Vivian wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan...."

Would anyone care to comment?

I saw this posted Friday on NEWS.YAHOO.COM.

"In Afghanistan, loose lips sink careers, it seems: First, commanding general Stanley McChrystal got the boot for speaking too freely about his Commander in Chief. And now NATO has fired a colonel serving as a staff officer in Afghanistan for daring to criticize the most important tool we have in the fight against insurgents: PowerPoint. [... ]"

Lewis wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Homemade bombs killed three U.S. troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Friday, and a roadside blast tore through a crowded market in the increasingly volatile north, killing three police and two civilians."

Would anyone care to comment?

Security officials are reviewing arrangements for trips to Afghanistan by David Cameron and other ministers amid fears that the Taliban are trying to target visiting dignitaries.

A former employee of a U.S. contractor in Afghanistan pleaded guilty to accepting $200,000 in bribes in return for steering work to companies doing business with the U.S. military.