Afghan War Blog

Forward Operating Base (FOB) SHANK (also known as Tactical Base Shank), located in Logar province (south of Kabul) has been transferred t...

Regional Command East is no longer with us. It has been replaced by Train, Advise, and Assist Command East or TAAC East. The RC had a two-s...

A recent news article paints a worrisome picture of the security situation in the south-eastern sector of Regional Command East (RC East). ...

I am not sure what Regional Command East is calling itself these days. It might be called a "Train Advise Assist Command" or TAAC....

A recent news report provides information on the upcoming offensive that will soon take place in Regional Command East in Afghanistan. Read ...

Laghman Province has reintegrated 223 former fighters, with more than 100 in the first half of March 2012 alone. The success, in part, can ...

The 1st Infantry Division will take over command of Regional Command East in Afghanistan from the 1st Cavalry Division. The switch takes pl...

"CAMP MOREHEAD, Afghanistan— A force of more than 100 Afghan National Army Special Forces, Commandos, U.S. Army Special Forces, and sol...

Nine U.S. Army Soldiers died in the Battle of Wanat in July 2008.  The Army has recently released the historical record (Adobe Acrobat file...

A video is circulating around the blogs about the upcoming decision on whether to withdraw from the Pech River Valley in RC-East (Afghanista...

A lot of commentary has ensued with the release of the Army's version of the Wanat battle in Afghanistan.  Some comments pertain to the ...

The military decision-makers in Afghanistan will be soon deciding on what to do with the Pech River Valley .  Some say the valley is not imp...

The Army's official history of the battle of Wanat - which took place in 2008 in a remote valley outpost along the Pakistan border - is ...

The U.S. military and the Taliban have been fighting for control of the Pech Valley since the introduction of U.S. forces in 2006.  Now it a...

While the fight in the south (Helmand and Kandahar Provinces) appears to be showing coalition gains the same cannot be said of areas of east...

Major General Campbell of the 101st Airborne Division provides some insight on the fight in Regional Command East.  See "Commander Desc...

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Major General Campbell, the 101st Airborne Division commander, has provided an interview on how the war is going in Regional Command East al...

The strategy for securing the eastern portion of Afghanistan from the Taliban revolves around choking the "ratlines" of the Taliba...