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Marines Land in Afghanistan -- with Biometrics

2008-05-22 22:30:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...Afghanistan expecting an easy victory over impoverished villagers. Instead, they met heavy resistance from scores of uniformed Afghan men Those so-called Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP), all formerly in the service of local warlords, had received two months of training by Dutch and American soldiers and were now the first line of...
 
Tags: afghan, afghan government, seditious afghan cops, afghanistan, cops, afghan loyalties, nato commanders, nato, warlords
 
 
 
 
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"The Kite Runner" will change how you think about Afghanistan

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2008-04-29 11:16:44 by HASH0x8acb904 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Afghanistan all the way up to the year 2000, with a pre-9/11 Taliban regime in charge. You can read the Wikipedia article I linked to or better yet go rent the movie or read the book (I am going to read it next) for all of the dramatic details. However, let me talk a bit about my take away from this film. First of all, like many Americans I...
 
Tags: people, afghan people real, muslim world, world, afghanistan, movie tells, movie, kite runner, american view
 
 
 
 
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NGO Security Scenario #24 - Media Fallout

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2008-03-23 18:20:00 by NGO Security in NGO Security
 
...Afghanistan, you are quickly brought in as a consultant to advise the organization they were volunteering for. The Taliban kidnappers have threatened to kill one of the aid workers unless their demands are met. The incident is dynamic and the South Korean and Afghan governments have yet to become largely involved. You believe the situation...
 
Tags: aid workers, korean aid workers, news report, report, afghan governments, play button, taliban kidnappers, advise, satellite phones
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon May Issue Pocket Lie Detectors to Afghan Soldiers

2008-04-14 12:57:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is just ridiculous. Lie detectors are pseudo-science at best, and even the Pentagon knows it: The Pentagon, in a PowerPoint presentation released to msnbc.com through a Freedom of Information Act request, says the PCASS is 82 to 90 percent accurate. Those are the only accuracy numbers that were sent up the chain of command at the Pentagon...
 
Tags: pentagon, measure accuracy, accuracy, pcass accuracy, pentagon studies, lie detectors, yellow screens, tests drops, pcass
 
 
 
 
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If you are headed to Pakistan - watch your back

2008-06-27 03:20:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Afghanistan's President Karzai to Pakistan. President Karzai has been very vocal regarding Pakistan's involvement in his country's border area and his warnings suggesting Afghanistan's intent to attack their neighbor seems to be starting to agitate the Paskistani authorities. Which makes me wonder....is Karzai's theatrics a way to open the...
 
Tags: pakistan, president karzai, afghan border, karzai, border, pakistani border, murky world, world, nuclear weapons capability
 
 
 
 
 
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