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 December 15, 2011
Photographs and a first-hand report that leave you wondering who the real terrorists are: ‘Muslim extremists’ or those who claim to be defending our freedom?
Posted in "The War on Terror", Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on December 6, 2011
IF relatively undamaged, the downed drone would enable Iranian scientists to copy its technology and devise counter-measures
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran |
By wmw_admin on December 6, 2011
Official sources confirm that operators had “lost contact” with an unmanned drone
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran |
By wmw_admin on December 1, 2011
US military admits to guarding, assisting lucrative opium trade in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Behind The "News" |
By wmw_admin on November 29, 2011
Conflicting claims and counter-claim over a NATO air strike that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead
Posted in "The War on Terror", Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on November 26, 2011
After NATO helicopters attack border crossing leaving as many as 25 Pakistani soldiers dead
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on October 30, 2011
At least 13 NATO personnel killed in the the deadliest attack in months. While 3 Australian soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Current Affairs |
By wmw_admin on October 28, 2011
The missile, like a Fourth of July firework, is tipped with a tiny warhead designed to explode upon hitting a target, has been dubbed a “kamikaze drone.”
Posted in Afghanistan, Fringe Science, New Discoveries and Developments |
By wmw_admin on October 8, 2011
In one sense the mission has succeeded however. For in July 2001 the Taliban had all but shut down the drugs trade in Afghanistan. By the end of 2001 Coalition forces invaded and re-established the trade in narcotics, which has flourished since
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 21, 2011
After ten full years of occupation, with 180,000 troops and billions of dollars in military hardware, they do not even control a few square miles in the centre of the Kabul, let alone the country. This war is lost, writes a former British diplomat
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 14, 2011
Fresh doubts over whether the Coalition can completely hand over security operations in the face of determined Taliban assaults
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on September 13, 2011
The Taliban follow up last month’s attack on the British council in Kabul with coordinated attacks on the U.S. embassy and NATO’s headquarters in the Afghan capitol Tuesday
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 31, 2011
The U.S. has yet to officially respond to Taliban claims that 64 American led troops were killed in two separate incidents last Saturday
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 20, 2011
America and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024
Posted in Afghanistan
By wmw_admin on August 20, 2011
In Iraq, General Petraeus pulled an illusionist trick, convincing Washington that his 2007 ‘surge’ was a success. In Afghanistan, Petraeus was hit by a Hindu Kush rock on his head. But he’s been promoted to CIA chief, so others will take the blame
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 19, 2011
After 10 years NATO is no closer to securing Afghanistan than the Russians. Meanwhile the attacks grow more audacious with the latest taking place on the 92nd anniversary of independence from Britain
Posted in Afghanistan |
By wmw_admin on August 7, 2011
Remember Pat Tillman, the Pro Football star who forsook a megabuck contract and volunteered to go fight in Afghanistan in the heat of the post-9/11 patriotic frenzy?
Posted in "The War on Terror", Afghanistan, Behind The "News" |
By wmw_admin on August 6, 2011
Thirty-one U.S. Special Forces and seven Afghan army troops are reported to have been killed
Posted in Afghanistan |