Archive for the 'afghanistan' Category

ir_ingr: Жизнь в Афгане в комиксах. Занятно. На английском. | Live in Afghanistan, Cartoons [in Eng]

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Cartoons about live in modern Afghanistan. Two cartoonists traveled trough the country and published their story.

ir_ingr: Жизнь в Афгане в комиксах. Занятно. На английском. | Live in Afghanistan, Cartoons [in Eng]

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Cartoons about live in modern Afghanistan. Two cartoonists traveled trough the country and published their story.

winninginafghanistan1.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN, by CPT Carl Thompson 9 April 2009 /from the must-read sources for american personnel [about to be] deployed in Afghanistan /

Exceptionally good article about strategy and leadership. It co…

The Weakness of Taliban Marksmanship – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

An interesting article about small arms skills and marksmanship of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The articles suggests that those skills are low, and offers plausible explanation, but it nevertheless works OK for Taliban

Tanks, But No Tanks – By Maj. Michael Waltz | Foreign Policy

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Article about current armored vehicle usage policy in Afghanistan

Talking to the Taliban about life after occupation | World news | The Guardian

Monday, January 24th, 2011

also see: Part I: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/24/the-taliban-troop-london-jihadists
and Part II : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/25/taliban-afghanistan-prison-special-report

Asia Times Online :: NORTHERN LIGHTS, A shadowy new battlefield

Monday, January 24th, 2011

article about political situation in Northern Afghanistan, information about Taliban, fragments from an interview with a taliban commander