CofCC News More NewsIn 2000, the Taliban had almost eradicated poppy farming in Afghanistan. Now the Obama administration is ordering US soldiers to provide direct support to poppy farmers in Afghanistan. Dozens of US soldiers have now blown the whistle that they were ordered to provide direct support for poppy farmers. The Obama administration is officially ignoring the [...]
The Taliban declared war on opium in 2000 and almost completely wiped it out in Afghanistan. In 2002, Afghanistan saw a 600%+ surge in the cultivation of opium. Now the US government admits to using American soldiers to aid in the cultivation and sale of opium. US soldiers are used to deliver farmer supplies to [...]
US troops capture them, Afghan police let them escape. For the second time in two years, hundreds of Taliban prisoners have escaped from a heavily armed fortress manned by Afghan police. The incident shows the futility of training the Afghan’s to police themselves. From AFP… Almost 500 Taliban fighters and commanders tunnelled out of a [...]
Historically, Afghanistan has been a place where empires have run out of steam. No one has really ever conquered Afghanistan in the past two thousand years. The Arab/Muslim war machine ground to a halt in the 8th century. The British Empire fought Afghanistan from 1839-1919 and accomplished nothing. The Soviet Union was worn out in [...]
