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I'm currently in Kabul, Afghanistan, waiting to be deployed with a US Army unit southwest of the capital for three weeks. I will mainly be writing about the new counter-insurgency strategy - the surge, the controversial training and arming of local militias, the clearing and holding of Taleban-held areas, and the attempt to strengthen government control through protecting the population from the insurgents and through focussing more on services and development. I don't know how often I'll be able to post stories here but I'll be blogging for worldpoliticsreview.org, a foreign-affairs website. I'll be linking all those stories here as well. And hopefully there'll be pictures, too.

If, that is, I manage to recover my bag with all my gear which is still stuck in Dubai. A real nightmare.