Drought in Afghanistan: Worst in recent history

Drought in Afghanistan: Worst in recent history

War, corruption, and poverty have plagued Afghanistan for generations. These have generally led to a myriad of exacerbating issues like a lack of healthcare infrastructure, education, and political unification. Now another devastating obstacle has struck the country: the worst drought in decades. Droughts of this magnitude are going to affect any country severely, but this one […]

Major Global Conflicts, Weekly Update: White Helmets evacuated from Syria, Putin’s secret proposal for Donbass, border wall funding approved by house

Major Global Conflicts, Weekly Update: White Helmets evacuated from Syria, Putin’s secret proposal for Donbass, border wall funding approved by house

Syrian Conflict The Syrian War started in 2011 as an uprising and protests against the government of Syria led by Bashar al-Assad. Originally, the rebel forces were known as the Free Syrian Army but later splintered into several different groups, one of which is ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). The conflict is complex, […]

Suicide bombing kills 14 in Afghan airport

Suicide bombing kills 14 in Afghan airport

Reports are coming in regarding another suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, this time killing 14 military and civilian bystanders, and wounding approximately another 50 more. This occurred just as Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghanistan’s First Vice President, was returning from Turkey. He was unharmed. Reports on the attack are still coming in — as details […]

Lt. Michael P. Murphy memorial vandalized, teen vandal arrested

Lt. Michael P. Murphy memorial vandalized, teen vandal arrested

Ronkonkoma, NY — A vandal has smashed the black granite memorial piece commemorating Lt. Michael P. Murphy, which lies in Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park in New York. The Suffolk County PD began an investigation, asking anyone who knew anything to call in and offering a cash reward of $2,500. It wasn’t long before they found […]

Islamic State suicide bomber kills Taliban commander

Islamic State suicide bomber kills Taliban commander

A suicide bomber from the Islamic State (IS, otherwise known as ISIS-K) detonated themselves in Afghanistan, somewhere to the north, according to officials who spoke to the Associated Press. 20 people were killed and among the dead lay a Taliban commander who has not yet been named. Around the same time, a “government commando unit” […]

Army Ranger Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz killed in action in Afghanistan

Army Ranger Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz killed in action in Afghanistan

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Andrew Celiz, a U.S. Army Ranger from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, was killed in action on Thursday. He died of wounds sustained by small arms fire in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Sources say that there were approximately 40 enemy combatants killed in action on the objective. There they were “conducting operations […]

The language and propaganda of the Taliban

The language and propaganda of the Taliban

Propaganda has existed in countless forms throughout history, as those in positions of power have tended to try to sway the public opinion one way or another in order to achieve certain goals. This facet of human nature has not changed much in the last few thousand years, only their methods. People tend to argue […]

Why the US Lost the Drug War Vs the Taliban

Why the US Lost the Drug War Vs the Taliban

Five years ago, with Afghanistan in danger of becoming a narco-terrorist state, several law enforcement veterans presented the previous Obama administration with a detailed plan to use the court system in the United States to prosecute Taliban commanders and Afghan drug lords who supply more than 90 percent of the world’s heroin supply. With a […]

Green Berets and Afghan Commandos Take ISIS Stronghold

Green Berets and Afghan Commandos Take ISIS Stronghold

U.S. Green Berets and Afghan special operations troops captured a town that the Islamic State (ISIS) had claimed as their local capital. The large joint operation has been on-going for several weeks and culminated with the capture of Gurgoray on Saturday. No Americans or Afghan troops were killed in the offensive, which the U.S. military […]

Reader Submission: Chicken AF in Afghanistan

Reader Submission: Chicken AF in Afghanistan

I opened my eyes, scratched at my beard, and rolled out of the rack. Then I threw on some cargo pants and checked my 9mm before I strapped it on. Then did a quick function check of the M4 as I headed for the front door on the way to the head. I passed Karl hovering over […]