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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Recently Released Books, Movies, and Videos about Afghanistan




Video - Progress on Peace and Stability in Afghanistan. The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) held a panel discussion with Afghan National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Thursday, March 22nd. The one-hour long video provides an Afghan perspective to the security challenges in Afghanistan and the path to peace. Very informative.
www.usip.org/events/progress-peace-and-stability-afghanistan

Video - On Standby: Preparing the U.S. Military in Afghanistan to respond to humanitarian operations, Resolute Support HQs, March 22, 2018. A short 1-min video about USAID's Joint Humanitarian Assistance Course (JHOP) taught to U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgJdG1F70XU

Video - Lethal Advantage: Afghan Air Force is ready to strike, Resolute Support, March 22, 2018. This two-minute long video showcases aircraft of the AAF and the munitions personnel that keep the MD-530 and A-29 armed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFmushfxQQQ

Video - Great Teamwork in the First EAP in Northern Afghanistan, Resolute Support YouTube.com, March 24, 2018. TAAC-North provides an Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP) to a brigade of the 209th ANA Corps located in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrjDU1NJF84

Video - Increasing the lethality of the ANDSF from above with support from below, Resolute Support, March 22, 2018. One-minute video highlighting aircraft maintenance workers in AAF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boc4bRwgqoo

Video - 205th Cdr Visits A-10 Unit. MG Eman Nazar, the commander of the 205th Corps (based in Kandahar), recognized eight airmen from the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.
www.dvidshub.net/video/590234/afghanistan-maj-gen-eman-nazar-visits-303rd-efs-airmen

Video - Happy Naw Roz 1397. Resolute Support Commander General John Nicholson wishes the Afghan people a happy Naw Roz. (RS HQs, Mar 20, 2018, 1 min).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCetW24pcw

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, March 11, 2018

Books, Movies, and Videos on Afghanistan




Book Review - Blindsided by the Taliban. Steve Leonard, a former senior military strategist and now a writer on national security, has reviewed Carmen Gentile's book Blindsided by the  Taliban: a Journalist's Story of War, Trauma, Love, and Loss. This non-fiction book is the story of a war journalist hit in the head with an RPG in Kunar province and of his subsequent recovery from physical and emotional injuries. Read the review in "The Moments That Make a War", Modern War Institute, March 6, 2018.

TAAC-W Visited by SACEUR and US Rep to NATO. A 3-min long video features two high-level U.S. officials that visit Herat. (DVIDS, Feb 24, 2018).

Book - Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and  Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan. David B. Edwards, a Professor of Anthropology at Williams College in Massachusetts, has written a book about Afghanistan (University of California Press, 2017) based on his previous life experience in Afghanistan and his continual specialization in the country. Edwards states that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practises associated with sacrifice. Read more about the book (or order online).
www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520294790

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, March 4, 2018

New Books, Movies, and Videos about Afghanistan




Conversation on Afghanistan and Counterterrorism. General (ret) Stan McChrystal and former Secretary of State John Kerry discuss Afghanistan and counterterrorism in this 1 1/2 long video of a panel discussion held at Yale University on February 23, 2018. Kerry was instrumental in the formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) and McChrystal was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan (ISAF).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGA48Lb72_c

Hyena Road Reviewed. A blogger who reviews films, art, and literature about the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts has his way with Hyena Road - a movie about the Canadian Army building a road into the heart of Taliban country just outside of Kandahar. Read his review of the 2015 Canadian film in "Hyena Road: Bullets-and-Bodies or Hearts-and-Minds", Time Now, February 24, 2018.
https://acolytesofwar.com/2018/02/24/hyena-road-bullets-and-bodies-or-hearts-and-minds/

NSA Professor's Latest Book Details the Power of Narratives in Afghanistan. Dr. Thomas H. Johnson, Associate Professor in the Naval Post Graduate School (NPS) Department of National Security Affairs, speaks about his latest book - Taliban Narratives. Johnson says ". . . we have lost the war of the narrative" in this 3-min long video published February 6, 2018 by NPS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajg9ZuLm1hI

Blindsided by The Taliban. A new book is now out by a journalist, Carmen Gentile, who was hit in the head with an RPG fired by Afghan insurgents. He ended up with a severe head injury - losing one eye. Once he recovered from his physical injuries he found that a deep depression had set in. Read his story on how a return to Afghanistan helped him on the road to recovery in Blindsided by the Taliban: A Journalist's Story of War, Truama, Love, and Loss, Amazon.com, March 2018.
www.amazon.com/Blindsided-Taliban-Journalists-Story-Trauma/dp/1510729682

The Breadwinner. National Public Radio reviews an animated film produced by Angelina Jolie - a story about an 11-year-old girl and her family who are struggling to survive in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. (NPR, Mar 3,2018).

