Fair warning: rough language below. In her recent column in The Guardian, Nushin Arbabzadah said: “As local wisdom has it, there are three types of people in Afghanistan today: al-Qaida (the fighters), al-faida (the enriched) and al-gaida (the fucked). Most Afghans belong to the third category.” U.S. public communications in Afghanistan seems determined to reinforce [...]
Archive for July 17, 2009
Taliban and U.S. Trade Threats Over Captured Troop, Civilians in the Middle
Posted: July 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Bagram, Capt. Elizabeth Mathias, COIN, counterinsurgency, Ghazni, home raids, Paktika, pashtunwali, Taliban
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At Least Six Civilians Killed in Another U.S. Airstrike in Afghanistan
Posted: July 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, civilian deaths
Via Antiwar.com: At least six Afghan civilians have been killed and 14 more wounded as US helicopters attacked them overnight in the Kandahar Province. The strikes came after a US patrol came under fire, though it remains unclear if any militants were actually killed in the strike. Airstrikes ordered in response to U.S. troops under [...]
