FORWARD OPERATING BASE LIGHTNING, Afghanistan – At just two months into their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Spartans, are hard at work, alongside their Afghan National Security Force counterparts as they continue to assume responsibility for the defense and security of their nation.
The Spartan brigade is currently tasked with advising and assisting the Afghan National Security Forces. To this end, the brigade has been providing the Afghans with mentorship and support in their effort to develop a capable and comprehensive medical corps. The goal is to establish a unit that can provide care for its personnel, from basic combat life saving skills, to advanced trauma care, consistently throughout Afghanistan.
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/118994/spartans-foster-medical-partnership-with-afghan-counterparts#.UtHg_p5dV8E#ixzz2q8iw3jns
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Accusations of Leaked NIE on Afghanistan
A former high-level intelligence official believes that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) leaked in December 2013 was intentionally put out on the street by White House officials who want to paint a dismal picture of the situation in Afghanistan. The motive behind the leak is to prepare the U.S. public for an eventual "zero option" for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan; meaning that all troops will be removed by December 2014. It is believed that staffers working for Obama want to see the U.S. completely out of Afghanistan as soon as possible and the NIE provided an intelligence report that says the situation is very bad. Is this Iraq all over again? Read the story entitled "Cranked Up Intelligence", Newsweek, January 10, 2014.
What Does 2014 Look Like for Afghanistan?
M. Farshid Hakinyar, the Founding Director of the Afghanistan Organization for Strategic Studies in Kabul has wrote a piece that looks at the transition of security of Afghanistan from ISAF led security to ANSF led security and provides insight on the Bilateral Security Agreement and upcoming April elections. He also examines issues related to governance; citing corruption and the drug trade as serious issues. He highlights problems that occurred in 2013 but also provides examples of progress that has been made in the past year. Read more in "Afghanistan 2013: Security Transition - Analysis", Eurasia Review, January 11, 2014.
Internet Provides a Veil for Women in Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan have made impressive gains since the Taliban have been toppled. These gains could quickly erode over time if the Taliban take power or if a more conservative Parliament comes to power changing the laws that provided women protection. One aspect of society should continue to provide opportunity and protection - and that is the Internet. Read more in "Can Afghan women seek sanctuary in the Internet's virtual veil?", Stars and Stripes, January 12, 2014.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Alpha Omega Services Completes Contract
BSA Needs Signing in 'Weeks' not 'Months'
The White House continues to stress the importance of the quick signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). However, there is no indication that Karzai will sign it. Karzai has stated that he will leave the signing of the BSA to his successor to be decided in the upcoming Afghan presidential elections in April. It would appear that Karzai seems content in the knowledge that the U.S. really won't walk away from Afghanistan prior to April 2014. He also probably has determined that the U.S. and the other ISAF Coalition partners can do 'parallel planning' for both a residual force under the Resolute Support mission and the prospect of a complete withdrawal prior to January 2015. What has become painfully obvious is the lack of leverage that the international community has on Karzai and his cronies! Read more in "White House: Afghan troop deal must be signed in weeks and not months", The Hill Blog, January 6, 2014.
Afghans to Release Taliban Prisoners Despite US Objections
The Afghans will soon release about 88 prisoners held in a detention camp now run by the Afghans. The detention camp at Bagram Air Field was run by the United States but turned over to the Afghans in March 2013. The Afghans are reneging on a promise to the United States not to release any of the hard-core Taliban prisoners who have been detained for attacks against coalition forces. Read more in "US lists crimes of alleged insurgents slated for release in Afghanistan", Stars and Stripes, January 7, 2014.
Friday, January 10, 2014
ISAF Security Force Assistance Guide 2.0
World Wide Augmentation System (WIAS)
Most service members deploy to Afghanistan as part of a unit. However, some deploy as augmentees to units or staffs under the Worldwide Individual Augmentation System (WIAS). WIAS is the primary method for requesting military and civilian augmentation for contingency operations. Units and staffs can request personnel to fill vacancies or to obtain personnel who have certain qualifications that the unit or staff does not have. An example of how an individual position is filled can be seen in the case of an individual augmentee to Task Force Paladin in Afghanistan in "Working as a WIAS", DVIDS, January 5, 2014.
