The document discusses the US counter-IED strategy in Afghanistan and concludes it was a failure. It notes that establishing large military bases in Helmand province, where much of the opium poppy was grown, did little to curb the drug trade. Both the US and Pakistan were suspected of protecting certain drug trafficking groups for financial and strategic reasons. The document questions why the US chose to focus military efforts in Helmand, which strengthened the Taliban's logistical lines through Pakistan and increased IED attacks against US forces. It concludes the US failed to achieve its objectives of destroying the Taliban or curbing the drug trade.
(This is the script for the slides focusing on the American Broadcast media coverage)
While doing this project I have studied 18 videos from four American news channels.
Videos from the top three American news channels ABC, CBS and NBC, and CNN international have been analyzed for this project.
I have based my report and findings on these18 news report alone, therefore any conclusion or that I have drawn are strictly aimed at critiquing these selective videos.
My analysis discusses the positives and negatives of these news reports based on
News angle
Balance
Sourcing
Language /Clips and quotes
Objectivity
News Angles
News channel Number of videos News angle
IRAN US OTHERS
CNN Int 6 2 2 1
ABC 4 0 4
CBS 4 1 3
NBC 4 1 3
Out of the 4 stories having an Iranian angle – the NBC story was an example of good Journalism. It discussed the actual effects any sanctions would have on the people of Iran.
One of the CNN story called “Iran’s War games” starts off with an Iranian angle but soon gets too engaged in the western reactions to the Iranian missile launch.
Balance:
CNN covered the entire affair in a very wholesome manner. The news angles taken are evidence to the kind of balanced coverage given to both the parties.
News reports titled ‘Iran’s war games’ ’and ‘Iran blasted for nuclear program’ were two reports done by CNN having an Iranian perspective. There were comments from Iranian officials.The comments of Iranian president whose were also used in this report.
While the news report – Iran blasted for nuclear program is very finely balanced with reaction and counter reaction exchanged between Iran and US and other western countries.
The report ‘Iran’s war games’ is just a reactionary report of the American countries.
Overall all the American news channels were very focused on the American side of the story.
Sources:
Positives:
The sources used by a majority of the American broadcasters were very prompt and accurate when it came to predicting the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Their analysis were spot on.
Example: David Albright on CBS accurately gazed that Iran was 2 years away from making any nuclear weapons.
Example: Ray Takeyh from council on foreign relation gave 2 very valid and foreseeing suggestions.
Hesuggested that Russia and china would have to be made key allies and that Oil and extraction technology related sanction would to more successful in subduing Iran’s nuclear agenda.
Negatives
The sources were mostly Americans. There were American officials, people working in think tanks like new America Foundation and council on foreign relations who came on news bulletins offering suggestions and predictions on a regular basis.
At the same time none of the Iranian authorities were questioned. Every report had only one clip or source that was Iranian while the rest all were Americans. Almost at an average of 1 out 4 sources was an Iranian.
Examples: there were only 4 Iranian officials and who made an appearance on the international and American television news.
Mahmoud ahmedinijad being, Saeed Jalili [Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Hasan Qashqavi [Iran’s foreign minister] and Iran’s defense minister whose name was too unimportant for a CBS reporter to even mention.
The Iranian’s claimed that they had informed the IAEA 18 months ago, while the American dated the Iranian disclosure to a week back. The distortion of claims from both sides was never clarified using a proper source from the IAEA
Language / Quotes and Clips
Positives:
There were a couple of outstanding reports like the CNN report titled “Iran blasted for nuclear program”
Though the name does sound aggressive and opinionated the actual report is a very balanced one. The report involves a series of reactions and counter reactions, leaving the audience to decide the scene for themselves.
No statement given by t
(This is the script for the slides focusing on the American Broadcast media coverage)
While doing this project I have studied 18 videos from four American news channels.
Videos from the top three American news channels ABC, CBS and NBC, and CNN international have been analyzed for this project.
