A U.S. Soldier calls for an airstrike on the hills surrounding Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in the eastern Nuristan province of Afghanistan July 12, 2009. International Security Assistance Forces battled with insurgents in the late afternoon after securing the village’s key areas early in the morning. (DoD photo by Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, [...]
The Taliban in Afghanistan are not what they once were, or what they are trying to project to the Western Press. As you’ll note in the text below from this UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND press release, the Taliban are trying the tactic of accusation - killing innocents, in this case construction workers. With a press [...]