State Department Bungles Visas for Afghan Interpreters
The U.S. State Department has not covered itself with glory on the issue surrounding the lack of visas processed for Afghan interpreters under the Special Immigrant Visa program. If you read the State Department website you would think everything is under control and proceeding nicely.
Read a recent news column on how well (or badly) the State Department is doing with the processing of visas for Afghan interpreters and translators in "Support Afghans who helped U.S. soldiers", USA Today, January 3, 2014. The quote above comes from a statement on the State Department website found at the following link. http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3738.html. Perhaps the bureaucrats working on the approval committee for visas at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul should visit the website and read the above statement.
"Across the U.S. government, every effort is being made to ensure qualified applicants are processed in a timely fashion before the Afghan program's scheduled end date."
That is just a bucket full of HORSE MANURE!
Read a recent news column on how well (or badly) the State Department is doing with the processing of visas for Afghan interpreters and translators in "Support Afghans who helped U.S. soldiers", USA Today, January 3, 2014. The quote above comes from a statement on the State Department website found at the following link. http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3738.html. Perhaps the bureaucrats working on the approval committee for visas at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul should visit the website and read the above statement.
Recommended Books for Afghan Deployments
A recent post on the "War On The Rocks" blog provides recommendations for books to read prior to an Afghan deployment. The blog post is entitled "Rebooting Country Studies" (published December 31, 2013) and discusses in general the types of books required by individuals studying a world region or country (possibly in preparation for a deployment). Within the context of the article are some books that are recommended if one is inclined to learn a little about how Afghanistan works. The books are by (you have to go to the middle of the article to read this) Taminm Ansary and include West of Kabul, East of New York and Games Without Rules: the Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Afghanistan Seeks Military Equipment Upgrades
Special Forces Officer Assignments
Two Special Forces officers have received new assignments. MG Chris Haas and COL Kurt Sonntag have been picked for new positions - the announcement coming from the Chief of Staff of the Army (see link to news story below). MG Hass will be the Director of Force Management and Development at the U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. His previous assignments include commander of SOCAFRICA, CFSOCC-Afghanistan, and US Army Special Forces Command. COL Sonntag has been a long-time member of the Special Forces community and has been selected for the rank of brigadier general to be Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16468
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16468
The U.S. Should Process Visas for Afghan Interpreters
The United States Department of State is taking the low road in the implementation of granting visas to Afghan interpreters who served side-by-side (or Shona-ba-Shona) with their U.S. counterparts for a number of years. With the war winding down (at least for the U.S.) the need for employing the interpreters diminishes. In addition, many of these interpreters are at risk of retaliation from the insurgents because they assisted the United States. Congress approved a visa program for the interpreters but the State Department has dragged their feet. Evidently the problem resides within the U.S. Embassy in Kabul where a small committee of bureaucrats who spend much of their time sipping "tea" at the "duck and cover" are taking their sweet time processing visas. Many times they just stamped "rejected" on the application with no explanation of why the visa was rejected. This is definitely not the way we should treat loyal allies. Secretary Kerry needs to get involved and fix this mess. Read more in "Afghan translators deserve special visas - and fast", The Washington Post, January 2, 2014.
Drug Trade Could Cause Splinter of Afghanistan
The export of opium from Afghanistan to Central Asia, Europe and other locations has reached an all-time high in 2013. There is no reason to think that this rise in the Afghan drug trade will subside in 2014. Almost all areas of the Afghan society is involved in the illicit trade of drugs to include the police, government officials, and the Taliban. There is concern that as foreign aid dwindles that even more segments of Afghan society will turn to the drug trade for financial gain and that this uptick in the drug trade will create more competition and cause the formation of a fragmented criminal state. Learn more about the Afghan drug trade in "Drug trade could splinter Afghanistan into fragmented criminal state - UN", The Guardian, January 5, 2014.
