NATO in Afghanistan: World War in One Country by Rick Rozoff http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/74454

"Afghanistan has, whether by convenience, design or some combination of the two, been transformed into a vast training ground for the consolidation of a fifty-nation military structure that has already been extended into Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, the Horn of Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Middle East....It is also a testing range for new 21st century weapons and combat systems intended for future use around the world."