2014 will see the end of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan after 13 years of intervention. Following early successes by US troops in removing the … Read the rest
2014 will see the end of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan after 13 years of intervention. Following early successes by US troops in removing the … Read the rest
By Frank Douglas Aigner
In the annals of airpower, the Soviet air campaign in Afghanistan is curiously little-studied. Given its length, 1979-1989, its place as part of a major conflict … Read the rest
This post from Adam Morton coincides with today’s guest talk to @NottsPolitics by Sir Rodric Braithwaite, formerly Ambassador in Moscow and Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, and author … Read the rest
As one year ends, and another opens, two pieces of news from Afghanistan catch my eye.
The first is a story in the New York Times of 2 January: … Read the rest
In October 2010 joint US-Russian raids on Afghan drugs laboratories near the Pakistani border in which more than a tonne of heroin and opium was destroyed made it into the … Read the rest