With Supply Shortages Growing Afghan Forces Are Now Being Forced To Eat Boiled Grass

U.S. Army Capt. James Guglielmi, left, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Reibel speak with Afghan soldiers during their mission to provide security for a joint U.S. and Afghan forces security meeting in the Chamkani district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, May 4, 2014. Guglielmi is commander of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Javier Amador

Reduced To Eating Grass, Afghanistan’s Forces Are In Dire Need Of Our Help -- Louise Arbour and Graeme Smith, The Globe and Mail

When Canadian troops were surrounded by insurgents in a desolate part of southern Afghanistan known as Ghorak district in 2007, trapped in the stony desert under a relentless sun, their lives depended on supplies dropped by parachute from transport planes.

Today the situation is even more desperate in Ghorak. The war has grown in ferocity since the departure of Canadian combat troops in 2011. American helicopters stopped bringing medical relief last year. Shipments of food and bullets are no longer drifting out of the sky from the hatches of Canadian CC-130 Hercules aircraft.

Afghan forces are holding the district by themselves, so far, but Taliban roadblocks are causing food shortages. Ghorak’s defenders recently started to eat boiled grass.

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My Comment: These shortages are only going to increase with time.