Outposts and the Taliban/ANA pay
Further to this post and this article, from BruceR at Flit:
1) Today's essential Afghan reading
1) Today's essential Afghan reading
US ANA mentor "K", back from Konar, still blogging...2) On ANA payThe fact is, the whole strategy in north-eastern Afghanistan is extremely predictable and reactive. Basically, the US Army and ANA tactics are to build a firebase somewhere and then wait for it to get attacked. Patrols last a couple of hours and stay within sight of the base. If an "operation" is conducted it never lasts more than a couple of days.
This is pretty much an exact description of the war in Kandahar Province in 2008-09, with just the place names changed. "Mountains" or "North-eastern" ain't got nothing to do with it.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 2:14 p.m.
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Here's what Gen. David Petraeus had to say in a speech today to the Assoc. of the United States Army. He's apparently weighing in very much on the side of Gen. McChrystal for the need for substantial US reinforcements, in effect a US surge for Af-stan (in lieu of help from certain non-performing "allies").
"Petraeus: Afghanistan needs 'substantial' commitment"
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