Comments on: Dog Day Kandahar Afternoon

By: How CIA Money, Drug Money and Taliban Money Mix in the Same Pot « Yuvablog

How CIA Money, Drug Money and Taliban Money Mix in the Same Pot « Yuvablog — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:55:13 +0000

[...] Center for International Cooperation that ties Gecko/Muholic’s Afghan residents to a June assassination that (however briefly) stunned observers: The challenge posed by illegal militia groups employed by foreign armed forces to Afghan state [...]

By: BruceR

BruceR — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:13:55 +0000

Agree with you that “internecine fighting” within the ANSF is pretty common. But calling Afghans “soldiers” in this context implies they were Afghan National Army, and I'm pretty confident based on everything I've read this wasn't the case. Most likely, these guys were paramilitary security guards hired directly or indirectly by OEF to provide the outer checkpoints at one of the SOF bases in the Kandahar City area, or some other nearby vital point. There's lots of them.

By: Kandahar Police Chief Killed and… « Ghosts of Alexander

Kandahar Police Chief Killed and… « Ghosts of Alexander — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:34:27 +0000

[...] morning after commentary by Spencer, BruceR (who was there recently) and a report from [...]