India Interested in Afghan Hajigak Iron Ore Mines
India may soon sign a contract with the Afghan government for the development of the Hajigak iron ore mines. The deal was offered to a consortium led by the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) a few years back. Read more in "Afghanistan keen to ink mining contract with India", SME Times, December 24, 2013.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Afghan Hand Advises Director of Kandahar International Airport
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| Photo by 1SG Mary Williams |
Afghans to Release Detainees Over US Objections
Afghanistan has given approval for the release of 80 or more detainees that were formerly held in the U.S. detention center in Bagram. The detainees are now under the control of the Afghans and may be released due to "lack of evidence". The underlying issue is the lack of an Afghan willingness to adopt an option for non-criminal military detention; relying instead on prosecution under criminal law. The Afghans, of course, are doing exactly what we have been advising them to do over the past several years - to conduct warrant-based arrests and prosecutions of insurgents in the criminal court system utilizing a "Rule of Law" approach to defeating an insurgency. Of course, it should be mentioned that the Afghan justice system is incredibly corrupt, not very well established, and terribly inefficient. And then . . . there is also the Afghan police which is problematic at best. So on one hand the U.S. wants to instill within the Afghans a "Rule of Law" approach to fighting the insurgency and insurgents (treating them as criminals) but on the other hand we want to keep some detainees in confinement and subject to "a law of war detention" environment. Read a more detailed account of this situation in "Afghanistan on Verge of Releasing 88 Former US-Held Detainees, Over US Objections", Lawfare Blog, January 2, 2014.
Regional Artillery Training Center Opens in Zabul
The 205th Corps in RC South recently opened its Regional Artillery Training Center in Zabul province. The training site is located at Camp Eagle and will offer training in all areas of field artillery. The main gun of the Afghan National Army is the 122mm D-30 Howitzer. Read more in "First artillery training center unveiled in Afghanistan", DVIDS, January 3, 2014.
Afghan Election Recommendations for the U.S.
2014 will be a very important year for the Afghans. In the security arena the Afghan National Security Forces will be on their own. Many of the ISAF combat enablers (fires, MEDEVAC, logistics, intelligence assets, and others) provided to the ANSF during 2012 and 2013 will have been downsized due to the withdrawal of the Coalition combat troops. The economy will suffer a downward trend as foreign aid diminishes and the financial support provided to the Afghan government for its ministries and military is reduced. Confidence in the Afghan economy will suffer and many investors may sit on the sidelines to see what 2015 brings. The lack of a signature for the Bilateral Security Agreement poses additional problems; but hopefully someone can knock some sense into Karzai and he will sign.
However, probably one of the most important events to take place that will affect all the factors mentioned above is the upcoming Afghan elections scheduled for this April 2014. The international community has to on one hand - support the election process and provide some oversight to ensure legitimacy - but on the other hand stay away from the process enough so that it is not seen as meddling.
The Director of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Andrew Wilder, has provided five recommendations that the U.S. should follow in regards to the Afghan elections. These recommendations include making the Afghan elections a top priority, an appointment of a U.S. official with ambassadorial rank to oversee focus on the elections, avoid endorsing or supporting any specific candidate, actively support the media and civic education efforts, and work with Afghanistan's regional partners to improve the election environment.
Read more in "Looking Ahead: Why 2014 Will Be A Huge Year for Afghanistan", KGOU (NPR), January 2, 2014.
However, probably one of the most important events to take place that will affect all the factors mentioned above is the upcoming Afghan elections scheduled for this April 2014. The international community has to on one hand - support the election process and provide some oversight to ensure legitimacy - but on the other hand stay away from the process enough so that it is not seen as meddling.
The Director of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Andrew Wilder, has provided five recommendations that the U.S. should follow in regards to the Afghan elections. These recommendations include making the Afghan elections a top priority, an appointment of a U.S. official with ambassadorial rank to oversee focus on the elections, avoid endorsing or supporting any specific candidate, actively support the media and civic education efforts, and work with Afghanistan's regional partners to improve the election environment.
Read more in "Looking Ahead: Why 2014 Will Be A Huge Year for Afghanistan", KGOU (NPR), January 2, 2014.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
IO - Discredited Tool or User Failure?