I have based my report and findings on these18 news report alone, therefore any conclusion or that I have drawn are strictly aimed at critiquing these selective videos.
My analysis discusses the positives and negatives of these news reports based on
News angle
Balance
Sourcing
Language /Clips and quotes
Objectivity
News Angles
News channel Number of videos News angle
IRAN US OTHERS
CNN Int 6 2 2 1
ABC 4 0 4
CBS 4 1 3
NBC 4 1 3
Out of the 4 stories having an Iranian angle – the NBC story was an example of good Journalism. It discussed the actual effects any sanctions would have on the people of Iran.
One of the CNN story called “Iran’s War games” starts off with an Iranian angle but soon gets too engaged in the western reactions to the Iranian missile launch.
Balance:
CNN covered the entire affair in a very wholesome manner. The news angles taken are evidence to the kind of balanced coverage given to both the parties.
News reports titled ‘Iran’s war games’ ’and ‘Iran blasted for nuclear program’ were two reports done by CNN having an Iranian perspective. There were comments from Iranian officials.The comments of Iranian president whose were also used in this report.
While the news report – Iran blasted for nuclear program is very finely balanced with reaction and counter reaction exchanged between Iran and US and other western countries.
The report ‘Iran’s war games’ is just a reactionary report of the American countries.
Overall all the American news channels were very focused on the American side of the story.
Sources:
Positives:
The sources used by a majority of the American broadcasters were very prompt and accurate when it came to predicting the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Their analysis were spot on.
Example: David Albright on CBS accurately gazed that Iran was 2 years away from making any nuclear weapons.
Example: Ray Takeyh from council on foreign relation gave 2 very valid and foreseeing suggestions.
Hesuggested that Russia and china would have to be made key allies and that Oil and extraction technology related sanction would to more successful in subduing Iran’s nuclear agenda.
Negatives
The sources were mostly Americans. There were American officials, people working in think tanks like new America Foundation and council on foreign relations who came on news bulletins offering suggestions and predictions on a regular basis.
At the same time none of the Iranian authorities were questioned. Every report had only one clip or source that was Iranian while the rest all were Americans. Almost at an average of 1 out 4 sources was an Iranian.
Examples: there were only 4 Iranian officials and who made an appearance on the international and American television news.
Mahmoud ahmedinijad being, Saeed Jalili [Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Hasan Qashqavi [Iran’s foreign minister] and Iran’s defense minister whose name was too unimportant for a CBS reporter to even mention.
The Iranian’s claimed that they had informed the IAEA 18 months ago, while the American dated the Iranian disclosure to a week back. The distortion of claims from both sides was never clarified using a proper source from the IAEA
Language / Quotes and Clips
Positives:
There were a couple of outstanding reports like the CNN report titled “Iran blasted for nuclear program”
Though the name does sound aggressive and opinionated the actual report is a very balanced one. The report involves a series of reactions and counter reactions, leaving the audience to decide the scene for themselves.
No statement given by t
Thucydides Trap, North Korean missile development and the Fragmentation of St...Dr. Dan EKONGWE
It is written; it was the rise of Athens that led to the attack and declaration of war by Sparta. In this article I expose on how the North Keaeans in its relationship with the particularly the US lives by that principle. I try to show that, and like the Russian president Vladimir Putin said, North Koreans will eat grass only if by that means they will acquire a nuclear weapon. In terms of international relations I explain that the North Koreans are aware of the dangerous nature of the international scene an anarchy that characterises international relations. To them its only the acquisition of nuclear technology that will allow them to to be recognized and taken seriously to sit on the high table of high politics. The Trump - Kim relations speaks for itself
let-the-dragons-fight-the-dragons-a-h-amin-september-2008Agha A
WAR IS NOT ABOUT ETHICS
GOD IS NEITHER WITH US NOR WITH THEM
THERE IS NOTHING INEVITABLE IN HISTORY
USA MUST RECONSIDER ITS STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ OR ITS CULMINATING POINT MAY NOT BE FAR AWAY
USA MUST RECONSIDER ITS STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
In the last seven years or so the USA at the strategic,operational and tactical
level has became a laughing stock for the world.Starting from the premise that both
USA's total failure or total success would not be good for world peace,one may state
with confidence that the USA needs to seriously re-consider its strategy in both Iraq and Afghanistan and worldwide.
