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More on yesterday’s buck-wild killing of Kandahar police chief Matiullah Qati. P.J. Tobia at True/Slant hears that the mysterious “U.S.-trained Afghan security guards” who killed Qati — along with nine of his men and the district’s senior criminal investigator — are actually Afghan soldiers “trained by US Special Forces to guard bases.” If so, I’m [...]

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the market in Zormat, a district center in the southwest part of Afghanistan’s Paktia Province. The market, which takes about 10 minutes to walk through, is pretty much the center of Zormat’s economic activity…more

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan — Walking through a local bazaar, national security reporter Spencer Ackerman speaks with locals about life in the region.

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan — This just in from the Pentagon. That troop boost, totaling 5,700 soldiers, is on its way to Afghanistan in the fall:

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -– Leaving Salerno, I asked someone what he knew about Zormat, an area in southwestern Paktia Province to the west of the large Khost-Province base where I was heading. He responded immediately: “Lotta IEDs.” Someone else asked me if I was a reporter. I said I was. “Aw, man,” he said. [...]