Afghanistan
Afghanistan (Currently Occupied by NATO Forces)
Capital: Kabul
The puppet Afghan regime is kept in power with U.S. money and U.S. military presence.
Strategic Khyber Pass from Pakistan to Afghanistan
Strategic Khyber Pass from Pakistan to Afghanistan
Around 84,000 NATO soldiers are still in Afghanistan (As of December 2013)
About 60,000 of them are U.S. soldiers.
Some U.S. forces are only being withdrawn from Afghanistan and Iraq for a possible attack on Syria.
U.S. contractors outnumber U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as of 2009.
Late 2014
Most NATO forces are being withdrawn.
Approximately 13,000 NATO forces are to remain in Afghanistan supposedly for training and assistance of Afghan forces.
About 60,000 of them are U.S. soldiers.
Some U.S. forces are only being withdrawn from Afghanistan and Iraq for a possible attack on Syria.
U.S. contractors outnumber U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as of 2009.
Opium fields
Part of the “Golden Crescent” an area in Afghanistan and Pakistan in which opium grows wild.
U.S. complacent in Opium trade in Afghanistan. Canadian CBC report on how the Taliban eradicated the Opium fields aired in early 2001. After September 11, 2001 and the following U.S. invasion, the Opium fields suddenly reappear. Report on NBC news and most other mainstream U.S. news networks about how heroine was hitting the streets of the U.S. more plentiful than in years.
Late 2014
Most NATO forces are being withdrawn.
Approximately 13,000 NATO forces are to remain in Afghanistan supposedly for training and assistance of Afghan forces.
Bases used by U.S. and other forces in Afghanistan:
Bagram Airbase
Taliban
Hezb-e-Islami