The present situation is that th USA is making the major effort while its NATO allies less Britain are just pretending that they are also pushing the bogged down vehicle.This is true for both Iraq and Afghanistan.If this continues China and Russia will have the last laugh.
Lets assume that 9/11 was the major historical development done by non US actors,whether a state actor/s or a non state actor/s , taking advantage of which the USA initiated a NEW PLAN BARBAROSSA or a NEW FINAL SOLUTION to deal with the multiple issues of energy resources,Islamic extremism and containing the rise of China and containing Russia's reassertion and regeneration.
The US policy makers did not accurately assess the responses of their stated and non stated opponents.They failed to give due account to the important aspect that the enemy or other parties non state or state actors have an independent will.When the USA occupied Afghanistan ,Russia brilliantly adapted.Renewing and putting extra investment in their old Parchami and Mujahid allies in Afghanistan.Note that the Mujahids had been seriously penetrated and converted by 1985 as far as many sizeable groups were concerned.The Russians
grey-and-dubious-areas-of-us-drone-program-in-pakistanAgha A
grey-and-dubious-areas-of-us-drone-program-in-pakistan-
In 2006 a policy decision was taken to attack likely targets based on human int reportsmade from 2 to 5 km location of target. the drone program is designed to benefit somecontractors. secrecy is used as excuse for no bid contracts or selective cartelling of contractors like dyncorps , blackwater and many others. what is black watersqualification to get a 22 million USD no bid contract in kabul ?the absurd part is that drone program assumes that all bad guys are in a box of 60 kmX 40 km ? This is most absurd.Why cannot the bad guys be outside this area.I am not against drone program but i am against drones being used only in twodistricts . how is it possible that all the troubke creators are in two districts.secrecy has been used to benefit some contractors who have close links in CIA , DIAand DOD ? a glance at CVs of many defence contractors points a picture
Thucydides Trap, North Korean missile development and the Fragmentation of St...Dr. Dan EKONGWE
It is written; it was the rise of Athens that led to the attack and declaration of war by Sparta. In this article I expose on how the North Keaeans in its relationship with the particularly the US lives by that principle. I try to show that, and like the Russian president Vladimir Putin said, North Koreans will eat grass only if by that means they will acquire a nuclear weapon. In terms of international relations I explain that the North Koreans are aware of the dangerous nature of the international scene an anarchy that characterises international relations. To them its only the acquisition of nuclear technology that will allow them to to be recognized and taken seriously to sit on the high table of high politics. The Trump - Kim relations speaks for itself
let-the-dragons-fight-the-dragons-a-h-amin-september-2008Agha A
WAR IS NOT ABOUT ETHICS
GOD IS NEITHER WITH US NOR WITH THEM
THERE IS NOTHING INEVITABLE IN HISTORY
USA MUST RECONSIDER ITS STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ OR ITS CULMINATING POINT MAY NOT BE FAR AWAY
USA MUST RECONSIDER ITS STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
In the last seven years or so the USA at the strategic,operational and tactical
level has became a laughing stock for the world.Starting from the premise that both
USA's total failure or total success would not be good for world peace,one may state
with confidence that the USA needs to seriously re-consider its strategy in both Iraq and Afghanistan and worldwide.
The present situation is that th USA is making the major effort while its NATO allies less Britain are just pretending that they are also pushing the bogged down vehicle.This is true for both Iraq and Afghanistan.If this continues China and Russia will have the last laugh.
