A look at Task Force Southwest and the American effort to cripple the Taliban drug trade
Last month the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, Brig. Gen. Dale Alford, USMC, spent an hour talking with Mac on All MarineContinue Reading
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The Counterinsurgency Fight in Zaranj, Afghanistan, 2010 – 2012
Nimroz Province is in the southwest corner of Afghanistan and arguably the most isolated province in the country. With theContinue Reading
The Hidden Cost of War
Zaranj is the capitol of Nimroz province, arguably the most isolated province in Afghanistan. The 14th of August, 2012, wasContinue Reading
Afghanistan: Repairing the Unrepairable
The news out of Afghanistan is that there will no longer be news out of Afghanistan. In an article publishedContinue Reading
Another Fighting Season Starts in Afghanistan
As the snow melts in the passes of the Hindu Kush, fighting season has gotten off to an unfortunate startContinue Reading
Ramrod — If you’re born to be hanged, then you’ll never be drowned.
There are going to be hundreds of novels and memories written about Afghanistan in the coming years. Most will comeContinue Reading
Afghanistan Weekly: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Last Monday the U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad announced a draft deal with the Taliban to end the fightingContinue Reading
Fighting in the Shadows
On New Year’s Eve, the New York Times, after months of investigation, published a long, detailed article on the activitiesContinue Reading
Afghanistan Weekly: Russian Roulette in Kabul
The flurry of bad news coming out of Afghanistan last month included a Taliban attack on the Private Military CorporationContinue Reading
Tactical Solutions for Tactical Problems
Two stories surfaced last week that seem unrelated, yet both illustrate serious structural problems in our current military approach inContinue Reading