Forbes: Important but overlooked news this week: the U.S. command in Afghanistan has asked India to step up military aid to Afghan forces. India provided four attack helicopters to the Afghan military in Dec. 2015; the U.S. and the Afghans want more, as well as spare parts for Russian-made military equipment, to be used in part
VOA News August 12, 2016 The U.S. Department of Defense says an airstrike has killed prominent Islamic State leader Hafiz Sayed Khan in Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced Friday that the strike was made July 26 in Achin district of Nangarhar province and resulted in Khan’s death. In a statement, Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Trowbridge said,
1TV: The United States has expressed support for more Indian military aid as requested by the Afghan government. India delivered four Mi-15 attack helicopters to Kabul late last year and recently Afghan government has reportedly requested more helicopters from the country. Click here to read more (external link). Related Pakistan huffs and puffs over US support for
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan and the United States military have dismissed concerns the capital of restive Helmand province or any other district there was on the verge of collapse to the Taliban. The largest Afghan province has been the scene of fierce battles between the insurgents and Afghan troops
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 10, 2016 U.S. soldiers helping Afghan troops fight the Islamic State group in Afghanistan were forced to abandon equipment and weapons when their position came under fire, the U.S. military said on August 9. IS fighters have circulated photographs of a rocket launcher, grenades, ammunition, identification cards, an encrypted radio,
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan again brushed aside U.S. skepticism of its anti-terror efforts Thursday, saying Pakistani security forces are attacking militant groups without distinguishing between “good and bad” terrorists. The statement comes a day after the U.S. Defense Department announced it would not pay Islamabad $300 million in military reimbursements because
Michael Hughes: The U.S. state-building watchdog reported on July 29 that despite Washington investing $3 billion in Afghanistan’s power sector the country still suffers from one of the worst electrification rates in the world. The report, issued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), beat around the bush citing issues like “poor project management”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2016 The Afghan government lost control of nearly 5 percent of its territory between January and May 2016, despite the delayed U.S. troop withdrawal, a new report from the top U.S. government watchdog says. The report, published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said the Afghan government
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to hold a joint meeting with foreign ministers of five Central Asian states in Washington on August 3, a State Department official says. Daniel Rosenblum, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, told reporters during a telephone briefing on
VOA News Carla Babb July 28, 2016 PENTAGON—Increases in airstrikes, U.S. injuries, and a wider range of authorities for U.S. troops are revealing a much more involved U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, despite a planned reduction of troops there by the end of the year. The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Thursday his forces