Motorcycles serve as a significant force multiplier for the Taliban as it provided maneuverability and stealth.” US Soldier, Wikileaks document. report Key 5DDF8BBF-A953-4168-BE80-956D5 FO DADDS Tracking number: 2008-027-164804-0812 Taliban fighters are currently using Chinese built versions of Honda motorcycles for transportation and launching attacks – or in the case of Mullah Omar, to flee coalition […]
U.S. taxpayers now in the business of subsidizing terror in Afghanistan via construction contracts, according to report
American taxpayers are funding terrorism – that is the conclusion of a new report detailing the fact that the U.S. paid more than $150 million to companies throughout the Middle East that are known links to groups that have helped finance terrorist attacks on US soldiers. This rats nest comprised at least 43 companies based in Afghanistan were found […]
Insider attacks continue in Afghanistan and poppy production and cannabis cultivation has skyrocketed
Insider attacks in Afghanistan continue to occur however but at a much reduced rate from 2012, according to a new Pentagon report. There have been “nine insider attacks against ISAF thus far in 2013 compared to 35 during the same period in 2012”, the report notes. Insider attacks risk “undermining international support for the mission […]
Afghanistan: Talks Falter on Issue of Immunity for American Troops
By Hafizullah Gardesh Afghan analysts say the security pact on which Afghan president Hamed Karzai and United States Secretary of State John Kerry reached preliminary agreement last week is still far from a done deal. The long-awaited Bilateral Security Agreement is intended to govern US-Afghan defence cooperation after most of the NATO-led troop contingent leaves […]
“Two thousand one hundred and forty three U.S. servicemembers have been killed in Afghanistan to date”, said Rep. Gabbard
On October 7, 2013 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for one minute regarding the government shutdown. “Mr. Speaker, today, as Congress focuses on the government shutdown, our Nation quietly marks the close of our 12th year at war in Afghanistan.” “While the country […]
Afghanistan: Spate of Taleban Abductions
By Hijratullah Ekhtyar – Afghanistan People in the Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan say the security situation is deteriorating rapidly, with a spate of kidnappings on the road to the Khyber Pass into Pakistan. The highway is a major transit route for goods and travellers moving between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Taxi driver Zaman, 35, says […]
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