June 22nd: Greetings from Afghanistan, Send More Ammo
On the next Central Issues, George Kilpatrick sits down with Captain Benjamin Tupper, a former member of the Embedded Training Team in Afghanistan, and author of Greetings from Afghanistan, Send More Ammo: Dispatches from Taliban Country. Tupper trained the Afghan National Army to aid in the counterinsurgency against the Taliban from May 2006 to May 2007. His book consists of essays that tell stories of his time in Afghanistan including training Afghan soldiers, successes and failures of combat, religion, women, politics, and death of comrades. Watch Central Issues tonight at 6:30PM on WCNY 24.1; 8:00PM, on WCNY 24.2; and 10:00PM Time Warner Cable 12. All times EST.
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