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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
A Clear Blue Sky
(NASA) Today is the 11th. The unwelcome anniversary. Everyone remembers where they were when they heard. I was awoken by a phone call on the day. “The country’s under attack!” the phone said. You wake up rather fast when that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lee's Page
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, air traffic, anniversary, contrails, sky, United States, war, WTC
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A Test for French Will in Afghanistan
In the wake of a horrific magazine spread depicting Taliban fighters showing off war trophies looted from the bodies of French soldiers, President Sarkozy has been predictably and commendably resolute. France isn’t going to run away for a change. Unfortunately … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, Eric de Lavarene, France, French, magazine, NATO, Sarkozy, Taliban
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Bloody Day for Australia
In Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, the Australian army suffers its worst casualties in a single engagement since the Vietnam war, after a Taliban ambush of an SAS patrol.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Afghanistan, army, Australia, casulaties, Oruzgan, patrol, SAS, Taliban, Vietnam war
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Logistically Untenable?
Belmont ClubWe could be forced to entirely revamp our strategy in Afghanistan if the situation in Pakistan continues to deteriorate and the Russians intend to be uncooperative. There are in fact serious concerns that troops in Afghanistan can be cut … Continue reading
Rising Tide of Violence
An excellent visualization of the increase in attacks in Afghanistan’s individual provinces. Broadly, there’s been about a 50% increase in Taliban attacks from last year. An urgent situation, whatever Geoff Morrell thinks.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, attacks, Geoff Morrell, provinces, Taliban, violence
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“Setbacks”
We see this kind of thing in the press all the time: U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. Compounding the military setback, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Media, paratroopers, war
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Support Citizen’s Media: A Challenge Grant
Official friend-of-Registan.net Sean-Paul Kelley, of The Agonist fame, has set forth an offer I simply cannot refuse: He is willing to pitch in $1000, if I can raise the remainder of my costs for going to Afghanistan August 22. That … Continue reading
The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire & Invasion, by Paddy Docherty
This book was written entirely in the passive voice. The passive voice was used to avoid assigning causation or personhood to various events. As a result, we learn that places were invaded, people were slaughtered, armies were founded, but no … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Foreign affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, Books, Central Asia, History, Iran, Pakistan
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Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
Blogging can bring about some amazing opportunities. Through my involvement with Global Voices I’ve had the opportunity to meet some extraordinary people working very hard for the basic right to speak their minds—something I routinely take for granted. It is … Continue reading
Boumediene — The Great Sandbagging
UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you’ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you’re done … but I won’t tell if you won’t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Law, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Boumediene, CSRT, detainees, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Hamdi, Iraq, Law, September 11, U.S. Supreme Court, war
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(Relatively) Measuring Success
This is the most recent of a series of posts on Registan.net where I explore some of the fundamentals of conflict within the tribal areas of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. At the end of this post is a link to the … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged AAF, Afghanistan, COIN, conflict, fundamentals, metrics, propaganda, Success, Taliban, Terrorism, war
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Because Aren’t All Insurgencies the Same?
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal is a frustrating columnist. In April he made the head scratching argument that Khost province in Afghanistan, which has, along with the rest of RC-East, experienced a 36% jump in insurgent attacks over … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, Colombia, FARC, Iraq, ltte, military, Sadr, sadr militia, sri lanka, tamil tigers, wsj, WTF
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A Retreating Periphery
(photo: Mani Babbar) After 9/11 widened Al Qaeda’s ambitious war against most of the world, Osama bin Laden described his own axis-o-evil as being composed of “Crusaders, Zionists and Hindus.” But at some point, without anyone much noticing, that seems … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Europe, geostrategy, Hindus, India, Iraq, Jammu, Jhelum River, Kashmir, Middle East, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, propaganda, religion, Terrorism, Tigris River, United States, war
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Of “Battle Fatigue” and National Caveats
Posted first to Registan.net, your one-stop shop for all things Central Asia, this is a tangent to a really excellent theme I’ve been tracking the past few weeks—the flow of press releases masquerading as journalism from Afghanistan to our largest … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Germans, military, NATO, policy
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The Danger of Funding Thugs
Sure it’s nice when you pay them to pretty please stop attacking us, but what of the consequences? This is the dark side of the CLC/Sons of Iraq/Awakening bandwagon we jumped on, and it’s one I’ve been mocked repeatedly for … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, warlords, WTF Mate
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Why the Taliban Cease Fire Won’t Matter
Published first at Registan.net, this is the culmination of some research I’ve been doing into the nature and history of Pashtun tribal militancy. It draws from a mixture of out-of-print ethnocgraphic and geographic surveys, as well as contemporary news accounts, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History
Tagged Afghanistan, British, History, military, Pakistan, Pashtunistan, Taliban
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Roads, More Roads, and Still More Roads Indeed!
This is the latest post in a running commentary on a new meme to emerge from the PR folks in Afghanistan: the security benefits of building roads. The argument, advanced by a few American reporters and one David Kilcullen, is … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, COIN, gullible, Media, roads
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Forgive the Self-Promotion
I honestly don’t have the time to reformat everything for several cross-posts, so this is a summary of posts at my other blog, Registan.net, where I’ve been discussing some interesting topics related to counterinsurgency and reconstruction in Afghanistan, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Josh's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, COIN, hillary duff, kilcullen, movies, PRTs, reconstruction
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McCain Speaks to Europe
photo: Chris Dunn Spiegel has a typically aggressive (and aggressively European) interview with John McCain today. In many ways it’s an interesting yet disappointing exercise, due to its focus on the perceived past sins of the Bush administration. While much … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Afghanistan, Bush, Clinton, Europe, foreign policy, Germany, global warming, interview, Iraq, John McCain, Kyoto, McCain, multilateralism, negotiation, Obama, unilateralism, war
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Air Mobility for Afghanistan
President Karzai presided over the opening of a new US funded $22 million hanger, for the Afghan military’s growing fleet of aircraft. Of primary focus in acquisitions have been transport helicopters to support army field operations. The plan is for … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, army, Hamid Karzai, hanger, helicopters, Kabul, strike fighters
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Frank Miller’s Geostrategic Theory
Frank Lovece sat down with Frank Miller for Newsday to discuss his upcoming film The Spirit. Toward the end of it Lovece asked Miller about remarks he’d made in 2007 in support of the Iraq War, and offered him an … Continue reading →