Free Range International

There is no shortage of news flowing out of Afghanistan concerning election mischief and a ton of low to mid grade mayhem.   Just tonight we received a report about a BBIED who walked into the Pakistani Khasadar (Tribal) Guard mess and detonated his rig killing 22 and wounding another 15.   This is probably [...]

It is hot, humid and sunny this morning in Jalalabad with a pleasant light wind blowing out of the Northeast.   The traffic is light, people calm and as we sit here on the Baba deck monitoring the election we are receiving a report about every 10 minutes of mischief and mayhem.   I bet [...]

As the elections approach there has been much in the news on Afghanistan and most of it is not terribly accurate.   Yesterday’s VBIED in Kabul is a good example.   Most news outlets are connecting this attack to a countrywide effort by Taliban groups to interfere with the Presidential election scheduled for Thursday.   [...]

For the first time in this conflict it appears that Taliban fighters are moving out of the “Southern Triangle” of Nangarhar Province and attempting to interdict the road to Kabul.   The latest attack was on 6 August and it occurred much further east than the series of attacks last summer which we think emanated [...]

The pending Afghanistan election is heating up. The main challenger Abdullah Abdullah has suffered three attacks in three days on different offices around the country and one of his senior aides claimed that if Karzai won they would take up their rifles and fight in the streets of Kabul.   The other serious challenger, Ashraf [...]