US Army's strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology (fwd link)

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US Army's strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology
Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local  
needs.

By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the September 7, 2007 edition

Shabak Valley, Afghanistan - Evidence of how far the US Army's  
counterinsurgency strategy has evolved can be found in the work of a  
uniformed anthropologist toting a gun in the mountains of eastern  
Afghanistan. Part of a Human Terrain Team (HTT) – the first ever  
deployed – she speaks to hundreds of Afghan men and women to learn  
how they think and what they need.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0907/p01s08-wosc.html