Lets assume that 9/11 was the major historical development done by non US actors,whether a state actor/s or a non state actor/s , taking advantage of which the USA initiated a NEW PLAN BARBAROSSA or a NEW FINAL SOLUTION to deal with the multiple issues of energy resources,Islamic extremism and containing the rise of China and containing Russia's reassertion and regeneration.
The US policy makers did not accurately assess the responses of their stated and non stated opponents.They failed to give due account to the important aspect that the enemy or other parties non state or state actors have an independent will.When the USA occupied Afghanistan ,Russia brilliantly adapted.Renewing and putting extra investment in their old Parchami and Mujahid allies in Afghanistan.Note that the Mujahids had been seriously penetrated and converted by 1985 as far as many sizeable groups were concerned.The Russians
grey-and-dubious-areas-of-us-drone-program-in-pakistanAgha A
grey-and-dubious-areas-of-us-drone-program-in-pakistan-
In 2006 a policy decision was taken to attack likely targets based on human int reportsmade from 2 to 5 km location of target. the drone program is designed to benefit somecontractors. secrecy is used as excuse for no bid contracts or selective cartelling of contractors like dyncorps , blackwater and many others. what is black watersqualification to get a 22 million USD no bid contract in kabul ?the absurd part is that drone program assumes that all bad guys are in a box of 60 kmX 40 km ? This is most absurd.Why cannot the bad guys be outside this area.I am not against drone program but i am against drones being used only in twodistricts . how is it possible that all the troubke creators are in two districts.secrecy has been used to benefit some contractors who have close links in CIA , DIAand DOD ? a glance at CVs of many defence contractors points a picture
Impact of artillery fire on tanks
according to colonel effendi then DQ changez force on 8 December the enemy made a bold attempt to breach the minefield ...a blaze of 90 mm gun fire greeted the Indian trawls one managed to get through but the crew abandoned it with the engine running.....the second trawl was hit and stopped dead.... and the third one stayed without risking a cross But then something inexplicable happened, the infantry element (not 13 Punjab) sharing the same ridge with with C Squadron were unnerved by the sight of the three tanks, equipped with trawls rushing forward, and as a result they panicked and left their trenches and moved rearwards.
The enemy tanks covering the mine breaching operation started engaging our M-47s on the ridge, as a result two tanks were hit and the troop leader, a JCO , also lost his nerve and started pulling out, the neighboring troop also started following suit.
The squadron commander on seeing a fiasco developing, tried to stop the rot,but the order he gave was misinterpreted: --
Apne, apne purane position mein wapis jao (go back to your original position).This was understood by some to return to their original location near Shakargarh town that they had occupied prior to 5 December,this resulted in a stampede , as the squadron went out of control,the wireless network got jammed and the squadron commander watched helplessly as order and discipline crumbled around him.However one of his troops, on the extreme right flank,commanded by Captain Kazim, stood firm at Nathlan Kalan.
A Squadron 20 Lancers , located close by , witnessed the rout, and the squadron commander reported the situation to Lt. Col Tufail”.
Effendi went on and described the crisis of confusion in C Squadron 33 Cavalry in following words :--
“ We had barely reached our HQ when a telephone call from 20 Lancers broke the news.It was stunning.Fortunately for us the unseemly withdrawal was not seen by the enemy, as it had occurred on a reverse slope and out of his view.In the meantime Tufail arrived black as thunder.Brigadier Nisar ordered him to go and personally check the position on the ground, and I was to accompany him as the squadron commanders representative.As we were driving on the main track , we saw an oncoming jeep,with Lt Col Abdur Rahman and his elegant second in command as the occupants.On seeing us ,the jeep stopped next to us and Lt Col Abdur Rahman shouted : - Everything is under control ,it was only a minor mishap, and we are reocc
Myths and misconceptions of indo pak history part 8Agha A
Yet in 1857 the Indians or at least a part of them both Hindus and Muslims combined and made one very desperate yet valiant effort to oust the British. Till this time the Hindus acknowledged the Muslim political supremacy since we see the Bengal Army which was predominantly Hindu, fighting for Muslim sovereigns at Delhi and in Oudh!
