Traditionally, Afgan women were invisible and not expected to be anything more than housewives and caregivers. This year, Khawja Omari district women are actively engaged in educating themselves and learning new trades. A venue was created for the...
The murders at Fort Hood, Texas, are a great example of the failure of Political Correctness. My guess is that the murderer, an American born Arab Muslim, was permitted to stay on active duty despite his statements supporting the Islamic terrorists...
A couple of weeks ago Afgan forces captured a bunch of Taliban and also 2600 pounds of black tar heroin. If you didn’t know, heroin is the cash crop for many Afgan citizens. It should be pretty clear that we’re going to have to help the...
I read an article that there are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn’t led to anything...
Finally the president of Afghanistan has agreed with the UN evaluation that he does need to face a run-off in his bid for re-election; it seems that some of the vote counting was, well, irregular. Mr. Obama’s Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that...
”Never before have we asked so much, of so few, for so long,” said retired Army Gen. Jack Keane as he concluded his remarks before the House Armed Services Committee, a reminder of the costs of 8 years of war made before lawmakers and the public...
The Afghanistan National Army Air Corps stood up their second wing at at Kandahar Air Field on 5 Oct. This wing hosts rotary wing aircraft and supports multiple detachments around the region. The primary mission of those transport helicopters is...
In light of the advice given by three of their offices to a couple pretending to be a pimp and his whore–they advised them on how to set up their house of prostitution, avoiding the law, etc. There was so much public outrage that Congress...
President Obama says he won’t walk away from the war in Afghanistan as he faces tough decisions – and intense administration debate – over choices that will certainly define his presidency in his first year as commander in chief.br...
blockquotebr /The Senate rejected an effort by Senator John McCain to force General McChrystal to testify before Congress by mid-November. Defense Secretary Gates said it would be inappropriate for McChrystal to testify on the advice given to the...