By now, I'll guess we've all heard pretty much enough about 9/11, but if you didn't catch a glimpse of the short film I made, entitled "Have you Heard of 9/11?", the link below is to the version that aired......more

I ended up at COP Spera for longer than I had anticipated. On arrival, Lieutenant Corcorain, explained that they had only been told to expect me hours ahead of time and when I replied “don’t worry, I’m only here over......more

Combat Outpost (COP) Spera is located 800 metres from the Pakistan border in Afghanistan’s Khost province. The platoon section that occupies the COP can only come and go by helicopter as they have no vehicles based here. As the Lieutenant......more

                                    Some pictures that I took in Kabul. I tried posting this a week ago or so, hopefully it works this time . . . . .               This is a rather big lady, I half suspect John Simpson is under that Burka!  The image on the computer......more

 So I fell behind on these blog entries. Time permitting, I’ll hopefully fill in some of the gaps but for the moment I want to forge on.I’m in Kabul, where I’m moving around unilaterally. Having previously spent so long in......more

 These are a few pictures that I took during my first week long embed in Nangarhar Province . . . . I’ll add a short selection like this once in a while. Meanwhile, I'm off to COP Wilderness and then......more

 It wasn’t much of a surprise when the words “we’re taking indirect from the mountain” burst over the radio. The day had been long and so perhaps the threat had slipped to the back of my mind but as the......more

  Day two in Lal Por and something more substantial was planned. Building on the same idea as the day before, the unit wanted to probe the area that they believed insurgents are regularly passing through. North of Lal Por is a......more

Lal Por nestles up against the Pakistan border bounded by mountains to the north and the Kabul river to the south. It is the capital of the district of the same name, which is sparsely populated apart from along the......more

To be clear right from the start, this is the first time that I’ve officially embedded with military forces. I say officially, because I’ve traipsed around in various places with a bunch of militia, guerrillas, terrorists, freedom fighters or paramilitary......more