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SIGAR: Drug lab bombing was a dead end, and most metrics for success or failure in Afghanistan are ‘classified or nonexistent'

The drug lab bombing campaign in Afghanistan that was championed as a game-changer didn’t have the intended effect of hitting the Taliban’s purse and was probably a waste of resources.

By Kyle Rempfer

6 years ago

That time the Chinese messed with our flag so we took their guns and used them to blow up their forts

Red, white and blew them up.

By Mark Simner, Military History

6 years ago

Marine commander says rapid drawdown in Afghanistan was premature

The capital of Helmand province, Lashkar Gah, was on the verge of collapse before Marine advisers arrived in spring 2017.

7 years ago

How the US dropped more munitions in Afghanistan this year than it has since the height of the war

U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) has dropped more munitions in the first three months of this year than during the same time period in 2011 — a time widely considered the height of the war in Afghanistan.

By Kyle Rempfer

7 years ago

US airstrikes against Taliban drug labs extend to western Afghanistan

In perhaps a sign of the campaign’s success, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan recently announced that its efforts to stem Taliban financing by bombing narcotics facilities would expand beyond southern Afghanistan.

By Kyle Rempfer

7 years ago

How much longer will US and partner forces ‘own the night’ in combat?

Filmed through the tinted green of night vision goggles, a February video by the Taliban depicts their assault on an Afghan Local Police outpost in Khandahar province.

By Kyle Rempfer

7 years ago