The cell phone rang in my corner of my tactical operations center. “Where are you?” the Afghan elder asked urgently. A commander from the al Qaeda-aligned Haqqani network was drinking tea one compound away, he said. The Haqqani commander was notorious for forcibly recruiting young Afghan villagers to fight for him and for executing anyone … Continue reading Back to Night Raids: Counterinsurgency or Counterbureaucracy?
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Back to Night Raids: Counterinsurgency or Counterbureaucracy?
The cell phone rang in my corner of my tactical operations center. “Where are you?” the Afghan elder asked urgently. A commander from the al Qaeda-aligned Haqqani network was drinking tea one compound away, he said. The Haqqani commander was notorious for forcibly recruiting young Afghan villagers to fight for him and for executing anyone … Continue reading Back to Night Raids: Counterinsurgency or Counterbureaucracy?