ANDSF in the Lead. Resolute Support HQs media center has been quite busy the last several months - pumping out on average 2 to 3 short (1-3 minutes long) videos each week about how well things are going in Afghanistan. (Not that things are going well . . . but what are they supposed to say - "Things really are not so good"?). At any rate, one of the newer videos implies that the Afghan security forces are in the lead - so things must be better, right? Ummm. The Afghan National Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) have been in the lead since 2014 if not earlier. "Afghans in the lead" has been a phrase in the headlines by ISAF and now RS for quite some time. But just in case you forgot . . .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWiIc8jHFlU

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, February 25, 2018

Videos and Movies about Afghanistan


Preparing for the Future: First Afghans Graduate NATO Course, Resolute Support, February 20, 2018. Members of the ANDSF graduate from the first class of the "Introduction to Operational Planning Course".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pz4zax5KVg

The Best Way Forward in Afghanistan, Middle East Institute, February 16, 2018. A 1 1/2 hour long panel discussion with expert participants discuss Afghanistan and its future. Panel members include Vanda Felbab-Brown (Senior Fellow of The Brookings Institution), Christopher Kolenda (Fellow of the New American Security), Ahmad Majidyar (MEI Fellow), Ambassador (Ret) Ronald Neumann (former ambassador to Afghanistan), and Marvin Weinbaum (MEI Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies).
www.mei.edu/events/best-way-forward-afghanistan

Apache Helicopter Afghanistan Refuel, 59th Aviation Troop Command, February 15, 2018. One-minute long video showing two AH-64 Apache helicopters with Task Force Marauder stop to refuel at FOB SHORAB. The TF provides medevac, air transportation, over-watch support, and FARP operations for TAAC-West.
www.dvidshub.net/video/585371/apache-helicopter-afghanistan-refuel

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, February 18, 2018

Movies and Videos about the Afghan War


Camp Commando, Afghanistan. A Slovakian Special Forces soldier talks about his job training Afghan SOF in Afghanistan. (2-min, Resolute Support, Feb 15, 2018).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp76xyuTBA

RS Cdr Visits TAAC-East, Resolute Support, February 12, 2018. General John Nicholson visited Train, Advise, and Assist Command East where he discussed (in this 1-min long video) the recent attacks by the Taliban in Kabul.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn-MfISciEU

Can Economic Interventions Reduce Violence? New Evidence from Kandahar, New America Foundation, February 16, 2018. A new report from Mercy Corps and the Political  Violence FieldLab at Yale University is discussed. (video is 1 1/2 hours long).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAsCvXX1aCU

Afghan Special Mission Wing: Wings of the Commandos, NSOCC-A, February 11, 2018. This short (30 sec) video features the 777 Squadron of the Afghan Air Force.
www.dvidshub.net/video/584170/afghan-special-mission-wing-wings-commandos

ANASOC's Cobra Strike Kandaks, NSOCC-A, February 10, 2018. This short video (30-secs) provides information of a newly established unit that belongs to the Afghanistan National Army Special Operations Command.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/584041/commandos-add-firepower-and-mobility-with-cobra-strike-units

Task Force-3 Geronimo Leads the Charge in Force Protection, USFOR-A, February 1, 2018. Short video describes the job of a U.S. Army unit that provides protection to Bagram Air Field (BAF).
www.dvidshub.net/video/584949/task-force-3-geronimo-leads-charge-force-protection

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, February 11, 2018

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan


Afghan Police Women Driving School, Resolute Support, YouTube.com, February 6, 2018. An Afghan policewoman talks about attending a driving course sponsored by Train, Advise, and Assist Command - North.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WGL3KrtYjg

