Dispatches from Afghanistan

If the war in Afghanistan, now in its ninth year, has felt dis­tant, then this video report by Glob­al Post will give it some real col­or, if only for a short while. The ini­tial video spells out what you will see: the after­math – and human costs – of a fire­fight between U.S. and Tal­iban forces in the north­east­ern Kunar Province. Glob­al Post’s blog, Dis­patch­es: Afghanistan, is a live blog that tracks the coun­terin­sur­gency cam­paign and pro­vides vet­er­an report­ing from the field. You can fol­low it here.