Eight years on, NATO still seeks strategy to counter Taliban
Kabul: Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, NATO is struggling to define a strategy to counter a spreading ...
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New Pakistani Taliban chief may be dead: US official
Washington: Newly anointed Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud may have been killed recently during clashes with a rival faction, a ...
US military leaders back current Afghan strategy
Washington: Top US military leaders support sticking with the current strategy in Afghanistan instead of a smaller-scale mission focused on ...
McChrystal: Conventional Strategy Won’t Win in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan ardently believes that conventional military thinking and actions won’t win the counterinsurgency ...
Petraeus Cites Need for Critical Warfighting Specialties
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military needs more people trained in specialties critical to the fight against global extremism, the chief of ...
Army’s electronic warfare needs receive heightened emphasis
FORT MONMOUTH, N.J.: As the U.S. Army approaches eight years of counter-insurgency operations in two theaters, Iraq and Afghanistan, the ...
Army mindset needs changing in order to help security forces
FORT BENNING, Ga.: A cookie-cutter approach to helping Afghan forces take back control of their country is not what the ...
Obama urges world to rally behind Pakistan
New York: US President Barack Obama urged "sustained and expanded" support for Pakistan at an international summit Thursday aimed at ...
Royal Navy Sea Kings ‘Bag’ Intelligence over Helmand
The Royal Navy's unique airborne surveillance and control helicopters, known as 'Baggers', have recently deployed to Helmand for the first ...
Leaked Report Urges More Troops for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: A report from the new U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says there is an urgent need for more ...
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