On 14 Dec the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen said that the insurgents “have a dominant influence in 11 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.”br /Further, they are becoming more effective at using IEDs and small-unit tactics. Mullen said that...
Late last month friendly forces targeted a known Taliban commander. Dowron was the Taliban commander of the Pech River Valley and was taken out with a rocket attack. His tactics included using Afghan civilians as human shields. He attacked Afghans...
Between 20 Aug and 17 Oct more than 30 key insurgents, mostly Taliban and Haqqani network senior leaders, known for leading the planning and executing of deadly attacks directed towards Afghan citizens, government officials, and the military, as...
President Obama said Tuesday he intends to “finish the job” in Afghanistan on his watch and destroy terrorist networks there. The president said he would reveal his decision on how many additional troops to deploy to Afghanistan after...
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...
America’s top military officer described the situation in Afghanistan as “serious and deteriorating,” but refused to say Sunday whether defeating a resilient enemy would require more than the 68,000 American troops already committed. I...
Last week a powerful and controversial Afghan warlord returned from exile in Turkey in what was an apparent attempt by President Karzai to attract ethnic Uzbek voters in this week’s presidential election. Karzai has cultivated several warlords...
Millions of Afghans went to the polls yesterday, defying Taliban threats of violence and occasional terrorist attacks across the country; they were voting for a president in the midst of a worsening war.br /”The Afghan people dared rockets...
Millions of Afghans are expected to vote Thursday for president and provincial councils. The Taliban plans to disrupt the election. US, NATO and Afghan forces will be stationed around the country to help protect the vote, but will not be carrying...