Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 12/24/14 Wed. (8 days to go)

8 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan, and their last Christmas Eve there today.

Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Future looks bleak for Afghanistan as US troops leave:

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/12/23/a-dark-future-for-afghanistan-grows-more-likely-as-u-s-forces-withdraw/

Afghanistan Today, the GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 12/22/14 Mon. (10 days to go)

Ten days to go for US troops in Afghanistan. As US troops leave, more stories are coming out, such as the one at link #1. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) “Lawrence of Afghanistan”: Story of the downward spiral of a Marine officer in Afghanistan. Link:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/investigative-unit-2014-lawrence-afghanistan/story?id=27764059

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 12/21/14 Sun. (11 days to go)

11 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, another death from the French cultural center attack in Afghanistan. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) another death from attack at French cultural center in Afghanistan:

http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/677856

Afghanistan Today, the GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 12/13/14 Sat. (19 days to go)

19 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan, but unfortunately, they are still dying and two more were recently killed. RIP soldiers. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Two American soldiers killed in Afghanistan:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-american-soldiers-killed-afghanistan-attack-official-n267696

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 11/26/14 Wed. (38 days to go)

38 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan and their last Thanksgiving there was to be tomorrow. But, without going to Congress, and without securing funding, President Obama last week extended their presence there! Will Congress go along and fund this extension? Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Marine Raiders earn valor awards posthumously, Navy Corpsman survived battle, awarded for valor:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Bronze-Stars-Navy-Cross-Awarded-for-Bravery-in-Afghanistan-283923511.html#

2.) President Obama extends US troop stay in Afghanistan:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/trapped-in-afghanistan-between-obama-and-the-taliban-2/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3d3ccbfaa3-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-3d3ccbfaa3-156379285

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 11/25/14 Tue. (39 days to go)

39 days to go, if I have the count right, for US troops in Afghanistan. One thing for sure, with the date to withdraw of 12/31/14 approaching, this will be their last Thanksgiving there, then their last Christmas there.

Links from around the GWOT:

1.) While US troops are in Afghanistan on their final days there, Bato a kot remains a terrorist haven. Link:

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Airstrikes-Kill-18-in-Afghanistan-20141118-0039.html

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (The Afghanistan Scandal?) 10/31/14 Fri. (Halloween) (64 days to go)

The last Halloween US troops will spend in Afghanistan, and another month in the books. As the war is analyzed, more of the Afghani$tan $candal is revealed: see link at #1 on how Afghanistan is falling off the rails. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Afghanistan falling off the rails:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/10/30/afghanistan_us_poppy_taliban_SIGAR_troops_withdrawal_opium_heroine

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (The Afghanistan Scandal?) 10-22-14 Wed. (73 days to go)

73 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan. President Obama signed some type of deal in September 2014 to keep some US troops in that country, despite the other deal for them to leave 12/31/14. It remains to be seen whether the US Congress will fund this extension.

Links from around the GWOT:

1.) With talk of travel bans to prevent diseases such as Ebola from coming into the US, this story shows how India keeps polio from coming into their country. One way is to make sure travelers from Afghanistan to India do not have polio. Link:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/india-still-on-guard-against-polio-114102200574_1.html

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (The Afghanistan Scandal?) 10/21/14 Tue. (74 days to go)

74 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan, and as this story states at link #1 poppy crops/cultivation at an all time high. Links from around the GWOT:

1.) Poppy crops at an all time high in Afghanistan:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/21/this-map-shows-all-the-areas-in-afghanistan-where-poppy-production-rose/

Afghanistan Today, a GWOT Hotspot (the Afghanistan Scandal?) 10/18/14 Sat. (76 days to go)

76 days to go for US troops in Afghanistan. As the date gets near for all US troops to leave Afghanistan on Dec. 31, 2014, some units are leaving now.

Links from around the GWOT:

1.) An Air Force Squad prepares to leave Afghanistan:

http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20141018/NEWS08/310180039/Air-Force-s-MC-12-mission-ends-Afghanistan