Afghan Border Police Need More Medical Training and Supplies
The Afghan Border Police or ABP work in the most remote parts of Afghanistan. When an ABP member is wounded or injured he is miles and hours (sometimes days) away from the nearest medical facility. With the number of MEDEVACs performed by Coalition rotary wing aircraft for the ANSF in a steep decline a great percentage of the wounded die. SFAATs advising the ANSF in the North of Kabul (NoK) area of Afghanistan along the Afghan-Pakistan border are providing medical training to the ABP so they can administer first aid prior to evacuation to a medical facility. Learn more in "Turning border police into lifesavers in Afghanistan's remotest places", Stars and Stripes, January 1, 2014.
Opium Poppy Cultivation Surges in Afghanistan
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has grown for the third straight year and Afghanistan is now the number one producer of opium crops in the world. Learn more in "Afghanistan's opium crop sets new records", Stars and Stripes, December 30, 2013.
Afghan Special Forces Training with Indian Army
57 members of the Afghan Special Forces trained with elite members of the Indian Army in India during the month of December 2013. The training events include counter-terrorism, use of specialized equipment, heliborne operations, combat shooting, and other activities. For more on this see "Indian, Afghan spl forces in first jt counter-terror exercises", Business Standard, December 19, 2013.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Rail Lines to Boost China Trade Along New Silk Road
Afghan Government Revenues Fall Short
The effect of Afghanistan's economy slowing down has caused the domestic government revenues to fall short by 20%. Read more in "Afghan government revenues 20 percent short of target", Reuters, January 5, 2014.
SFAAT Advising in Parwan Province, Afghanistan
A Security Force Advise and Assist Team or SFAAT is now advising provincial officials and members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in Charikar - the capital city of Parwan province, Afghanistan. The SFAAT is from 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. In addition, to Parwan, the SFAT also advises in Kapisa province just to the east. Learn more about the SFAAT mission in "2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment adds new location to advising mission", DVIDS, December 30, 2013.
Karzai Responds to Pessimistic Intel Report
President Karzai has responded to a pessimistic National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that states Afghanistan will not do well past 2014 if the Bilateral Security Agreement is not signed. Read more in "Afghanistan rejects grim U.S. intelligence forecast as baseless", Reuters, December 30, 2013.
Pashtun Tribal Dynamics by Tribal Analysis Center (Oct 09)
The Tribal Analysis Center published in October 2009 a document entitled "Pashtun Tribal Dynamics". If you work in an area of Afghanistan in a Pashtun dominated area this reference could be very informative and help you understand the many characteristics of the Afghan tribes and specifically the Pashtun tribes, clans, and villages. The document is an Adobe Acrobat PDF and can be accessed at the link below.
www.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-TAC/Pashtun%20Tribal%20Dynamics.pdf
www.tribalanalysiscenter.com/PDF-TAC/Pashtun%20Tribal%20Dynamics.pdf
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Corruption - A Plague on Afghanistan
Prospects for an Afghan 2014
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has published an "Expert Roundup" entitled the "Prospects for Afghanistan in 2014" dated December 18, 2013. The "experts" are well-renowned in their field and all have considerable experience with Afghanistan. They include Graeme Smit (International Crisis Group), Seth Jones (RAND Corporation), Nader Nadery (Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit), Clare Lockhart (Institute for State Effectiveness), and Daniel Markey (Council on Foreign Relations). These five experts weigh in on a variety of topics to include the drop-off in aid, Afghan elections in 2014, inability of the ANSF to secure the country, a looming economic downturn, and the continued meddling of Pakistan with its support of Afghan insurgent groups. You can read the article at the below link:
www.cfr.org/afghanistan/prospects-afghanistan-2014/p32094
www.cfr.org/afghanistan/prospects-afghanistan-2014/p32094
Afghan TV Resembles U.S. TV in Election Campaign
A recent news article compares the Afghan TV coverage of the upcoming 2014 Afghan elections with that of U.S. TV coverage of U.S. presidential campaigns. There are a lot of similarities. Read more in "Why Afghanistan's election campaign may look familiar to American TV viewers", NBC World News, December 28, 2013.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Molson Air - Helicopter Support in Afghanistan
Insurgency Likened to Disease in Body
In a unique perspective on counterinsurgency, Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of ISAF, likened an insurgency to a disease affecting the body. In the article he is quoted as saying that an insurgency, in the beginning, is not really noticed - just as a disease is not viewed as serious in its beginning stages. He then adds that sometimes COIN practices are not implemented soon enough to seriously combat the insurgency. This, of course, is a direct parallel to the history of the U.S. involvement in conducting counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. Read the article in "General Says Counterinsurgency Like Immune System", Epoch Times, December 23, 2013.
