Afghan War Blog

If you have spent any time in a war zone then you have run across them . . . or perhaps . . . you are one of them. We are talking about cont...

Paper on NTM-A. Nick Barley has penned an informative history about the training of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He trac...

DynCorp International has been contracted by the U.S. Army to provide advisory and other support services to Afghanistan in the training of...

A-T Solutions  has won the NATO Resolute Support Mission contract to provide advisory and assistance services to support the Resolute Suppor...

Edinburgh International (EI), a security firm based in the United Kingdom, has posted an extensive security analysis of the Kabul area for ...

The Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and the NATO Status of Forces Agreement will cover the military personnel who will work in Afghanist...

A foreign workers compound located in Kabul called "Green Village" was attacked by the Taliban. Four Taliban suicide bombers lost...

Linda Robinson reviews a book entitled The Future of Blackwater and Other Guns for Hire by Anne Hagedorn. The book is in two parts. The firs...

German forces in Afghanistan have recently contracted for civilian contract air with Basta Holdings Corp . The contract has an initial d...

It appears that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) signed by President Ghani will provide protection to U.S. firms and contractors who a...

A recent paper published in Parameters  contemplates the role of contractors in a war zone and the adverse effects the use of contractors ha...

Two civilian contractors (reportedly Americans) were killed in a vehicle borne IED or VBIED in the Kabul area on Monday. The attack took pla...

Link Analysis Diagram An interesting news article on the contribution that contract intelligence workers provide in Afghanistan. Many of...

There are more civilian contractors working in Afghanistan than there are American Soldiers serving there.  More civilian contractors workin...

ATCO Structures and Logistics has been awarded a contract to provide support and utility services to NATO at the Kandahar Airfield.  They wi...

"More private contractors than soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months, the first time in history that corporate...

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have provided huge profits to those firms willing to operate in a war zone.  These firms are needed and pro...