Image credit: Brian MockenhauptThe Last Patrol -- Brian Mockenhaupt, The Atlantic
In September 2009, the second platoon of Charlie Company arrived in Afghanistan with 42 men. Ten months later, nearly half had been killed or wounded, mostly in the Arghandab Valley—a key to controlling southern Afghanistan. Now these 82nd Airborne troops were getting ready to leave the Arghandab behind. They had one more dangerous job to do: a joint mission with the untried artillery unit that would replace them patrolling the fields, orchards, and villages they called the Devil’s Playground.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
In 2010 Campaign, War Is Rarely Mentioned -- New York Times
The wars we've left behind -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Are We Winning or Losing in Afghanistan? -- Michael Crowley, Time Magazine
Small signs of progress in Kandahar -- Washington Post editorial
Iraq through night-vision goggles -- Christopher Hitchens, National Post
China’s Premature Great Power Label -- Sir Malcolm Rifkind, The Diplomat
China-Japan Differences Nowhere Near Over -- Frank Ching, China Post
Keep the Iran war talk quiet -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Of course Iran wants to meddle in its region -- Adrian Hamilton, Independent