The Daily Cheese.

Excellent.
Mark Fiore does such good work.

This is a satirical video by Mark Fiore from the USA about Afghan warlords.

From the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia:

Key Australian Afghan ally ‘complicit in murder’
Tom Hyland
June 10, 2012
A FORMER US adviser has revealed how he warned that a militia leader who has become Australia‘s key Afghan ally was complicit in murder and should be stripped of any official role.
Instead, provincial strongman Matiullah Khan has been appointed police chief and his private militia is being rebadged as a government protection force. His transformation from illiterate warlord to security official has confirmed his position as the most powerful figure in Oruzgan province where Australian troops are based.
The federal government and defence force are highly sensitive about their relationship with Matiullah Khan, which predates his appointment as police chief last August.
The Afghan government is negotiating the merger of his personal militia –…