But when this great rebellion failed there was the parting of the ways! The Muslims of the post-1857 had no choice but to please the British to avoid Hindu domination!
The Hindu’s problems had completely ended!
All they had to do was to play a waiting game.
They knew that one day the British will have to go and then they, the ones who had been ruled and subjugated by a minority from the 12th century till almost the 18th century would dominate the Indo-Pak sub- continent, just like they were about to do around 1799 and till 1803 when the EEIC challenged the Hindu Mahratta rule!
The Muslim post-1857 problems were more complex, they had to escape Hindu domination and they also had to face the British.
The policy they adopted after 1857 was “Loyalty to the British”.
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By Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder
Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, February 8, 2011: Set ablaze by roadside bombs, oil trucks bearing fuel
for NATO forces burn, as bystanders react. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)
SHORTLY AFTER AMERICAN NAVY SEALs raided the Pakistani city of Abbottabad in May and killed
Osama bin Laden, General Ashfaq Kayani, the Pakistani chief of army staff, spoke with Khalid Kidwai,
the retired lieutenant general in charge of securing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. Kidwai, who commands
a security apparatus called the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), had been expecting Kayani’s call.
General Kayani, the most powerful man in a country that has only a simulacrum of civilian leadership,
had been busy in the tense days that followed the bin Laden raid: he had to assure his American
funders (U.S. taxpayers provide more than $2 billion in annual subsidies to the Pakistani military) that
the army had no prior knowledge of bin Laden’s hideout, located less than a mile from Pakistan’s
preeminent military academy; and at the same time he had to subdue the uproar within his ranks over
what was seen as a flagrant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty by an arrogant Barack Obama. But he
was also anxious about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, and he found time to express this
worry to General Kidwai.
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Based on the articles assigned this week, the current threat of nuclear weapons being acquired and used in a terrorist attack is low for several reasons. The Department of Defense defines a nuclear weapon as “a complete assembly (i.e., implosion type, gun type, or thermonuclear type), in its intended ultimate configuration which, upon completion of the prescribed arming, fusing, and firing sequence, is capable of producing the intended nuclear reaction and release of energy.” (Joint Publication 3-11)
Nuclear weapons and material are very hard to acquire and have intense security. Although more countries around the world continue to develop their own nuclear weapon capabilities, it is very unlikely for a country to give nuclear weapons or materials to a terrorist organization. To give a terrorist organization nuclear capabilities is not only very dangerous because terrorists do not abide by any laws or treaties, but is also likely to force a war with opposing countries. There are signed treaties that prevent nuclear proliferation and testing.
The United States has so many different organizations within the Intelligence Community, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Energy that have dedicated units both home and overseas locking down and securing nuclear materials. The United States has an overall mindset, that if we possess nuclear weapons there is a chance that a terrorist organization can too. This is in large due to the rhetoric of our policy makers and media. Although they are trying to take preventive measures, they make terrorist organizations seem more deadly than what they truly are. If everything is a threat, then nothing is a threat.
I think that terrorist trying to achieve nuclear weapons is too hard and is not cost effective. Take for example DAESH right now. They can barely hold their stronghold of Mosul, Iraq and for them to effectively provide logistics, finances and the manpower needed to acquire and build a nuclear weapon is unlikely. They are going to resort to improvised explosive devices (IEDs), vehicle-borne IEDs (VBIEDs), small arms fire and tunnels to continue their operations.
References:
Huessy, P. (2013). Nuclear Zero: World Peace or World Chaos. Family Security Matters, 8.
