Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/asia/afghanistan-limits-counterinsurgency
Nir Rosen embedded with American troops in Afghanistan to observe the counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy first-hand, and to explore how, and if, it is in fact working.
Counterinsurgency, or COIN, is viewed by its practitioners in the military as the methods of warfare used to divide a civilian population's political and sentimental allegiance away from a guerrilla force. It can also be viewed as a method to suppress national liberation movements.
This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Afghanistan: The Limits of Counterinsurgency" (http://bit.ly/x2XV5W).
What a great journalist.
Arkinight 2 years ago 3