Sentences with phrase «afghan military»

Near the Afghan military outpost of Bozai Gumbaz, there's a collection of strangely shaped Kyrgyz beehive tombs, along with evidence of Soviet bombing (craters, bomb fragments) from the 1980's occupation.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

In no time at all, their newly created company, AEY, Inc., is doing great and secures a $ 300 million contract to arm the Afghan Military, one of their many interational clients.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $ 300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

Government - controlled parts of the country increased from 63 % earlier this year to 68 % in November and, Skovlund writes, the Afghan military's Operation Khalid «resulted in the deaths of over 100 Taliban commanders and 3,000 militants by the end of the summer.»

Skovlund notes that the Afghan military has made some progress.

While in Afghanistan, Skovlund interviewed servicemen of the Afghan military, intelligence officials, and even a US brigadier general.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Pentagon has ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with key information about US war efforts in Afghanistan, accelerating a clampdown on data, such as the size of the Afghan military and police forces, that indicate how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

He plans to organize Security Samplers, events at which Afghan military and police officers show off some of their skills — such as marksmanship and procedures for searching a house — to tribal elders.

Not exact matches

The US appears to be pursuing a strategy of «buying time,» Weinbaum told Newsweek — hoping the Afghan government will establish a strong military and political and economic system that could negotiate and absorb the Taliban.

An attack on Save the Children's Jalalabad office on January 24 that killed six people and an attack on Kabul's military academy on January 29 that killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers were claimed by ISIS» Afghan branch — known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan Province (ISIS - K).

«The Afghans know what's going on; the Taliban knows what's going on; the US military knows what's going on,» Sopko told the New York Times on Oct. 30.

One of the aircraft under consideration, the A-29 Super Tucano, is already in service with the Afghan air force, and the US has ordered six more of them to send to the country as the military adjusts to President Donald Trump's plans to expand the US - led war effort there.

Italy's government, divided over the Afghan war and ties with the U.S. military, lost a crucial vote on foreign policy on Wednesday that plunged Prime Minister Romano Prodi into his worst crisis since taking office in May.

Questions have been raised about how US officials apportion compensation in incidents where Afghan civilians are killed in US - led military operations.

Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters that the military was investigating whether the two troops may have been killed by ground fire, either by American forces or Afghan commandos taking part in the raid, though it appeared to be accidental.

«We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area,» the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said at a press briefing.

Kirby declined to comment on the report's details but acknowledged the danger posed by «insider threats» and that the military had drawn lessons from its experience in Afghanistan, where some NATO troops have been attacked and killed by Afghans in uniform.

A U.S. military spokesman in Kabul, Martin O'Donnell, said Wednesday that Conde was carrying out an operation alongside Afghan forces against Taliban officials.

«Our military neglected, out of ignorance, long - established correct procedures for handling religious materials,» said Lavoy, «even as we were fighting to help the Afghan people secure and govern their country, we as the military did not meet our obligations to the Muslim community.»

The U.S. believes an operation in North Waziristan is key to success in the Afghan war because the area serves as the main base for the Haqqani network — a militant group that military officials have said poses the greatest threat to troops in Afghanistan.

The front page Washington Post headline isn't sensational; it merely reads» Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission.»

If the whole point of the Afghan invasion was to capture and / or kill bin Laden, why did the SecDef not allow the military to carry out its mission back in 2003?

This continuing neglect of the Afghan contribution by U.S. media and policymakers can only have a demoralizing effect on the alliance between Kabul and Washington, an alliance that Miller cites as a reason for a continued U.S. military presence.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

This shift is occurring essentially in response to NATO's military exit from Afghanistan, and entails an unavoidable compromise in its past policy of realizing India - specific security interests in Afghanistan through sponsorship of religiously radicalized Afghan groups, the Mujahideen in the 80s and the Taliban afterwards.

Opposition to continuing military involvement has increased on both sides of the Atlantic, almost certainly to the point of no return, and most Americans believe that the Afghans themselves no longer want foreign troops there.

First, it is debatable whether the poorly - equipped and generally ill - disciplined Afghan security forces will be able to muster the required military resolve to fight Taliban - led insurgents in their strongholds of southern and eastern Afghanistan.

Under the plan, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) will assume full responsibility for combat operations within a year; NATO will withdraw all of its combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014; and the Afghan government will receive some $ 4 billion in security assistance from the US and its NATO allies, in addition to non-combat military support for a decade beyond 2014.

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

The CIA's military role in the Afghan morass shows the need for open democracy in an age of hidden violence.

«We are building on recent military and civilian gains, the result of joint efforts by the Afghan government and the international community, to ensure progress towards a more stable and secure Afghanistan in 2011,» Mr Hague added.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, A two - star general from the Capital Region, became the highest - ranking American military officer to be killed in a combat zone since the Vietnam War on Tuesday when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. and coalition leaders touring a military academy in Kabul.

While Mr Miliband acknowledged the military effort is necessary in the short - term for maintaining security, he argued the adoption of wider political goals is needed to provide the Afghan government with the capabilities it needs before troop withdrawals are made possible.

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday, after a meeting with U.S. troops and the top U.S. military commander in the country.

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.

There are precedents for bringing the Afghan interpreters within our Military Covenant.

Low - profile platoons like Stewart's, deployed by the military's Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) program, are part of the U.S. - led military coalition's counterinsurgency strategy, which aims to coax Afghans to rely on their government rather than the Taliban.»

In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

The seasonal rhythms and shifting battlefields of the war emerge in this view of the 8131 Afghan civilians killed or injured over the past 2 years, recorded in a military database called CIVCAS.

Compared with CIVCAS, they attribute nearly three times the number of civilian deaths caused by military forces, only a small portion of which are Afghan national rather than ISAF forces.

By its reckoning, 2537 civilians were killed and 5594 were wounded over the past 2 years, with 12 % of those casualties attributed to [coalition] forces and the rest to insurgents... In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

It is the military's internal record of the death and injury of Afghan civilians, broken down by month, region, weaponry, and perpetrator.

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.

Watch how the Seals, each wearing four night - lenses over his eyes and presumably a TV camera in his helmet to allow President Obama and other higher - ups back in Washington to witness the campaign, cut across the Afghan border into Pakistan unseen by elements of the Pakistan military.

And in the fourth, he verbally jousts with military psychiatrist Gary Oldman, who is seeking to understand a fatal enemy contact during said Afghan war.

Private Adam Winfield was a 21 - year - old soldier in Afghanistan when he attempted, with the help of his father, to alert the military to his unit's heinous war crimes: killing Afghans for sport.

The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.

12 Strong looks to be resurrecting a few of those elements (well, the military fetishism and jingoism, at the very least), telling the «true story» of a small band of American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tactics.

«Transforming Charleston» (14:30) explains how the same South Carolina town playing itself in the film also was made up to house a Hungarian cafe, an Afghan cement factory, and an African fort representing John's exotic military assignment locations.