SANDBAG BUDDIES - U.S. Army Spcs. Jamus Grandstrom and Daniel Collazo sit on sandbags in the Daymirdad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. Grandstrom and Collazo are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Brigade Special Troops Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. CaseyUS Military Surge: The View From Kandahar -- Reuters
The U.S. military has stopped the Taliban momentum in southern Afghanistan, and is probably starting to reverse it following the surge, according to a study we wrote about this week here. The view from the ground, though, is much less rosy.
Australia’s Lowy Institute for International Policy has published a paper under its Afghan Voices series looking at how ordinary Afghans view the current round of military operations centred around Kandahar.
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