As the battle for Marjah goes on, NATO is making plans for an even larger campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city and a center of the Taliban insurgency. Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Marvin Weinbaum of the Middle East Institute about the strategy, and Deutsche Welle reports on the legacy of Russia's war in Afghanistan.
All Posts Tagged With: "Kandahar"
Interview & Video
March 4, 2010
U.S. military makes plans for massive Kandahar offensive
Video
August 18, 2009
Taliban tightens noose around Afghan city ahead of vote
In Afghanistan on Tuesday, with the election two days away and the campaign winding down, the Taliban is doing all it can to let voters know they are not safe. Zeina Khodr of Al Jazeera English reports on the dangers in the southern city of Kandahar.
Perspectives
June 23, 2009
With ping-pong and puns, soldiers stay sane in Afghanistan
Anup Kaphle is embedded with British and Canadian forces in Afghanistan and describes how soldiers stay sane and find relief and entertainment on a military base in Kandahar.
Perspectives
December 3, 2008
Afghans fear militia rule as U.S. reaches out to tribes
A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes from Kandahar about meetings between tribal leaders as the U.S. looks to recruit tribal militias to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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