The ‘Kill Team’ Story Gets Worse
Mar 29, 2011 The recent crop of shocking stories about the group of American soldiers -- now known widely as the "Kill Team" -- who formed a death squad to deliberately slaughter Afghan civilians has been topped by a new Rolling Stone exposé that makes matters .
Kandahar: The Latest Casualty of an Invisible War
Nov 16, 2010 The military's major campaign in Kandahar has been largely ignored. The American public cannot have a debate on the war if it is not even mentioned in public.The American public cannot have a debate on the war if it is not even mentioned in public.
Kandahar Test [A Cartoon From UAE]
Jun 9, 2010Seven American Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Jun 8, 2010 Monday was the deadliest day so far in 2010 for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. According to the Los Angeles Times, five American soldiers died in a bombing in the east and two in the country's southern region.
Yet Another Blast Shakes Kandahar
Aug 27, 2009 On Wednesday, another large explosion was reported in Kandahar, Afghanistan -- just a day after a spate of bombings killed more than 40 people in that city -- as the outcome of last week's election still hung in the balance.https://www.truthdig.com/contentzsystem/index.php?S=0&C=edit&M=edit_entry&weblog_id=2&entry_id=13739
America’s Afghan Thugs
Dec 15, 2008 An American living in Kandahar writes in The Washington Post that the "corrupt gunslingers" the U.S. put in charge of Afghanistan are as much to blame for the resurgence of the Taliban as anyone. "Why," after all, "would anyone defend officials who pillage them?"
‘Surge’ Rhetoric Not Universal
Aug 8, 2008 Despite criticisms of the efficacy of the "surge" in Iraq, a US commander in Afghanistan has dared to say that a planned "surge" in Afghanistan would in fact not help U interests in the country The commander did make sure not to completely deweaponize the Bush administration's rhetoric, suggesting instead that a different type of surge is needed.Is This the Year of the Taliban?
Jun 28, 2008 It's been more than six years since the invasion of Afghanistan but, as this Mosaic Intelligence Report illustrates, it looks like the Taliban is actually getting stronger and bolder -- as evidenced by the recent Taliban-led prison break at Kandahar's Sarposa Prison. Could 2008 be the Year of the Taliban?Over 850 Afghan Prisoners at Large After Kahdahar Raid
Jun 17, 2008 Last weekend's prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, resulted in the deaths of at least nine policemen and eight prisoners, and more than 600 prisoners were on the loose, many of them said to have ties to the Taliban.
