Tag: afghanistan
member name: Cathi L.
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November 21, 2009 02:38 PM EST --
Malalai Joya: Afghanistan's Bravest Woman
If this [CIA funding war-lords] isn't bad enough, [President Karzai] appointed Izzatullah Wasifi as Afghanistan's anti-corruption chief [in . . .
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August 27, 2009 11:34 AM EDT --
OWLS
Owls are birds of prey that can be as small as less than 5 1/2 inches (shown, the tiny Xenoglaux loweryi , meaning "strange owl," also known as the Long-Whiskered Owlet, . . .
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December 07, 2009 12:20 PM EST --
Greetings,
It's turning cold in Afghanistan . The 2009 fighting season has more or less ended, though we can expect to see reduced fighting until probably March or April. Spring . . .
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July 23, 2009 04:53 PM EDT --
Greetings,
After 18 days with Lithuanians in Ghor Province , have made it back to Kabul . We are very short on aircraft in Afghanistan ; I was delayed by about a week . . .
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August 11, 2009 10:41 PM EDT --
LEARNING HISTORY THROUGH TEXTILES
Why am I writing this article to you ?
Hi, would you like to help us write/collaborate . . .
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November 11, 2009 09:32 PM EST --
GOP's Coburn Blocks Bill Disabled Vets Bill
November 11, 2009
The Senate wants to provide $4 billion to help homecare providers for 6,800 disabled veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. . . .
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November 23, 2009 01:55 PM EST --
VIDEO: Veterans to Obama: Do Not Escalate in Afghanistan
On Veterans Day the Brave New Foundation released this video to place pressure on President Barack Obama not . . .
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August 20, 2009 05:37 PM EDT --
Yesterday I received a copy of a letter written to the editor of the Baton Rouge Advocate. The copy came from a mom of a marine and she is also a member of our local Blue Star Moms group here in Baton . . .
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October 30, 2009 07:13 PM EDT --
U.S. Foreign Service Officer Matthew Hoh has resigned his position in Zabul, Afghanistan over protest about the direction of the war in Afghanistan. His protest is not about how the war is being . . .
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February 06, 2009 05:44 PM EST --
Greetings,
"It's Raining" was first published yesterday on Instapundit, one of my favorite blogs.
This will be a long year in Afghanistan, and I plan to spend about six months or more, there or in . . .
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May 23, 2009 11:58 PM EDT --
You gotta love soldiers. Nobody has a more lively sense of humor!
-- Very Respectfully,
Michael Yon
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23 May 2009
This photo pushes my laughter button . . .
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October 22, 2009 07:45 PM EDT --
Afghanistan War & Afghanistan - Discussion greatly appreciated
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Afghanistan: Electrification Effort Looses Spark
Greetings,
Afghan "leaders" are fighting over . . .
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August 14, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
Greetings,
The combat in Afghanistan is just getting starting. Everything I see indicates that combat in 2010 will eclipse 2009 fighting. We are making progress on some fronts, . . .
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September 15, 2008 07:27 AM EDT --
15 September 2008
Helmand Province, Afghanistan
The soldiers are living like animals at a little rat's nest called FOB Gibraltar. They call it "Gib." Named after the lynchpin of . . .
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May 14, 2009 08:31 AM EDT --
Please note the pictures in the Gurkha II dispatch contain photos from a training exercise. These are not actual battlefield photos, merely an exercise.
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Greetings, . . .
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November 29, 2009 02:28 PM EST --
British Member of Parliament Adam Holloway is well informed on Afghanistan and always worth listening to .
I first met Mr. Holloway in Afghanistan in 2006 in . . .
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October 18, 2009 02:14 PM EDT --
Please read this latest dispatch from Michael Yon. I'm a few days late with it because, well hell, I had a birthday and got busy! But this is important information to consider regarding the . . .
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August 03, 2009 10:26 PM EDT --
America's Battalion in Afghanistan
What began as Operation Khanjar (Strike of the Sword), approximately 4,000 troops of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade launched a massive assault on a Thursday . . .
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October 28, 2009 11:14 PM EDT --
This is the surreal and forgotten story of American policy in Afghanistan since the end of World War II. "Its aim was to use science to try and change the course of history and produce a modern utopia . . .
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August 20, 2009 02:15 PM EDT --
20 August 2009
This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the . . .
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