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2014/05/012014/05/01

NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan-Russia-India, Good-Bye ISAF

India-Russia-Afghanistan: India, Russia and Afghanistan quietly have created a triangular arrangement for providing arms aid to Afghanistan after NATO withdraws. None of the countries have made an official announcement. Only a small number of news services, including The Moscow Times and Pakistani newspapers, have published articles about it. The arrangement was finalized in February when …

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2014/04/172014/04/17

Chuck Spinney: Guy Taylor on Afghanistan and US $100 Billion Hold — Not Ready to Govern? Or US Not Competent at Focused Aid?

EXCLUSIVE: Confidential U.S. assessments show Afghanistan not ready to govern on own State Department tries to hide risks of corruption Read the full story. Confidential U.S. assessments, which the State Department tried to hide from the public, show nearly all Afghan Cabinet ministries are woefully ill-prepared to govern after the U.S. withdraws its troops, often describing …

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2014/04/09

Berto Jongman: UK Army/PhD New Book – NATO Never Understood Afghanistan, Make the Conflict Worse

Nato troops in Afghanistan ‘often made conflict worse’ A Territorial Army captain has resigned to publish a book critical of British actions in Afghanistan. Mr Mike Martin said Nato troops in Helmand province “often made the conflict worse”. He quit his role in the TA after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) refused to give him …

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2014/04/09

Marcus Aurelius: Ground Truth from an “Average” Lieutenant in Afghanistan

Below is one of the better pieces of its type that I’ve read. While it refers several times to USMA, the majority of it is, IMHO, applicable to new officers from all commissioning sources. I think the most important point author makes comes at the end where he emphasizes the reality of a platoon leader’s …

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2014/04/062014/04/06

Mini-Me: Afghanistan — Multi-Billion Dollar Abandonment — an Opportunity for Funding Peace After ISAF

Huh? Scrap Heap of War: Billions in equipment being left behind in Afghanistan How much “stuff” is the United States military leaving behind as it withdraws from Afghanistan after 12 years of war? Try some $6 billion worth. And much of it may yet end up in a junk pile. That includes 850 MRAPS (Mine-Resistant …

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2014/02/18

NIGHTWATCH: India Begins Military Support for Afghanistan — Robert Steele Comments

India-Afghanistan: Indian Minister of External Affairs Slaman Khurshid said on 15 February that India will provide helicopters to Afghanistan. “We are giving them helicopters and we will be supplying them very soon,” Khurshid told reporters accompanying him on a day-long visit to the Afghan city of Kandahar, where he inaugurated an agricultural university built with …

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2014/02/172014/02/17

Philip Giraldi: One Third Of US Military Chaplains Are Evangelical Subversives — Pat Tillman Murdered by Evangelicals in Afghanistan?

Old Testament Armed Forces Religious zealotry runs rampant in the U.S. military, and among those wishing to deploy it. By PHILIP GIRALDI, American Conservative, February 12, 2014 Phi Beta Iota: Complete article below the line. This may be one of the most important articles ever posted here. Between financial corruption and religious treason, the US …

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