Afghanistan
After 911 it marked the first phase of the War on Terror. But history may be repeating itself: first a British army was defeated here at the height of Empire, then the Soviets were forced to withdraw, now Coalition forces are facing increasing resistance
By wmw_admin on June 18, 2013
So after invading the country, killing many thousands in the process and getting bogged down in a war it couldn’t win, the U.S. is now looking for a way out without losing face. Just as it did in Vietnam and then Iraq
Posted in Afghanistan, Headlines |
By wmw_admin on May 8, 2013
By 2001 the ruling Taliban had all but shut down Afghanistan’s drugs trade. That was before the U.S. led invasion. Thanks to that the country’s drugs trade is now booming. Financed, in part, by Western taxes
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on May 1, 2013
A massive mine blast has killed 3 British soldiers and wounded six more while they were on patrol in a 23 tonne armoured patrol vehicle
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on April 26, 2013
From the safety of their control centre at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, drone pilots rain down death and destruction on the other side of the world
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on April 15, 2013
In reporting expectations of a record opium crop the Guardian makes one crucial ommission
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on April 11, 2013
Flashback to nearly 12-years-ago: a reminder of exactly why we are in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Essential Reading |
By wmw_admin on March 15, 2013
After a decade of fighting and thousands of dead, Britain’s Ministry of Defence finally acknowledges what was obvious to some from the outset
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on March 12, 2013
New U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first trip to Afghanistan coincides with new insider attacks and accusations from President Karzai that America is colluding with the Taliban
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on March 10, 2013
Afghan president says the U.S. and the Taliban are holding secret talks in the Gulf state of Qatar
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on February 24, 2013
President Karzai has demanded U.S. Special Forces leave two provinces in central Afghanistan, accusing them of creating “insecurity and instability”
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on February 4, 2013
The tiny aircraft is agile enough to fly inside compounds, and is quiet enough not to attract unwanted attention.
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on January 27, 2013
Suicide bombers and roadside blasts claim the lives of 23 Afghan policemen
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on January 11, 2013
Seen as an answer to the rising tide of ‘Green-on-blue’ attacks in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Miscellaneous |
By wmw_admin on December 24, 2012
In the latest incident of its kind, an Afghan policewoman has shot dead a foreign adviser inside Kabul police headquarters. Meanwhile, in a seperate incident an Afghan police officer is reported to have killed five fellow officers in northern Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on November 14, 2012
In March this year 16 Afghan civilians were shot dead early one Sunday morning, many were children. Initial reports and eyewitnesses reported multiple shooters but only one man, Staff Sgt Robert Bales is on trial
Posted in Afghanistan, The Media |
By wmw_admin on November 13, 2012
The fact is that this was the real reason for the invasion and the toppling of the Taliban
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on October 30, 2012
Two Gurkhas killed in the latest ‘green-on-blue’ attack – when Afghan forces turn on NATO troops – bringing the total number killed in such attacks this year to 56
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on October 25, 2012
Although still unconfirmed it is understood that the two died in a ‘Green-on-blue’ attack – an incident when Afghan forces turn on their international ‘allies’
Posted in Afghanistan |