On November 26, 2014 the Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Nov. 24, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. Killed were: Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Maryland. […]
US has two important military missions in Afghanistan: 1) Train, advise an assist the Afghan security forces 2) Go after “remnants” of Al-Qaeda
The Department of Defense provided to Congress today the October 2014 “Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” in accordance with Section 1230 and 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), as amended; to include section 1221 of the NDAA for FY 2012 (Public Law […]
US $ 7.6 billion dollar counternarcotic effort in Afghanistan an abysmal failure
I received the following email communication on October 21, 2014 from Alex Bronstein-Moffly the Acting Director of Public Affairs Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). It highlights the abysmal failure of the more than $7billion dollar US counter narcotics efforts in Afghanistan that has resulted not only in an increase of poppy production in […]
The Use of Child Soldiers in Armed Conflict
Introduction Many children are currently living in countries devastated by war. At least hundreds of thousands of adolescents have been used to fight in warfare and even children under ten years old are being recruited as child soldiers. Child soldiers are subjected to extremely harsh conditions that no child should have to face. Oftentimes, […]
Pakistan accused of supporting terrorism in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan National Security Council (ANSC) has recently accused the Pakistani government, specifically the Pakistani Army of supporting terrorism in Afghanistan. The ANSC went further to say that Pakistan has “continued its support of the Taliban” and “increased its presence of both military and advisers among the terrorists in Afghanistan.” In other words not only […]
New world record set for longest sniper kill in Afghanistan!
According to a report in the Telegraph newspaper there has been a new record set for the longest kill shot in Afghanistan. GPS aids supposedly “measured the distance the bullet traveled at 2815 meters”, beating the previous record of 2475 meters for a confirmed kill. The shot was taken by a commando sniper team in Helmandprovince, Afghanistan. “Through binoculars […]
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