Overstretched West needs new Afghan strategy: IISS
London: Western powers must change strategy to focus on the "containment" of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Afghanistan instead of ...
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General Seeks to Build Professional, Sustainable Afghan Forces
KABUL, Afghanistan: Building Afghan security forces that are capable, professional and sustainable is going to take a long time, but ...
Lakenheath F-15 Unit Assumes NATO Mission
LITHUANIA AIR FORCE AIR BASE, Lithuania: The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, assumed command ...
USA to Loan Armoured Vehicles to the Latvian Armed Forces
Latvian Ministry of Defence has received a written confirmation that the USA has agreed to loan armoured vehicles to the ...
US deaths in Afghanistan hit record in 2010
KABUL: The toll of US soldiers killed in the Afghan war this year is the highest since the conflict began, ...
Taliban attack NATO bases in Afghanistan
KABUL: About two dozen Taliban militants -- at least some dressed in US military uniforms -- were killed Saturday in ...
Pentagon Provides Afghan Training Update
WASHINGTON: Training the Afghan security forces was a daunting task when NATO Training Mission Afghanistan first began. Almost no infrastructure ...
UK and NATO Forces Refine Land-Air Coordination for Afghanistan
The British Army's largest land-air military exercise has recently taken place in the Czech Republic where Forward Air Controllers have ...
Russia deploys air defence missiles in Abkhazia: general
MOSCOW: Russia announced Wednesday it had deployed a missile battery in Georgia's pro-Moscow rebel region of Abkhazia, infuriating its arch ...
NATO team supplying Afghan Security Forces
WASHINGTON: A team with NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan is working with and funding the Afghan National Security Forces, while ...
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