The year was 1998, and my husband Dennis and I had spent a year in Texas after he suffered a heart attack. While we were still in the midst of some of Continue Reading
International
Peace Enforcement is Not the Same as Peacekeeping
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.-Harri Continue Reading
Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and our Failure in Afghanistan
by William Tetzlaff Success for an insurgency is winning over the people. This has been true from Washington having 90% of the colonies' people Continue Reading
A UK Soldier Goes to War
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in Vocal.Media as "Desert Meanderings" in May 2021. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
A UK Soldier, Before and After Iraq
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in Vocal.Media as "In Merlin We Trust" in June 2021. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Afghanistan: A Woman, Just Like Me
by Kaitlyn Trevathan This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 29, 2021. On Saturday, September 11, 2021, my dad shared a post Continue Reading
NRF’s Two-Year Trajectory and the Imperative of Fresh Political Approaches
by Erfan Choobinebehrooz [Editor's Note: NRF stands for National Resistance Front of Afghanistan] August 16, 2021, dressed in casual cream Continue Reading
Afghanistan Forgotten
I started reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini a couple of days ago. I'm only a few chapters into the book, and already I find it disturbing and Continue Reading
Six Reasons the Taliban Won Afghanistan (Epilogue)
Editor's Note: This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 22, 2021. Chris' six-part series is being republished over the next three days as Continue Reading
Six Reasons the Taliban Won Afghanistan (Part 6)
Editor's Note: This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 21, 2021. Chris' six-part series is being republished over the next three days as Continue Reading
Six Reasons the Taliban Won Afghanistan (Part 5)
Editor's Note: This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 20 2021. Chris' six-part series is being republished over the next three days as the Continue Reading
Six Reasons the Taliban Won Afghanistan (Part 4)
Editor's Note: This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 19, 2021. Chris' six-part series is being republished over the next three days as Continue Reading