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The rumors that President Obama would cut and run from Afghanistan appear to have been greatly exaggerated. President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized — and the Pentagon is deploying ...
Michael Yon attends Holland’s memorial for the 65th anniversary of the Allied liberation from Nazi occupation, with lots of interesting photographs as always: Market Garden.
Michael Yon has a new report from Afghanistan, including a video clip: Two Firefights: One Video. [Video] This weekend we lost eight more soldiers in a firefight. I learned about it while they were still fighting, but did not report it until just before the media broke the story ...
Another terrific post full of photographs from Afghanistan, by Michael Yon: Pedros.
Michael Yon has another report from Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, as usual with excellent photographs and commentary: Eight Years After 9/11.
Michael Yon emailed to let me know he’s now unembedded in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Here’s his latest dispatch: New Afghan war: Frontline correspondent says fight has morphed – but we still can’t afford to lose.
Now that Afghanistan and Iraq are Barack Obama’s problems, it’s suddenly becoming fashionable for right-wing pundits to call for cutting and running. Days after urging the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan, conservative columnist George F. Will is calling on the administration to speed up the planned drawdown ...
Michael Yon’s latest must-read report from Afghanistan paints a pretty grim picture; he says the British are losing Helmand Province.
Michael Yon is no longer embedded with British forces in Afghanistan; he’s moved over to the US Air Force. (He doesn’t say why, but he does write that it was a “sudden ending of my embed.”) UPDATE at 8/27/09 1:18:45 pm: Chalk it up to bureaucracy.
Michael Yon emails from Afghanistan to say, “It’s the wild west out here:” Bad Medicine. Lots of riveting photos, as always.
In Afghanistan’s North Helmand Province, where Michael Yon is embedded with the Brits, the elections didn’t turn out very well. This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Election
As Afghanistan holds presidential elections, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the war — and there’s a stark difference on party lines. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
Another photo-filled essay from Afghanistan by Michael Yon, memorializing lost comrades as the fighting heats up: The Kopp-Etchells Effect.
Another report from the indispensable Michael Yon, in Afghanistan with the British Army: No Young Soldiers.
Michael Yon, Afghanistan, Military, War, Anti-Jihad, Photograph
Michael Yon emailed this striking photograph of a helicopter landing in hot, dusty conditions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Michael Yon, Afghanistan, Military, War, Anti-Jihad, Photograph
Michael Yon reports from Afghanistan on a disturbing development. UPDATE at 8/6/09 11:11:27 am: I realized that some readers will probably assume that the idea of granting habeas corpus rights to all battlefield detainees comes from the Obama administration, so please note: the administration is opposed to the ruling. ...
Another great must-read report with plenty of photos by Michael Yon, embedded with the British Army in Sangin, Afghanistan: Resurrection.
Michael Yon in Afghanistan’s Helmand River valley: An Artery of Opium, a Vein of Taliban.
A 26-year old American man who converted to Islam at a Long Island mosque has been charged with joining Al Qaeda and taking part in a rocket attack on a US base in Afghanistan. A 26-year-old American-born Long Island man who traveled to Pakistan and trained in a Qaeda ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Long Island
Michael Yon emailed to say he expects to be in combat by the time you read this; here’s his last peaceful dispatch for a while (he says), with lots of fascinating photographs: Some Photos and Captions.
Michael Yon is going back into combat in Afghanistan, alongside the real anti-jihad activists — the US Marines.
Michael Yon is with the real anti-jihad activists (aka, the US and British military) in Afghanistan, and has another must-read report filled with photographs of a very productive lizard hunt: Searching for Kuchi & Finding Lizards.
This is a welcome development, but I’m sure Putin has his own reasons for agreeing to it: Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan. MOSCOW — The Russian government has agreed to allow American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan to fly over Russian territory, providing ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Russia
A massive military offensive is under way in Afghanistan against the Taliban. NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
Michael Yon is back in Afghanistan. Kabul has changed. In recent years the roads were often clogged with military convoys, filling the town with aggravations and dangers often caused by the mere presence of large numbers of soldiers in proximity to the dusty beehive called Kabul. Yesterday, in a ...