Here's a fairly recent interview with Robert Fisk which offers an on the ground account of the current situation in Iraq.

Why do we hear nothing from Afghanistan?

I heard an interesting BBC report from Afghanistan about three weeks ago, but other than that, almost nothing.

A Brit reporter was hanging out with some US GIs as they prepared for and went on patrol. They loaded their weapons and said the war wasn't over, that they needed to be ready for anything. Then they drove into an Afghan village and asked in English if the inhabitants had seen any strangers passing through.