Afghan Star, Tolo TV, February 9, 2018. Watch some music performed by Afghan singers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVqboLvthQ0

Trauma, The Colony Media, January 18, 2018. The two-minute trailer of a Black Hawk MEDEVAC crew saving lives in eastern Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YO7YlZI_bw

A Force to Reckon With, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, February 2, 2018. This 2-minute video highlights the mission of the Czech Republic 9th Force Protection Company providing security to the Bagram Ground Defense Area (BGDA).
www.dvidshub.net/video/582992/force-reckon-with

IP of SMW is Interviewed. An instructor pilot with the Afghan Air Force's Special Mission Wing talks about his job. Posted on DVIDS by Resolute Support HQs, January 8, 2018.
www.dvidshub.net/video/583282/interview-with-first-afghan-special-forces-instructor-pilot-trained-country-english

Directorate S: America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Part I, New America, February 9, 2018. Author Steve Coll presents topics related to his new book. (video starts at 13 min mark).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=or_DRr3_O-U

Directorate S: America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Part II.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkK07tHRmLs


View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, February 4, 2018

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan


Operation Afghanistan: The Role of JBER's Spartan Brigade, KTUU 2, February 1, 2018. A 4-minute long video that explains the role of Train, Advise, Assist Command - East (TAAC East) at Tactical Base Gamberi in Laghman province, Afghanistan.
www.ktuu.com/content/news/Operation-Afghanistan-The-Role-of-JBERs-Spartan-Brigade-472293343.html

The Special Mission Wing: Afghanistan's Special Aviation Unit, Resolute Support, YouTube.com, January 31, 2018. Listen to some tough words from a member of the Afghan SMW in this 30-sec video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ktERoVyDMM

The Afghan Commandos Trying to Beat Back The Taliban, HBO, posted on Vice News YouTube.com, January 29, 2018. (5 mins).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5X8C9RSU9w

Croatian Military Medical Advisor, Resolute Support, YouTube.com, January 28, 2018. This one-minute video features a doctor assigned to Train, Advise, and Assist Command - North who advises at the 100-bed Regional Military Hospital at Camp Shaheen, Mazar-e-Sharif.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g5YiHVXjo4

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, January 28, 2018

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan


Healing Afghanistan's Heroes, Resolute Support, January 22, 2018. (2 mins). A short video that features Kandahar Regional Military Hospital (KRMH).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H77cLPQ8JY

Trauma. Read a review of a documentary about a U.S. Army Black Hawk MEDEVAC crew that debuted on ITunes and Amazon. The documentary is based on filming that took place in 2011 in Afghanistan - the second deadliest year for coalition forces since the start of the war. "Afghan War Documentary 'Trauma' Does Justice To The Difficult Job of Combat Medic"Task and Purpose, January 19, 2018.

Movie - 12 Strong. On January 19, 2018 a new movie was released across the U.S. depicting the exploits of a 12-man Special Forces Operational Detachment - Alpha (SFODA) that entered Afghanistan by helicopter shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Once inserted into northern Afghanistan the men mounted horses and rode into battle with the warlord Dostum to capture Mazar-e-Sharif. Read more in "Movie - 12 Strong - the Horsemen of Northern Afghanistan", SOF News, October 17, 2017.

Controlling the Air in Mazar-e-Sharif. Resolute Support, January 5, 2018. A Hungarian air traffic controller talks about her advising duties at Mazar-e-Sharif with TAAC-North.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4RU5G6tJ68

Afghan Commandos have a Message for the Taliban, Resolute Support, January 2, 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0XhCsZj8Yw

Georgian Ranger Company Keeps RS HQ Safe Day and Night, Resolute Support, YouTube.com, December 17, 2017.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7thNZdnjNvc

Back to the Future in Afghanistan? 1 1/2 hour long video of a panel discussion that examines if U.S. and Russia can cooperate in Afghanistan. Panelists include Barnett Rubin, and Dr. Ekaterina Stepanova, Dipali Mukhopadhaya. Posted by The Harriman Institute at Columbia University on October 30, 2017.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSzyIsyrC4

Afghan National Army Signal School, Resolute Support, August 6, 2017. A short 3-min video of classroom instruction at the Afghan signal school at Camp Shaheen in Mazar-e-Sharif.
www.dvidshub.net/video/580800/afghan-national-army-signal-school-b-roll

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, December 10, 2017

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan


Afghan Air Force A-29 Take-off and Landing, DVIDS, December 4, 2017, (3 mins).
www.dvidshub.net/video/570408/afghan-air-force-29

Airstrikes on Taliban Narcotics Facilities, CENTCOM, Dec 7, 2017.
www.dvidshub.net/video/571359/us-navy-f-18-super-hornets . . .

