A publication has been released by the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) about how special operations forces command and control evolved with the Village Stability Operations (VSO) program. The VSO program in Afghanistan provides a timely and relevant example of […]
News, analysis, and commentary about America’s longest war. Topics include U.S. withdrawal, peace negotiations, election, security, governance, development, and more. The U.S. is trying to extricate itself from the longest conflict in its history. But the path to the exit […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about the conflict in Afghanistan. Topics include security, ANDSF, Resolute Support, NATO, governance, elections, peace talks, development, and more. More U.S. Deaths. Two members of the U.S. Army Special Forces were killed on Saturday, February […]
On Saturday, February 8, 2020 the news broke that U.S. Soldiers were involved in a firefight that caused several casualties. Two U.S. service members were killed and six others were wounded in an attack in Sherzad district, Nangarhar province. The […]
The January 2020 SIGAR Quarterly Report to Congress is now available for reading. The 222-page PDF is available on the website of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The report summarizes SIGAR’s oversight work and provides updates on reconstruction […]
A sampling of curated news, commentary, and analysis about America’s longest war – or the Afghanistan quagmire . Topics include security, governance, Resolute Support, ANDSF, elections, peace negotiations, and more from the past month. The usual frequency of the Afghanistan […]
On January 23, 2020, The Department of Defense provided to Congress the DOD 1225 report on Afghanistan. The semiannual report, Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan, covers events during the period of June 1 to November 30, 2019. The principle […]
Photo: A member of the ANDSF. Photo by Afghan Ministry of Interior Twitter, April 2017. The Afghan conflict continues to rage across Afghanistan. The ANDSF remains on the defensive in static checkpoints throughout the country – with the exception of the […]
Master Sgt. Luis Deleon-Figueroa, 31, died August 21, 2019 during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Deleon-Figueroa, a native of Chicopee, Massachusetts, had attended […]
A sampling of curated news, commentary, and analysis about America’s longest war – or the Afghanistan quagmire . Topics include security, governance, Resolute Support, ANDSF, elections, peace negotiations, and more. “If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and […]
Every six months the Department of Defense provides to Congress a semiannual report entitled Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan. The report covers the events from the previous six months – in this case, from December to May 2019. The […]
Sergeant Major James Sartor, a member of the 10th Special Forces Group, died during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan on Saturday, July 13, 2019. DoD reported that he died as a result of injures sustained from enemy small arms […]
UPDATE: DoD announced that SGM James Sartor was killed on July 13, 2019 in Faryab province, Afghanistan. Resolute Support Headquarters has reported that a U.S. service member has died in Afghanistan on Saturday, July 13, 2019. This is the 12th […]
CW4 (Ret) Christian McCoy was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, June 24, 2019. He died while working as a contractor for the Wexford Group / CACI attached to the 10th Special Forces Group in Afghanistan. Funeral. A funeral was held […]
Master Sergeant Michael Riley of the 10th Special Forces Group died as a result of wounds sustained from small arms fire on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. He was a member of a 2nd Bn 10th SFGA […]
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