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Eye on Afghanistan

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A blog which covers military issues in Afghanistan, in addition to the geo-political climate that affects the US Military's ability to operate effectively in Afghanistan and fight the Global War on Terror.

• Added on: Dec 3rd, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Troy Steward
• Listed in: Veterans Politics
• Tags: afghanistan operation enduring freedom global war on terror patriot ett

Recent Posts

• Not ready to run yet

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 14:06

  I said this in 2006 when I first got to Afghanistan. Too many Generals and State Dept. yukkity yucks were in Kabul whispering into the ears of the leaders in the Afghanistan government. They were telling them things like habeaus corpus and illeagel s...

• It has to start somewhere

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 14:08

  If you read the following article, http://www.rferl.org/content/Some_50_Afghan_Policemen_Arrested_For_Helping_Taliban/1365009.html you will see that someone is starting to make an effort to curb corruption in the Afghan government. It has to start in...

• Just a matter of time

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:30

  This, http://www.rferl.org/content/Improvised_Roadside_Attacks_In_Afghanistan_Rise_Sharply/1359015.html, should be no surprise. The enemy in Afghanistan may not be the sharpest tools in the toolbox, but over time they will learn from mistakes and lea...

• With friends like these...

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 21:41

  ...who needs enemies. Back on July13th , one of our US outposts was nearly overrun by Taliban fighters. We as a country, lost 9 brave souls (listed HERE) who fought off and killed what is estimated to be dozens if not over a hundred enemy fighters (...

• Bloggers Roundtable with COL Somersall

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 13:46

  I was able to participate in the latest Blogger’s Roundtable with COL Paul Somersall from Afghanistan. I first met COL Somersall in October 2007 as I was at the 27th BCTs Annual Training as they were getting ready for their deployment. I on...

• Now that is sad

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 10:23

  http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?208701 In a government as corrupt and biased as the Afghanistan government, it is surprising to see things like this happen. The culture in Afghanistan is all about tribal bias, bribes and favors. This guy was t...

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