· April, 2008

Stories about Afghanistan from April, 2008

Afghanistan: No Pashtuns Here?

  2 April 2008

Josh Foust opines on the statement made by a provincial official in Afghanistan about the insurgents, particularly that most of the fighters are foreign.

Afghanistan: Troops from United Arab Emirates

  1 April 2008

Josh Foust says that it seems troops from the United Arab Emirates are doing some full-scale combat missions in Afghanistan in order to “make friendly contacts with the population”. He reminds that UAE was one of the only countries to have recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.