Wilner, A. S. (2012). Apocalypse Soon? Deterring Nuclear Iran and its Terrorist. Proxies. Comparative Strategy, 31 (1)
Aaron Baca
For this week’s discussion I chose an article called “Are We Prepared?” from the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This article evolves around an evaluation of four scenarios involving the potential threat of WMDs occurring in the US. The scenarios include the collapse of the Nonproliferation Regime, Failed WMD-armed State, Biological Terror Campaign and a Nuclear Detonation in a US City. The issues regarding these situations combined can create incomparable obstacles, not .
Battle of Gangiri-Heavy Price paid by HM 6 Dragoon Guards for Gallantry Agha A
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WHY PAKISTAN ARMY OR INDIAN ARMY CAN NEVER PRODUCE A MUSTAFA KAMAL- SOMETHING...Agha A
WHY PAKISTAN ARMY OR INDIAN ARMY CAN NEVER PRODUCE A MUSTAFA KAMAL- SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG IN THE GENES
April 2020
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A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Canadian Immigration Tracker March 2024 - Key SlidesAndrew Griffith
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Permanent Residents decrease along with percentage of TR2PR decline to 52 percent of all Permanent Residents.
March asylum claim data not issued as of May 27 (unusually late). Irregular arrivals remain very small.
Study permit applications experiencing sharp decrease as a result of announced caps over 50 percent compared to February.
Citizenship numbers remain stable.
Slide 3 has the overall numbers and change.
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
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UNITED STATES COUNTER IED STRATEGY AND TACTICS WERE A FAILURE IN AFGHANISTAN
1. US COUNTER IED STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN WAS A FAILURE
WE CARRIED OUT A SMALL CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENT FOR A CLIENT.
RESULTS CANNOT BE DISCLOSED DUE TO NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BUT SOME
CONCLUSIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN MY BOOK -IED DRONES AND SUICIDE BOMBIN IN
AFANISTAN
AGHA H AMIN
It is a great mystery why the US/NATO decided to take the war to Helmand. A better option would have been to simply
defoliate the poppy crops using chemical agents and to concentrate on mining and fencing the Afghan Pakistan and Afghan
Iran Border in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. A far cheaper , economical and cost effective option than building Camps
Leatherneck ,Dwyer etc and wasting valuable military lives in Helmand and Kandahar ? It is beyond the scope of this short
work to research why the US went into Helmand . Was it to monopolise and control the vast drug country which Taliban linked
drug mafia was controlling or was it to inflict a decisive military defeat on Taliban. Drugs were not eliminated as this was never
a US objective . Taliban were not annihilated as US force ratios were too low and the US failed to severe the Talibans strategic
line of logistics based in Pakistan. It is a great mystery why the US military established huge military presence right in the
heart of drugs in Helmand and did nothing to eradicated drugs.Interestingly both US and Pakistan protected select drug mafia
groups as both in all probability used narcotics to finance part of the war. Drug seizures declined radically after 9/11 in both
Afghanistan and Pakistan and the period 2001-13 was the best era of life for the drug barons of all religions and ethnicities in
Af Pak,UAE and Europe. In 2008 the US went in Helmand in force by establishing Camp Leatherneck. A US military contractor
contacted me for boring wells in Helmand and in the process sent me an excellent map marking US camps in Helmand. It
appears that establishment of Camp Leatherneck near Khanishin was viewed with extreme suspicion by the Pakistani military
and 2008 saw a major surge in Taliban activity in targeting US troops with IEDs. It appears that the Pakistani military thought
that if the Taliban did not exert greater pressure on the US troops in Helmand , US alleged support to Baloch insurgents would
multiply as well as alleged US support to the Pakistani Taliban in FATA.These were seen as a NATO proxy to punish Pakistan
for its covert support to Afghan Taliban.
