Photo: U.S. Army soldiers rest during a mission to check security efforts at Salang tunnel in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Parwan province of Afghanistan on Jan. 30, 2009. The soldiers are with Alpha Company, Division Special Troop Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Scott Davis, U.S. Army. (Released)Going the Distance -- Washington Post
The war in Afghanistan isn't doomed. We just need to rethink the insurgency.
On the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, lies the Kabre Ghora graveyard. It is believed to contain the graves of 158 British soldiers, diplomats and their families who died in the city during the Anglo-Afghan wars of 1839-1842 and 1879-1880. The name comes from the term Afghans use to describe British soldiers: "Ghora."
The original British gravestones have disappeared except for the remnants of 10, which have been preserved and relocated to a spot against the cemetery's southern wall. I have been to Kabre Ghora several times, but on my most recent visit, I noticed something new -- a memorial honoring soldiers from the United States, Canada and Europe who have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
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