Sunday, December 21, 2014

Commentator on "Right Thing to Do"

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Captain Robert Newson, a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) officer has penned an article about "doing the right thing" for our Afghan...

Pakistan's Ties to Militant Groups

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While Pakistan is suffering from attacks from Taliban militants it is - at the same time - s upporting Taliban militants attacking Afghanis...

Women on Front Lines - "A Politically-Correct Mistake"

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Some British military figures have condemned the move to allow women to fight on the front line as a "politically-correct mistake"...

ISAF Legal Update on BSA and NATO SOFA

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The ISAF legal office has published an online update and Fact Sheet on the Bilateral Security Agreement and NATO SOFA as it applies to contr...

McCain: A-10 to Stay Awhile

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Senator McCain, the incoming Armed Services Committee chairman, says that the A-10 will be around for a little while longer. Certainly this ...

Review of London Conference

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William Bryd, a development economist and senior expert on Afghanistan at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has wrote an article (...

Good News on Afghanistan

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It is easy to be pessimistic about Afghanistan . We have spent tons of money and many of our military members have lost their lives or suffe...

Bergdahl Investigation Complete

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The final results of the Army's review of the investigation into the capture (desertion) of SGT Bowe Bergdahl is complete. The investig...

Pakistan's False Narrative

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The United States has spent over $28 billion in aid to Pakistan in an effort to assist the Pakistani government and military to confront th...

European Union and Terrorism

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Since 9/11 the European Union has worked hard to strengthen anti-terrorist laws and increase cooperation among member nations in the counter...

Daily News Snippets (Dec 21, 2014)

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Rumor has it that President Ghani has ordered the security ministries (MoI, NDS, and MoD) to report to the national security advisor (H...

Guest Bloggers Wanted

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The  Afghan War News Blog  and the  Afghan War News website  are constantly striving to keep its blog, daily newsletter, and website factual...

Every Day Newsletter

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You can receive the  Afghan War News Daily Newsletter  each day. It should arrive in your e-mail inbox at 5:00 am Eastern Standard Time. It ...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

DoD IG Report - ANA Logistics

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The Department of Defense Inspector General has issued a report (December 19, 2014) entitled Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition E...

CIA Analysis of HVT

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According to a 2009 CIA analysis (it was secret until released by WikiLeaks) raids, drones strikes, and other types of military operations a...

New Afghan Control Center to Coordinate Security

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A new security control center has been (or will be?) established to coordinate security forces and stop the upsurge in insurgent attacks in...

India, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan

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Most insurgencies are not ended through military means alone. When we evaluate the effectiveness of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANS...

Border Problems with Turkmenistan

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It appears that not all  is well along the Afghan-Turkmenistan border . Villagers in the northern Jowzjan province are concerned about encro...

DCGS-A TeT

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The U.S. Army's Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A) is a failed intelligence system that is slowly coming around as a res...
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Daily News Snippets (Dec 20, 2014)

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ISAF's deputy commander, LTG Carsten Jacobson, and other German soldiers visited a children's hospital in Kabul and presented...