Afghanistan

Previously:
Does the IJU Even Exist?
Oh, Actual Terrorists
Talking the IMU in Northern Afghanistan
There’s a pretty interesting essay at SWJ on the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Afghanistan. Most of it is fine—I’d seriously question relying on Ahmed Rashid for meaningful information about Uzbeks, for example. There are some bits that are pretty questionable, however, and it [...]

Blake Hounshell is on to something:
There’s been a lot of chatter recently over bringing Hekmatyar and/or Haqqani over on the the government side… There’s no question these are nasty men, but they don’t strike me as particularly worse on human rights issues than say, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Mohammad Qasim Fahim, or any number of petty [...]

There was another suicide attack in Khost today.
A Reuters reporter in the town heard an explosion and shooting near the headquarters of the Khost provincial department for tribal affairs.
Smoke could be seen rising over the area. Afghan forces had cordoned off the road leading to the site of the blast and a helicopter was [...]