Doubling the Afghan Commando Force, Resolute Support HQs, December 6, 2017.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_Dkxu2SKk

View a list of videos about Afghanistan.


Sunday, December 3, 2017

Videos and Movies about Afghanistan



Mentoring at the Afghan Officers Academy, Resolute Support YouTube.com, November 24, 2017. A British Army officer describes his job ANA Officer Academy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkzxc0vpfo0

Ghani at Heart of Asia Conference, ARG1880, YouTube.com, December 1, 2017. President Ghani presented remarks at the 7th Conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZZeClE9bbI

A Letter to the President. Mujib Mashal reviews a new movie that has been submitted to the Oscars as Afghanistan's candidate for best foreign language film. Read his review: "In Her Film About Afghan Life, the Woman Slaps Back", The New York Times, November 26, 2017.

Commando Force 333: Undefeated, Resolute Support, December 1, 2017. General Nicholson, commander of RS, speaks to members of Commando Force 333 after seeing them demonstrate their capabilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeYRUuivhg

Herat Mountain Warfare Graduation, Resolute Support YouTube.com, November 27, 2017. This short video highlights the establishment of a Mountain Warfare Training Center in Herat province with assistance from the Italian Alpini - considered some of the best mountain troops in the world. The advanced training center was developed to help Afghan security forces practice advanced mountain warfare techniques and urban combat skills.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elD1fx08lhY

The Breadwinner. An article about a movie now released about a young Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy to make money for her family. (The Chronicle Herald, November 23, 2017).


Sunday, November 26, 2017

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan




First Afghan Black Hawk Pilots soon to Graduate, Resolute Support Hqs, posted on YouTube.com, on November 16, 2017. (2-min video explains the training program for AAF pilots).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k882GyV_pi8

NATO Ambassador to Afghanistan on Future Elections. Ambassador Zimmermann, NATO's Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, talks about future elections. He says the international community will assist in conducting credible elections.  (Resolute Support, November 21, 2017).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQ3nySI8Rg

TAAC-West Camp Zafar security force assistance. Camp Zafar, Afghanistan, November 13, 2017. A short video recording of a meeting between Italian advisors and the ANA at Train, Advise, Assist Command - West in Herat province.
www.dvidshub.net/video/567413/taac-west-camp-zafar-security-force-assistance

Master Sgt. Broadnax SFAB Testimonial, 50th Public Affairs Detachment, November 2, 2017. The 1st SFAB will soon deploy to Afghanistan. MSG Alfredo Broadnax, signals NCO, describes his experience with the unit.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/567605/master-sgt-broadnax-sfab-testimonial

The Breadwinner. An animated film produced by Angelina Jolie is based on a children's novel by Deborah Ellis. The film tells the story of an 11 year old girl named Parvana who lives in Kabul. (The Mary Sue, Nov 21, 2017).


Sunday, November 19, 2017

Videos and Movies about Afghanistan




First Afghan Black Hawk Pilots soon to Graduate, Resolute Support Hqs, posted on YouTube.com, on November 16, 2017. (2-min video explains the training program for AAF pilots).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k882GyV_pi8


Sunday, November 12, 2017

Videos and Movies about Afghanistan




"A Game Changer". In this 30-second video posted by Resolute Support on their YouTube.com account General Nicholson, the commander of Resolute Support, says 2018 will be different. He states that the ANA Commandos, Special Police Units, and the Afghan Air Force will be taking the fight to the Taliban. Published on November 11, 2017.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIe1YDUYM_I

"No Greater Love". A documentary directed by an Army chaplain who served in Afghanistan provides a look at the members of a U.S. Army battalion and their experiences during a 2010-2011 deployment to Afghanistan. (Variety, Nov 9, 2017).

