What happened at Wanat?

4-part blog series by Tom Ricks over at FP’s Best Defense – Inside an Afghan battle gone wrong: What happened at Wanat?

Just before dawn last July 13, Taliban fighters attacked an outpost in eastern Afghanistan being established by U.S. Army soldiers and fought a short, sharp battle that left many American dead — and many questions. But the U.S. military establishment, I’ve found after reviewing the Army investigation, dozens of statements given by soldiers to investigators, and interviews with knowledgeable sources, simply has not wanted to confront some bad mistakes on this obscure Afghan battlefield — especially tragic because, as the interviews make clear, some of the doomed soldiers knew they were headed for potential disaster…

Part 1 – What happened at Wanat?

Part 2 – Did we tip our hand to the enemy?

Part 3 – Did the troops have what they needed?

Part 4 – Underestimating the enemy.