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
Tag: Afghanistan
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