NATO JTACs. A French Joint Terminal Air Controller describes how she calls in fire support for ground troops in "She Has the Firepower", NATO, November 6, 2107.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n01QT4c9Pz4

"Special Operations Soldiers". The U.S. Army has posted a video (Nov 6, 2017) about U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) on its YouTube.com site. A 1 1/2 minute long video with some great shots of ARSOF conducting training events.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-pIdRvXCa4


Sunday, November 5, 2017

Videos & Movies about Afghanistan



"The Breadwinner". US movie star Angelina Jolie is the producer of "The Breadwinner" - which premiered at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, October 20th. The film is about a young girl in Afghanistan who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family. (Variety, Oct 21, 2017).


Sunday, October 29, 2017

Movies and Videos about Afghanistan


New Deputy Commander at Resolute Support, Resolute Support, YouTube.com. October 26, 2017. British Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell joined Resolute Support as the deputy commander on October 25, 2017 replacing Italian Lieutenant General Rosario Castellano.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TVO0hc0VVU


"The Breadwinner". US movie star Angelina Jolie is the producer of "The Breadwinner" - which premiered at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, October 20th. The film is about a young girl in Afghanistan who disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family. (Variety, Oct 21, 2017).


Sunday, October 22, 2017

Videos about Afghanistan


Resolute Support Mountain Warfare Training Center - TAAC-W. A quick video produced by Resolute Support HQs in Kabul depicts the mountain warfare training that is taking place at Train, Advise, and Assist Command - West (TAAC-W) in Herat, Afghanistan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfejjGhTc8g


Sunday, October 15, 2017

Videos about Afghanistan


Testimony Before Senate about Afghanistan. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and General Joe Dunford testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on October 3, 2017. The video is 1 1/2 hours long.
www.dvidshub.net/video/555471/mattis-dunford-testify-before-senate-armed-services-committee-part-1

Afghan Air Force Black Hawk Ceremony, DVIDS, October 9, 2017. Resolute Support HQs and the Afghan government staged a ceremony celebrating the transfer of the first of 159 UH-60 Blackhawk utility helicopters to the Afghan Air Force (AAF). (1-min long).
www.dvidshub.net/video/556924/afghan-air-force-black-hawk-ceremony


Sunday, October 8, 2017

Videos about Afghanistan


Testimony Before Senate about Afghanistan. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and General Joe Dunford testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on October 3, 2017. The video is 1 1/2 hours long.
www.dvidshub.net/video/555471/mattis-dunford-testify-before-senate-armed-services-committee-part-1


Sunday, October 1, 2017

Videos about Afghanistan


EAPs Prove Vital to ANDSF Success in Helmand, DVIDS, September 21, 2017.
An Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP) is a purpose-built team organized to provide training, advise, and assistance to elements of the Afghan Army and Police below corps or zone level. The EAP provides the opportunity to advisors to train and assist Afghan forces at the brigade and kandak level. The push of advisors to lower levels of the Afghan security forces is part of the new South Asia strategy. www.dvidshub.net/video/553001/eaps-prove-vital-andsf-success-helmand

In the Warlords' Shadow: Village Stability Operations in Afghanistan, New America, September 7, 2017. A book author talks about the Village Stability Operations (VSO) and Afghan Local Police (ALP) programs that reflected a 'bottom-up' strategy to provide security at the local community level. Daniel Green provides a first-hand account of how this initiative functioned in practice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jml53biWOHQ

The Non-Military Components of the United States Strategy in Afghanistan, Center for Strategic & International Studies, September 8, 2017. A panel discussion that explores the importance of a whole-of-government approach to the new strategy for Afghanistan. (1 1/2 hours long).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PSTwdPOLg


Sunday, August 6, 2017

Videos About Afghanistan



Afghan Tactical Air Coodinator - Army Training. The ATACs of 203rd Corps practice their skills at the firing range at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Gardez, Afghanistan with A-29 Super Tucanos. (video by Resolute Support HQs, 3 minutes, July 28, 2017).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBt929LJIo