admin | April 21, 2010
In recent news, CNN reports that a controversial policy that gave U.S. forces in Afghanistan four days to question detainees is about the be changed. The new policy will allow soldiers more time to interrogate the captives, according to General David Petraeus.
Patraeus explained to the Senate Armed Services Committee that American troops will now be [...]
admin | April 21, 2010
Afghanistan Operational Service Medals were recently handed out to brave Members of C Squadron of the Household Cavalry Regiment in a rather moving ceremony at Combermere Barracks, Windsor. It was Lieutenant General Barney White-Spunner who was honored with the task of presenting these medals. The Lieutenant was at one time a commander of the Regiment [...]
admin | April 11, 2010
Recently, U.S. officials who were meeting in Afghanistan realized that the largest area of insurgent control is the one that had the weakest cell phone coverage.
“We found that Afghans in the most-troubled, insurgent-held areas lived in information wastelands dominated by militant propaganda,” Mr. Holbrooke said. “We are fighting back with a revamped strategy that puts [...]
admin | April 1, 2010
In response to a 60 Minutes interview with Obama, Hamed Wardak has shared his vision for helping Afghanistan to grow and flourish. He urged Obama to reassure the Afghan people by entering into bilateral agreements similar to those signed by the U.S. and Iraq.
He wants to see Obama set clear benchmarks and goals that the [...]
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