Waziristan IV: Trying to imagine an American version of the frontier scouts
Could we put together a force in Afghanistan similar to the British-organized Frontier Scouts? I wonder. It would take patience. And imagine the regular Army’s reaction to this image, offered by Roe in his book on Waziristan: The men wore loose khaki shirts outside baggy Muslim trousers and on their heads a small, tight turban ...
Could we put together a force in Afghanistan similar to the British-organized Frontier Scouts? I wonder. It would take patience. And imagine the regular Army's reaction to this image, offered by Roe in his book on Waziristan:
Could we put together a force in Afghanistan similar to the British-organized Frontier Scouts? I wonder. It would take patience. And imagine the regular Army’s reaction to this image, offered by Roe in his book on Waziristan:
The men wore loose khaki shirts outside baggy Muslim trousers and on their heads a small, tight turban wound round a skull cap. In order not to stand out from their men, ‘the Scout officers … were dressed in the same manner as their men, even to the turbans, though they carried automatics, commando knives and walking-sticks instead of rifles and bayonets.’"
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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