Hat tip to Leah who recommends this experienced UK reporter's Nick Fielding's blogsite:http://circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com/

Some items I'd seen before, others not and would be worth checking for those immersed in things Afghan.

Here is the UK general in charge of MND-South on MG Flynn's report:
What we're dealing with in Afghanistan is not just purely enemy matters. It's what's often called the white picture; it's understanding the politics, the governance dynamics, the tribal dynamics, the anthropological issues. It's those issues which don't strictly come under the definition of intelligence but are none the less the information environment, which if you don't understand it and you don't work out how to corral it you simply won't make the sort of progress we were describing.
In:http://circlingthelionsden.blogspot....on-please.html