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6. IED,DRONES AND SUICIDE
BOMBER WARFARE IN
AFGHANISTAN AND
PAKISTAN
Reflections of one who saw events from close quarters
7. Agha Humayun Amin
Dedication
Dedicated to all foot soldiers and fighters on all
sides who fought these wars in vain and to the
ordinary people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who
suffered and will suffer
Introduction
8. With friend and co author Colonel David Osinski in front of NATO Headquarters Kabul , 29 June 2010
This is narrative of a soldier who identifies with all soldiers all over the world regardless of race , religion or
class and seeds soldiers as a class misused by crafty politicians for furthering personal ambitions and narrow
agendas.
An attempt has been made to present things as I saw them without any axe to grind.
While warfare has seen many changes the human actor remains the constant factor.
IEDs became famous in Iraq War of 2003 and later acquired greater notoriety in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Main impact of IEDs is that they have immensely increased the cost of war for bigger states and states in
general and made waging war more effective at a lower cost for non state actors as well as smaller states.
According to Peter Singer writings posted on Brookings the United States has spent roughly $17 billion on various anti-IED
gear over the last decade, and that’s not counting the $45 billion spent on mine-resistant vehicles.
More than the cost IEDs have shattered the basic confidence that any soldier has in himself and in the environment in which he
operates.
Many NATO soldiers who I met in Afghanistan regretted the fact that they were fighting against an enemy who they rarely ever
saw with their own eyes !
This narrative is a personal narrative also because of a many centuries old family connection with Afghanistan and my
personal connection with Afghanistan since 1978 and with Pakistan since birth.
Many of the events that I discuss in this narrative have a direct connection with what I saw as a contractor in Afghanistan ,
particularly from 2004 till to date.
Chapter One
IEDs in Afghanistan and the Opposing Strategic Debates in NATO Command and Pakistani
Military Command circles’
According to the icasualties.org data the first IED attack victim in Afghanistan was US Army Staff Sergeant Brian.T
Craig killed by an IED at Kandahar on 15 April 2002 alongwith three other US personnel i.e Staff Sergeant Galewski, Justin
J , Sergeant Maugans, Jamie O , and Sergeant First Class Romero, Daniel A.
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Chapter Ten
Conclusion
While US invasion of Afghanistan was a strategic act which placed the US in a central position from where it could strike a wide variety of objectives
, US strategy after 2001 invasion degenerated into a directionless river which peters out into a sandy desert and cannot produce anything useful ,
productive or palatable.
The US failed in all of the following objectives in Afghanistan :--
1. Destroy the Afghan Taliban and various Islamist groups with an extremist agenda.
2. Dominate the Central Asian Republics from where the US was simply kicked out or contained by the Russians despite initial successes in
Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan.
3. Make any offensive progress against Iran where the Iranian Baloch were an ideal strategic asset that the US could have exploited.
4. Arm twist and pressurize Pakistan into not providing sanctuary and logistic support to Taliban , other Islamist groups etc.
5. Fence and block the Afghan Pakistan border opposite Pakistani Balochistan province and interdict Taliban logistics using which maximum
casualties were inflicted on the US troops deployed in Afghanistan.
6. Create alternative states in Afghanistan or Pakistan which could replace existing Pakistani and Afghanistan states as a better and more reliable
US ally despite the fact that many ethnic groups in both Af Pak were pro US and looked at the US as a savior and benefactor.
On the Islamist side following lessons stand out :--
1. Non state actors cannot win wars without support of a major state actor which was non existent in this case. Although Pakistan at the covert level
supported Afghan Taliban , the very secrecy and discreteness of the support made its impact limited.
2. IED warfare could discourage a major state actor from waging war but could not win a war itself. What would follow a US withdrawal from
Afghanistan would be a new civil war and greater chaos.
3. Suicide bombings are a failed method od waging low intensity conflict. They are difficult to execute
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U.S. and Russia Discuss Olympic Security
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BRUSSELS — Even as Russia imposes the most intensive security apparatus in Olympic history, the top
military officers from the United States and Russia have opened discussions about using sophisticated
American electronic equipment in a new effort to help secure the Winter Games in Sochi next month.
