Sentences with phrase «afghan army»

As I recall it came as rather a surprise to the US military advisors who tried to treat the Afghan army like the US army, because people's first loyalty was to their direct relations, then to their extended families, and there was no tradition of sacrificing for the country.

The Afghan army is at 80,000 and the goal is 180,000, so that's 40 percent of the way there.

But when that contract leads to a more lucrative opportunity with the Pentagon to supply weapons and ammo to the Afghan army, the two friends quickly find themselves in over their heads.

But when that contract leads to a more lucrative opportunity with the Pentagon to supply weapons and ammo to the Afghan army, David and Efraim quickly find themselves in over their heads.

«When it comes to Afghanistan, I want to be absolutely assured that the Afghan army not only have the training and equipment but they have the willpower, the commitment and enthusiasm to stand up to whatever comes.»

Bruic spends her days now working at the Afghan army's two - year - old signals school, where she advises Afghan officers on communications networks and training.

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Here's what we do know about the state of Afghan security forces: A September report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction indicated that ANDSF is nowhere near its 352,000 target personnel level: Afghan National Army force strength, in particular, fell from 185,817 in September 2013 to 168,327 in November 2016, thanks to increasing attrition rates and fluctuating readiness.

Since that shift, there's been a significant spike in both civilian casualties and insider attacks; on Oct. 19, the increasingly - emboldened Taliban virtually wiped out a 60 - man Afghan National Army unit like it was nothing.

The operation, near the border with Pakistan, started at about 10:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday and within minutes the 50 US Army Rangers along with 40 Afghan commandos came under fire from multiple direction.

This kind of demonstration has been used for visiting congressional delegations, but the Army has never organized them for Afghans.

Two American troops were killed Thursday by a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform, a U.S. official said, asking not to be named discussing casualties.

In the initial stages, it was the US, which used Afghans, Pakistanis and Muslims from other countries for making the Soviet army bleed without losing American lives.

An Afghan National Army commando hands out supplies during a 2006 humanitarian aid mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Mercer has little time for the hierarchy — ministers, generals and for that matter the Afghan National Army.

Under Mr Karzai's plans the Afghan national army would begin assuming control of some areas of the country from US forces from July 2011, when US president Barack Obama has said troop withdrawals will begin.

Over 1,600 soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team will do one of three things in southern Afghanistan: One, protect U.S. forces on bases; two, serve as staff with the Train Advise Assist Command unit; or three advise the Afghan National Army and police.

Within the Student Islamist movement, the more «moderate» elements and Persian speakers led by Burhanuddin Rabbani (who later became Afghan president) planned to infiltrate the army until the country was ready for an Islamist revolution, while the radicals led by Hekmatyar and others attempted to start military uprisings.

Over the past 5 years, a novel U.S. Army program has deployed soldier - scientists in 10 Afghan provinces as part of a counterinsurgency strategy to stem reliance on the Taliban.

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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always covered by another name, and another Our war legacy to Afghans: # 1bn of military vehicles will be given to national army when British troops pull out.

As in real life, though, the crux of the story is «the Afghan deal,» a $ 300 - million contract AEY wins (by underbidding to the tune of $ 50 million) to enable the Pentagon to supply the Afghan National Army with a massive amount of firepower.

Camp Victory, Afghanistan Director: Carol Dysinger Using almost 300 hours of footage shot over the course of three years, Camp Victory, Afghanistan tells the story of the Afghan officers charged with building a new Afghan National Army and the U.S. National Guardsmen sent to mentor them.

It takes a bit of convincing from Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer (a poorly used Michael Shannon), but the team is given a chance, along with Sargent Sam Diller (Michael Pena), Sargent Ben Milo (Trevante Rhodes), and eight other men to team up with Afghan war General Dostum (Navid Negahban) in order to defeat the Taliban in armies.

With the Afghan people's advice, the Pentagon would choose the «charter armies» to fight in competition with the regular armed services.

The rescue of a kidnap victim, an Indonesian teenage boy, from an Afghan village, yields a bonus in the form of MacD Lawless, a former U.S. Army Ranger, who proves of immediate value.

Pretty soon I met some Afghan Hound people and went East to go into the Army at Walter Reed for three years as a veterinary specialist.

Maybe Make Some Change is a browser - based text adventure based on the Maywand District killings in Afghanistan, in which a group of U.S. army soldiers allegedly formed a «kill team» last year that murdered unarmed Afghans and arranged the scenes to look like insurgent attacks.

Among the paintings on show will be Lady (Elizabeth) Butler's 1879 oil painting The Remnants of an Army, showing on horseback the man who was thought to be the only survivor of the 1842 retreat from Kabul during the First Afghan War.

Commander Scott Johnson also deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, where he led efforts to establish the Afghan National Army's Military Justice System.

He is stationed at the country's largest military training base as a judge advocate general helping to train the Afghan National Army.

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