{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Military and political efforts in Afghanistan flounder as no one is in charge","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article6181.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article6181.html'\u003EMilitary and political efforts in Afghanistan flounder as no one is in charge\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Pashto and Dari, \u201cSar-dard\u201d \ufeb3\ufead\ufea9\ufead\ufea9   means \u201cheadache.\u201d   Because the West has no unified military\/civilian command in Afghanistan, the resulting chaos has given this reporter a headache.   As a result he has dubbed NATO\u2019s operations: Sar-dard. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\tThere is a popular American movie called \u201cThe Time Bandits.\u201d  In one scene, ten generals give conflicting orders to one lowly soldier.  Unable to comply with all their orders, he ignores them and does what he wants.  That is the situation today in (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}