Small Wars Journal

Joshua Foust's New Gig at PBS

Mon, 05/03/2010 - 5:50pm
SWJ friend, and sometimes critic, Joshua Foust has a new home at PBS. Foust, along with Dan Ariely and Jessa Crispin, are the Voices at PBS's Need to Know. Best of luck to you!

Joshua's first post is The Battle for Kandahar.

The International Security Assistance Force - ISAF, as it's known in Afghanistan - hasn't been shy about its plans to "retake" Kandahar. But as with so many other operations in the country, there seems to be as much myth as there is fact about what the city is like, and what ISAF's plans are for occupying it. As the second-largest city in Afghanistan, rich with history both for Pashtun rule in the country and as the Taliban's birthplace, Kandahar holds tremendous symbolism. Here's what's important about Kandahar, and what the military is intending to do about it...

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Comments

Thanks! But, umm, it's PBS. I wish I worked for NPR. Hell, I wish I worked for PBS (I'm only contributing a weekly column).

Either way, many thanks for the plug!