afghanistan

The Taliban's Killer Monkey Army

Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/10 08:38AM

Monkey soldiers of killer doom? Prehensile terror tails and teeth! Trained macaques wielding automatic weapons and Islamofasctist sympathies! The word is finally out: the Taliban is using the CIA's murder monkey program against us. The troops! The troops!

Lindsay Didn't Expect Prison to Be Quite Like This

Max Read · 07/12/10 12:14AM

[A soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, has his head shaved by the light of a flashlight at Combat Outpost Ware in the Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar. Pic via AP.]

Happy Fourth of July!

Jeff Neumann · 07/04/10 01:10PM

[U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Hamburg crushes a friend during an Independence Day BBQ sumo wrestling match at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Image via Getty]

Darul Aman Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan

Max Read · 06/28/10 10:55PM

[Afghan women walk near Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The 1920s-era palace, heavily damaged throughout the century, is a possible location for a house of parliament. Or haunted house! They should set up a haunted house. Pic via Getty]

Obama Fires McChrystal

Jim Newell · 06/23/10 12:19PM

NBC News reports that President Obama has "relieved" Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command in Afghanistan. Lucky. He can play golf, drink Bud Light Lime, not be in Afghanistan, etc. And the AP hears that David Petraeus will replace him.

Fun New Crowd Control Weapon Deployed to Afghanistan

Jeff Neumann · 06/20/10 03:24PM

Ever wonder what it's like to be set on fire? Step in front of the US military's "pain ray" Active Denial System and find out! It has recently been deployed to Afghanistan, but "has not been used operationally," yet.