Re-engagement with Afghan Forces in South
It would appear that the Coalition in Regional Command South have re-thought the concept of letting the ANSF stand on their own - pulling back enablers such as fire support, MEDEVAC, intelligence assets, etc. The ANSF took a beating this past fighting season, suffered heavy casualties, lost soldiers to desertion, and gave up physical terrain that was hard-fought for in earlier years by ISAF. Now commanders are thinking we should re-engage with the ANSF so that they can reset their forces, fight a winter campaign and then be ready for the spring fighting season which will likely start one month earlier based on the Taliban trying to disrupt the April 2014 elections. Read more in "Eyeing election, US commanders re-engage with Afghan forces", Stars and Stripes, December 28, 2013.
NIE on Afghanistan
A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan was issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The purpose of NIEs is to warn about potential issues related to U.S. foreign policy. This latest NIE on Afghanistan predicts that gains made in Afghanistan in recent years will erode significantly over the next several years. Read more about the NIE in "Afghanistan gains will be lost quickly after drawdown, U.S. intelligence estimate warns", The Washington Post, December 28, 2013.
Friday, January 3, 2014
MRAPs: Surplus Cut Up for Scrap in Afghanistan
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| Photo SPC Andrew Baker (18 March 2013) |
India Pursuing Stronger Links with Afghanistan
With the coming of December 2014 (withdrawal of vast majority of ISAF troops) and prospects of diminished aid Afghanistan will need to rely more on regional partners in the South Central Asia area. While there are plenty of nations that are located near the border Afghanistan - it would be difficult to label them as "partners". One nation does fit the "future partner" category and that is India. India and Afghanistan have improved their ties with each other slowly and carefully but in an ever more positive direction. Of course, this is all taking into consideration the Pakistan-India dispute - so there is a delicate balancing act on India's part. Read more in "India Pursues Greater Military, Economic Links with Afghanistan", DefenseNews, January 2, 2014.Cost of Human Terrain Teams (HTTs)
According to newly released budget figures the U.S. military has spent a lot of money ($746M since 2007) on sending social scientists (as members of Human Terrain Teams or HTTs) to work in Iraq and Afghanistan. The HTTs are part of the overall Human Terrain System (HTS). The program had a rough start in attracting qualified personnel in its developmental period and initial fielding. In addition, there were early charges of mismanagement and corruption. Those problems seem to have been ironed out and the social scientists have been value added in the fight in both Iraq and Afghanistan by providing continuity to brigades that are newly arrived in the battle space and with the perspective of the battlefield environment in terms of the human dimension. However, the program continues to have its critics -especially in this time of austerity where every dollar is being scrutinized (well, not exactly - many of our expensive and unneeded weapons systems hardly get a glance). Read more about opposition to this valued program from members of Congress in "Military social sciences tab up to $726M since '07", USA Today, January 2, 2014.
Justice and Injustice in Afghanistan
The concept of justice in Afghanistan held by the U.S. military and the Afghan population differ greatly. While the U.S. has a very formalized justice system the Afghans have a less formalized system. The Afghan formal justice system is still developing (and still very corrupt); however, the Afghans have an informal justice system that works on the local level. A writer, Morwari Zafar, examines the differences in a recent article in Foreign Policy entitled "U.S. (In)justice in Afghanistan" published on January 2, 2014. She cites the Panjwei district massacre as an example of how the U.S. and Afghan justice systems are at odds with each other.
