Circling the Lion’s Den

Friend and colleague Nick Fielding has just emailed me to let me know about his blog, Circling the Lion’s Den, subtitled ‘a glance at the conflict in Afghanistan’. Nick is an old Afghanistan hand and perhaps best known as a journalist and c0-author of Masterminds of Terror (with Yosri Fouda) and Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism (with Mark Hollingsworth). The blog’s existence has hitherto been unrevealed to me but I’m happy to recommend it and Nick’s other work to readers. He’s got a nose for a story and is a damn good writer, and Circling the Lion’s Den is an addition to the Afghan-watching blogosphere, alongside Registan, Ghosts of Alexander, and the like. Thanks for the tip, Nick!