Video – Endgame in Afghanistan: ‘It’s Taken a Year to Move 20km’

– As the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith’s brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood –

By Sean Smith, Michael Tait, Guy Grandjean and Alex Rees

Americans’ lack of knowledge about Afghanistan is virtually limitless. Which matters, because the U.S. is at war there. And which explains why the American military is losing its longest war. … More appalling than Joe and Jane Sixpack’s ignorance about Afghanistan is the doltishness of the official media. If print and broadcast journalists get the facts wrong, how can the public (or the military) be expected to do better? To cite one tiny example, U.S. newspapers routinely refer to the citizens of Afghanistan as “Afghanis.” Afghanis are the national currency; the people are Afghans. Dammit.
– Ted Rall

Warning: contains distressing images See Afghanistan War video here.