New UK Counter-insurgency Manual

The Times has an article about the UK's new Counter-insurgency Manual. The article seems to focus on on the tactic of paying Afghans more than the Taliban does.

Military Historians in Afghanistan

The Toronto Star has an article about military historians who work for the Canadian Department of National Defence. In addition to working in the archives, the historians travel to operations in places like Afghanistan to make sure that war diaries and other records are properly maintained and collected.