Saturday, February 18, 2012

U.S. Intelligence Officials Not so Optimistic on Afghanistan

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A recent news article indicates that U.S. intelligence officials are less optimistic than operational commanders about the how the war is go...

Training for Security Force Assistance Teams for Afghanistan

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The U.S. military will soon deploy to Afghanistan over 1,400 Soldiers who will be split into 18-person training teams.  These training teams...

Talking with the Taliban - Tips on Negotiations

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Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA, has wrote a piece for CNN about negotiating with the Taliban . Some of his suggestions are to no...

A Strategy for Defeat in Afghanistan

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Many Afghan war critics are looking at how the next few years will unfold.  One of them believes that " . . . amid fiscal belt tighteni...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Baad or Baadi in Afghanistan - A Young Girl's Plight

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File this story under "life is harsh if you are a woman in Afghanistan ".  In the rural Pashtun areas of Afghanistan - mostly the ...

Reintegration of Taliban Fighters in Paktika Province Not Working

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Reintegration is an attempt by the Afghan government to reach out to low- and mid-level Taliban fighters to get them to stop fighting and be...

Financing Afghan Security Forces After 2014

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Defense ministers of the NATO alliance met recently (February 2012) to discuss funding of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) beyon...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Indiana Army National Guard Learns Blacksmithing for Deployment to Afghanistan

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A group of Soldiers from the Indiana Army National Guard are attending a one-week long course for blacksmiths. The intent is to teach them s...

Solar Energy Needs in Afghanistan - Heavy Demand by Military

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With modern technology comes better equipment for Soldiers in the field. Unfortunately, all this new, modern equipment requires power. For a...

Night Raids - Are the Afghans Ready to Take Over?

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A constant source of friction between President Karzai and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are the frequent night raids t...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Village Shura in Afghanistan

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Villagers and representatives from the Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army Commandos, and the Afghan Local Police conduct a shura ...

Telemark Bataljonen - Norway Battalion Deployed to Afghanistan

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There are over 42 nations with troops deployed to Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).  One of the mos...

Billions Cut from ANSF Budget - Afghanistan Takes a Money Hit with Defense Budget

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The proposed defense budget will drastically reduce the amount of money spent on training and equipping the Afghan National Security Forces...

Publications about Governance in Afghanistan

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The link below will take you to a website with publications about governance in Afghanistan. http://www.afghanwarnews.info/governancepubs....
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

An Assessment of the Afghan Military

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Strategy Page offers a "good news, bad news" assessment of the Afghan Army.  Read "Why Afghan Officers Prefer Heroin" ...

Agribusiness Development Team Coordinates with MAIL to distribute Fruit Trees in Laghman Province

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An Agribusiness Development Team works with MAIL to distribute fruit tree samplings to Afghan villagers. (NGB photo by SPC Leslie Goble)...

Assessment of the Future of Afghan War After U.S. Departs Afghanistan

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Two military officers with recent experience in Afghanistan wrote an article about a visit to Zabul Province where they spent some time with...

A Critique of the National Solidarity Program (NSP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)

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The president of the Afghan Youth Initiative, Inc. , Matiullah Amin, has wrote a critical piece about the National Solidarity Program (NSP)...

Local Micro Enterprise Solutions for Afghan Women

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Western humanitarian organizations (NGOs and governmental) have a difficult time getting the Afghan government to come around and support pr...

Coalition Troops Prepare for 2014 Departure - As do the Rich Afghans

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The U.S. will withdraw thousands of its troops during 2012 in preparation for the final withdrawal of combat troops in mid-2013. The other c...