Special Forces Soldiers help Afghan forces defeat ISIS in eastern Afghanistan
Afghan Special Security Forces, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers assigned to NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, captured a ...
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NATO Ministers Agree to Adapt Command Structure, Boost Afghanistan Troop Levels
Defence Ministers agreed today (9 November 2017) to increase the size of NATO’s Resolute Support training mission in Afghanistan from ...
US Sending 3,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. is sending another 3,000 troops to Afghanistan, an increase of over 25 percent ...
Three US soldiers killed in Afghan ‘insider attack’
An Afghan commando who opened fire on American troops killed three of them and wounded another, US and Afghan officials ...
US officials studying force size in Afghanistan, Dunford says
No decisions on whether to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan have been made yet, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...
Russia denies supplying Taliban after NATO claim
Russia on Friday denied allegations by the commander of NATO that Moscow may be assisting the Taliban as the insurgents ...
Afghanistan welcomes return of US Marines to Helmand
Afghanistan on Saturday welcomed the Pentagon's decision to deploy some 300 US Marines to the volatile province of Helmand, where ...
Shrinking US presence in Afghanistan creates security concerns: report
The dwindling US troop presence in Afghanistan is hampering the Pentagon's ability to train and monitor local security forces, a ...
After year leading fight, Afghan forces see ‘mixed’ results
A year after officially taking over the fight against Taliban and other insurgent forces in Afghanistan, local security troops have ...
Afghan battle ‘ongoing’ as US soldier killed: Pentagon
Kabul: A US soldier was killed and two wounded in an ongoing battle in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where Afghan troops ...
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