Throwing Rocks at a Fire – A Story From My Nine Months Training Afghan Soldiers
Fires, corruption, and doing the right thing.
Afghanistan
Senior Taliban Commander Killed in ISIS Attack at Kabul Hospital
The Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital has been a frequent target through the years. It has been attacked by both ISIS and the Taliban.
33 People Die in an Attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, as ISIS-K Steps Up the Violence
The continued ISIS-K attacks in Afghanistan aim to expose the Taliban’s weaknesses and inflame tensions among different sectarian groups.
Wanting to Fight ISIS Independently the Taliban Reject American Assistance
“There’s a greater danger from ISIS and al-Qaeda and all these affiliates in other countries – by far – than there is in Afghanistan,” President Biden said.
Taliban Raid ISIS-K Cell After Deadly Kabul Bombing
ISIS-K has stepped up its attacks against the Taliban who are trying to appear in control of the situation.
General Mark Milley Privately Blamed the State Department for the Disorganized Evacuation of Afghanistan
The governmental infighting was revealed in a recent report by Axios. We are yet to see any political repercussions over the withdrawal debacle.
The Afghanistan Debacle Was Defined by a Single PowerPoint Slide From 10 Years Ago
SEALs learn very quickly that failure is the greatest teacher if you can recognize it when it happens. If you can’t you will just fail repeatedly.
Heroin, Bombs, or Good Intel: The Cost of Doing ‘Business’ in Afghanistan
How does one make the right decision, when the circumstances are not black and white, and the right decision seems like the wrong one?
The CIA Warned the Military Seconds After the US Missile That Killed Afghan Civilians Was Launched
It was reported that as many as six Reaper drones were following Zemerai Ahmadi, the killed aid worker, for eight hours during the operation.
US Admits ‘Tragic Mistake’ in Deadly Kabul Missile Strike
“Our investigation now concludes the strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command, said.
The Final Scramble Out of Kabul Required Skills Only Commandos Have, Special-Ops Veterans Say
The evacuation of Kabul had a special operations aspect that went widely unnoticed, but was critical to the mission.
The Taliban Tracked Down and Killed 4 Afghan Counterterrorism Agents, in One Case Pulling Out All Their Fingernails
Despite their public pronouncements the Taliban have not renounced their cruelty and are brutally killing former government agents.
