by Allen McDuffee | Feb 21, 2014 | Monitor
The U.S. may be forced to withdraw troops completely from Afghanistan by the end of the year. That’s bad news if you’re the CIA, and your lethal drone flights over neighboring Pakistan rely on the close proximity of Afghan airstrips. Not surprisingly, the...
by Allen McDuffee | Dec 16, 2013 | Monitor
After more than 10 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon’s research group has announced a new system that could help U.S. troops and multinational forces communicate — a problem that frequently plagued the countries’ cooperation in...
by Allen McDuffee | Oct 22, 2013 | Monitor
Two prominent human rights groups today blasted America’s drone wars in Pakistan and Yemen, painting a grim picture of massive civilian deaths and potentially grave violations of international law.
by Allen McDuffee | Aug 12, 2013 | Monitor
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis argues that it’s high time to sack the Army’s senior leaders for what he sees as an institutionalized epidemic of astonishing failures that not only go unreported, but are typically rewarded.
by David Axe | May 23, 2013 | Monitor
The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan depends on the loyalty of the Afghan Local Police. But that loyalty is being tested by an apparent Taliban campaign of infiltration.