbar Ahmed ##### Caroline Wadhams [![Ted Galen Carpenter Cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2022-08/Ted-Galen-Carpenter-cropped.jpg?itok=MxeiGDTG)](/people/ted-galen-carpenter) ##### [Ted Galen Carpenter](/people/ted-galen-carpenter) Former Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [![innocent-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2020-05/innocent-cropped.jpg?itok=ewvdfd08)](/people/malou-innocent) ##### [Malou Innocent](/people/malou-innocent) Adjunct Scholar [ ](https://twitter.com/malouinnocent) [ ](mailto:malouinn@gmail.com)