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Army trades blankets for biometrics

ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- Handing out food, blankets and clothing has been part of the American military mission in Afghanistan and Iraq since the beginning of those two wars. But charity now comes with a price. Soldiers of the 1-61 Cavalry...


Army radio connects with Afghans

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- In this badly undermanned post, one of the more successful battle strategies for isolating the Taliban has been what the U.S. Army calls RIAB -- Radio in a Box. Radio Zormat started as a 50-watt...


Afghanistan blog takes a break as reporter goes on patrol

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- This blog is going dark for a week. I'm off in the morning for an extended patrol with Plano anthropologist Audrey Roberts and her Human Terrain Team. The teams, known as HTTs, are a...


The information war in Afghanistan

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- The artillery battery a couple hundred yards away fired 12 bunk-shaking rounds into a fight with the Taliban in the predawn Thursday. The insurgents had attacked a U.S. Army outpost near Sabari, several miles...

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