For US Troops, New Armored Vehicle is Benefit, Burden
BAGRAM, Afghanistan: Explosive Devices have accounted for around 800 of the roughly 1,100 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan. To counter ...
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Dutch Withdraw from Afghanistan
The last Dutch forces are leaving Afghanistan Sunday, marking the end of the Netherlands' four-year mission in the central province ...
French Tigers Log 1,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan
MARIGNANE, France: The EC665 Tiger HAP (combat support) helicopter received its operational certification from NATO for the Afghan theater of ...
US 2011 drawdown in Afghanistan will be ‘limited’: Gates
WASHINGTON: Amid growing clamor against the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned Sunday that large numbers of US ...
Royal Navy Divers Join Fight Against IEDs in Helmand
Four Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the Fleet Diving Squadron based at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, are heading to Afghanistan ...
Canada Orders Counter-IED Robots
MCLEAN, VA: Canada has become the second NATO ally to deploy Dragon Runner robots in Afghanistan. The deployment was announced ...
RAF Merlin Squadron Reflects On Helmand Deployment
After several weeks providing support to troops on the ground in Helmand province, the Merlin helicopter crews from 28 (Army ...
Pentagon assesses leaked documents
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon today condemned the actions of the group Wikileaks.org, which released thousands of classified U.S. military documents on ...
US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Tuesday easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak ...
Outrage over huge leak of Afghan war files
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The leak of 90,000 secret military files triggered an outcry from nations fighting in Afghanistan as the ...
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