Karzai Plan to Release Prisoners Puts BSA in Doubt
President Karzai is planning on releasing some detainees (approximately 86) currently held at the Bagram detention center located north of Kabul. This planned release is over the objections of the ISAF Coalition and is putting the Bilateral Security Agreement process into further jeopardy. The Karzai administration states that many of the detainees are innocent as there is not enough evidence to hold them. Read more in "Karzai is Warned Over Release of Detainees", The New York Times, January 2, 2014.
ANA National Engineer Brigade Bringing New Capabilities
A newly formed unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) is bringing new engineer capabilities to include drilling and bridging. The National Engineer Brigade or NEB will be based at Camp Ghazi in Kabul, Afghanistan. The National Engineer Brigade is advised by an Engineer Brigade Advise and Assist Team (EBAAT). Learn more about the NEB and EBAAT in "ANA engineer capability grows as National Engineer Brigade lays out footprint", DVIDS, December 28, 2013.
MRAPs and The Leaving of Ashton Carter
Ashton Carter, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, has left the Department of Defense. However, he leaves behind a lasting legacy which includes his hard work (and others) to push through the MRAP program in a time sensitive manner. Read more in "The Man Behind the MRAP Moves On", At War Blog, The New York Times, November 26, 2013.
ADAPT Training Videos
The United States Department of Agriculture has a training program designed to prepare agricultural advisers who will deploy to Afghanistan. This program is called the Agriculture Development for Afghanistan Pre-Deployment Training or ADAPT. The Stability Institute has posted a number of the ADAPT training videos online and they can be accessed at the link below.
http://stabilityinstitute.com/economic-development/adapt-afghanistan-videos/
http://stabilityinstitute.com/economic-development/adapt-afghanistan-videos/
Thursday, January 2, 2014
The Advisor Role in Afghanistan in 2014
Each ISAF Commander comes into his one year (sometimes a little longer) tour in Afghanistan hoping to carry the football down the road a little further . . . and to shape the war effort as he sees fit. General McCrystal brought in Counterinsurgency, General Petraeus brought with him Population-centric Counterinsurgency and Partnering, General Allen introduced Security Force Assistance, and now General Dunford has now focused ISAF on Functionally-based Security Force Assistance. So what will the small number of troops in Afghanistan be doing in 2014? Well, they will not be doing much fighting (hopefully) and they will be helping the Afghans to be able to sustain their force into the future years as the Coalition presence diminishes even further. A recent blog post spells this out quite clearly for us. See "Future of Advising in Afghanistan", Flashpoint Blog, American Security Project, December 23, 2013.
Hagel to Name Woman as Next Marine Corps Commandant
Rumor has it that the Marines may soon be headed by a female Marine general. Read more in "Hagel Names Woman as Next Marine Commandant", The Duffel Bag, January 2, 2014.
Taliban Plans to Disrupt Afghan Elections
The Taliban is developing plans to disrupt the Afghan elections. If they can project the image that the elections are unfair or not representative or not enough Afghans participated then they can portray the elections as invalid. However, the Taliban need to determine how to disrupt the elections without alienating the Afghan people. Learn more in a recent news article entitled "Taliban conflicted over how to disrupt elections", Army Times, December 20, 2013.
Militias Stand Ready for Taliban Threat in Panjshir Valley
The Panjshir Valley, just north of Kabul, is renowned for being just one of two provinces that never fell to Taliban rule. As Afghanistan moves into the next stage of nationhood the residents of this fiercely independent valley stand ready to put up a fight if the current Afghan government falls to the Taliban. Read more about the stockpiling of weapons and future militia activities in "Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley awaits the next fight with the Taliban", Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2013.
"The Other Front in Afghanistan" by Carlos Terrones
The Stability Institute has put a podcast online about Carlos Terrones' book entitled "The Other Front in Afghanistan. Carlos is an international development practitioner who has worked in international development projects related to good governance and civil society around the world. He is a former member of the Marines and Peace Corps and also worked for USAID. You can access the podcast at the link below.
http://stabilityinstitute.com/economic-development/carlos-terrones-the-other-front-in-afghanistan-stab-podcast/#!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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