The Russian delegation first raised the prospect of gaining access to the American technology, developed by the
Pentagon to counter improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq, Defense Department officials said
on Tuesday. They emphasized that no decisions had been made yet.
The potential for a technological exchange was part of an extensive discussion here on Tuesday, when Gen.
Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held his first face-to-face meeting with his
Russian counterpart, Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, chief of the general staff.
President Obama and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia also discussed security at the Games in a phone
conversation on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
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Few details were disclosed. General Dempsey said the Defense Department would be willing to provide
equipment designed to detect and disrupt cellphone or radio signals used by militants to detonate improvised
explosives from a distance. But he cautioned that technical experts from both nations first needed to make sure
that the American systems could be integrated into the communications networks and security systems being
set in place by Russia.
In discussing the Pentagon’s technology to counter improvised explosives, General Dempsey noted that this
was “something that we’ve become extraordinarily familiar with.” Homemade bombs planted by militants have
been the leading cause of deaths and injuries to American service members in Afghanistan and Iraq.
But the decision on whether to share the equipment is not a simple one. Especially during the early use of the
technology, the American military found that it had created a muddle of electronic signals in which competing
and overlapping systems canceled out the effectiveness of other systems in use at the same time and in the
same area.
“If you’re not careful, you can actually degrade capability, not enhance it,” General Dempsey said.
During their meetings here, the American and Russian military chiefs sought to advance an agenda of
exchanges and continued cooperation on counterterrorism and antipiracy operations, despite the fact that
diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow swing between caustic disagreement and cautious
cooperation.
Even with their extensive agenda on bilateral security issues, the question of safety at the Olympics was
thoroughly discussed, including a description by General Gerasimov of the close cooperation between the
Russian military and its civilian law enforcement and intelligence services to provide security for the Games.
General Gerasimov described in detail how Russian authorities “have in place the intelligence apparatus as
well as the response apparatus to deal with the threats,” General Dempsey said.
Generals Dempsey and Gerasimov met one day after Pentagon officials disclosed that the United States
European Command was drawing up plans to have two Navy warships in the Black Sea at the time of the
Games, should they be needed in case of emergency.
In addition to deploying tens of thousands of police officers and military reinforcements to the Sochi area, the
Russian government has tightened control inside the city ahead of the opening of the Games on Feb. 7,
banning vehicles that are not registered in the region and requiring even Russians who visit to register with the
police within three days, as foreigners must do.
The threat of terrorism has become a grim reality of major sporting events, and Russian officials are acutely
aware that these Games are being held near a region festering with Islamist separatists.
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Both the American and Russian generals — who share a history of having commanded large tank and armored
units — emphasized the importance of improving communication between their armed forces.
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“I think we have an opportunity to advance the relationship on areas of common interest,” General Dempsey
said.
He noted in particular that Moscow remains a vital partner for supply lines for the NATO mission in
Afghanistan, agreeing to allow the movement of nonlethal material to and from the war zone through Russian
territory; that rail and road network is becoming increasingly important as protests in Pakistan choke efforts to
use the more convenient supply line there.
General Dempsey said his Russian counterpart was concerned about the potential for further instability in
Afghanistan after the NATO combat mission there officially ends this year. General Gerasimov has asked for
updates on the American and NATO effort to train, advise and equip Afghan National Security Forces, General
Dempsey said, as well as Afghanistan’s ability to maintain and control transportation lines in and out of the
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“He is absolutely concerned, as I would be in his place,” General Dempsey said.
In brief remarks welcoming General Dempsey to the Russian mission to NATO in suburban Brussels, General
Gerasimov endorsed “regular contacts” between the militaries as “quite useful.”
General Dempsey, in an interview, said it was important for the two militaries “not to foreclose on
conversations, even if at some points there are disagreements that prevent the forward movement” in other
parts of the relationship, whether political or diplomatic
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