Afghanistan War Commission appoints former CIA official as executive director

The Afghanistan War Commission, a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. Congress, has appointed Jaime Cheshire as its Executive Director.

In a statement, the Commission said that Jaime Cheshire, a former CIA official, will be responsible for leading the Commission’s comprehensive review of key strategic, diplomatic, and operational decisions related to the war in Afghanistan between June 2001 to August 2021.