Afghan Update 20160913 – a female-run clinic provides relief to Afghan women, radio contract for Afghan National Army, data mining (Nexus 7) in Afghanistan, review of documentary of Citizen Soldier – the movie about the deployment of a National Guard unit to Afghanistan in 2011.
Fistual- Women of Afghanistan Suffer. A female-run clinic in Afghanistan is providing free, life-changing surgery to women suffering from fistula. Read more in “Fistula: The affliction destroying Afghan women’s lives”, Aljazeera, July 27, 2016.
Big Radio Contract for Afghanistan. Datron World Communications has been awarded a $495 million contract to provide Afghanistan with radios and support equipment. Read more in a UPI.com news story (Aug 30, 2016).
‘Nexus 7’ and Data Mining in Afghanistan. Learn about a DARPA program to target the digital trail of the Taliban and al-Qaida’s financing and the young nerdy scientist who helped run it. Read “Man Who Lit the Dark”, Popular Science, August 31, 2016.
Review of ‘Citizen Soldier’. Adam Linehan writes a review of a movie documentary of an Oklahoma National Guard units deployment to Afghanistan n 2011. Movie trailer included in review. Posted on Task & Purpose.
