Circling the Lion's Den

A glance at the conflict in Afghanistan

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Presidential runners and riders

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Here is a complete list of registered runners and riders for next year's elections for President, listed in the chronological order...
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Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Marine generals sacked for Camp Bastion failings

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When a small group of Taliban fighters cut through the fence and got into the massive Camp Bastion in southwestern Helmand province in Septe...

The banality of modern warfare.

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For the majority of people outside Afghanistan, the war has largely been forgotten. Operations are winding down, they say, there is talk of ...
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Monday, 30 September 2013

Dutch publish lists of those killed during the late 1970s

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Here is the link to the Dutch public prosecutor's lists of almost 5,000 Afghans murdered during the period when the country was ruled b...
Thursday, 25 July 2013

John Stanton's writings on the Human Terrain System

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US security writer John Stanton has written many articles over the last few years on the US Army's Human Terrain System, some of which...
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Anti-IED contract failures spotted by SIGAR

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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction continues to publish the results of investigations into contracting fraud. The ...
Friday, 19 July 2013

More from the Abbottabad Commission report

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I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the Abbottabad Commission report is one of the most important documents to have come out of Paki...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

More great quotes from the Abbottabad Commission report - 2

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Here are some more quotes from the Abbottabad Commission report, to date the most comprehensive account of bin Laden' stay in that city....

Adnan Rasheed's letter to Malala Yousafzai

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Here is the text of the letter sent by Pakistan Taliban member Adnan Rasheed to Malala Yousafzai via Pakistani journalists: IN THE NAME OF...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Great quotes from the Abbottabad Commission report - 1

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"When OBL moved about the Compound he wore a cowboy hat to avoid detection from above." "OBL apparently did not discuss pol...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Election carnage in Pakistan

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Political violence in Pakistan is seldom reported in mainstream media, so the figures for attacks during the recent election campaign, c...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

SIGAR boss says officials tried to intimidate him

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US government bureaucrats have tried to intimidate John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, saying h...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

Anyone out there listening to SIGAR?

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The latest 232-page quarterly report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) contains a useful overvie...
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Nick Fielding
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This blog aims to highlight issues and information that don't always make it into the mainstream media. Recognising that comment is cheap, wherever possible it will link you directly to documents and sources that are mentioned in the text. I realised some time ago that it was impossible to write about Afghanistan without writing about Pakistan and other neighbouring countries. With that in mind, the reader will come across articles that, while not specifically about Afghanistan, in some way shed light on the conflict.
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