Fences Fall on the Road to Taliban’s Return to Power
"Our legacy is we held the ground here. There is no way, no way the Afghan security forces could've held
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Operation in Afghanistan
Kabul Shambles Makes Sorry Spectacle for US, NATO
Some serious stock-taking in the Afghan capital and US-led NATO command has followed the Taliban’s success in breaking up the
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Coalition Aims at Heading off Taliban Advance towards Kabul
“Operation Mountain Thrust,” the biggest coalition offensive since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, has taken US-led forces
More...New US Air Base Nears Completion at Shiite Herat, E. Afghanistan
Notwithstanding its avowed reluctance to boost its presence in Afghanistan, the United States has launched two critical military steps: First,
More...US Assault Plans Bedeviled by Leaks
Ahead of the next US-led operation in Afghanistan, Army Maj.-Gen. Franklin L. “Buster” Hagenbeck informed reporters at Bagram Air Base
More...US Withdraws, Leaving Afghan Battle Unresolved Is Tactical Nuclear Option Open?
Sunday, March 10, the United States unexpectedly ordered 400 US troops lifted out of the battle area south of Gardez
More...Slow Progress in Afghanistan May Delay US Iraq Offensive
debkafile ‘s military experts report the intense fighting over the past week in the mountains of Afghanistan south of Gardez,
More...US-led Afghan Offensive Pushes on
General Tommy Franks, head of the American Central Command, claims the United States has applied the lessons drawn from previous
More...New US-Afghan Offensive is an Eye Opener
The largest joint air-ground, US-Afghan offensive of the Afghanistan war on terror is now in its third day in the
More...Unfinished American Business in Afghanistan
With pledges for US$4.5 billion under his belt from the Tokyo conference of Afghanistan donor-nations, interim Afghan prime minister Hamid
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