Yesterday readers awoke to a story in the Los Angeles Times about the United States’ ongoing efforts to negotiate with the Taliban in Afghanistan. It said
After months of quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy, officials last week began claiming progress in the effort to begin talks.
On the same morning, readers of The Washington Post learned about a new immigrant to the United States on his way to citizenship: the top Afghan bank official who fled the country for fear of his life because of the corruption surrounding the Kabul Bank. Later that day, the Taliban attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, killing at least nine people. Continue reading at The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times
Retired Flag Officers with Massoud Barzani
Former National Security Advisor and Marine Commandant Gen. James Jones spoke at a National Press Club luncheon last month. He will speak to you, too, for a price. How much? Call his speaker’s bureau, Leading Authorities, Inc. In fact, there are several more generals available for hire, including the recently retired Stanley McChrystal, the former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan.
Continue reading War Is Hell – Except in Retirement
On Sunday morning six American soldiers and dozens of American and Afghan troops were killed by a suicide bomber who detonated a van full of explosives at a joint outpost in southern Afghanistan that had only been open a few days. The Taliban took responsibility for the attack.
Read the story at NYT.com
Continue reading NYT: 6 Americans Killed in Afghanistan
As Americans enjoy Thanksgiving, our soldiers in Afghanistan continue to meet fierce resistance under harsh conditions. The New York Times reports from the war that soldiers move from adrenaline rushes during fighting to monotony and boredom waiting for the next encounter.
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Continue reading NYT: Firefights in Afghanistan
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