VOA News Ayaz Gul February 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s military has downplayed the recent withdrawal of troops from bases in a restive southern province, saying “logistics” and “tactical” reasons prompted the move. This comes as Afghan, Pakistani, Chinese and U.S. officials prepare to meet in Kabul for a new round of four-way discussions to promote Afghan
Tolo News: General John Campbell, the outgoing commander of Resolute Support Mission and U.S forces in Afghanistan, has said that poor leadership within the ranks of the Afghan security forces is their biggest hurdle and called on the country’s leaders to bring reforms. He said that almost 70 percent of the problems troops are facing are due
VOA News February 4, 2016 The senior U.S. military commander in Afghanistan told Congress on Thursday that training for Afghan forces would be severely constrained if the number of American troops there was cut to 5,500, as President Barack Obama has proposed. Obama is planning to cut the number of American forces in Afghanistan from
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Afghan military commanders agreed Saturday on better coordination and enhancing security measures at both sides of the border, officials said. Pakistan and Afghanistan have neatly 2,600 kilometers border, mostly porous, and the militants take advantage of the inaccessible and difficult terrain to move across the border. Pakistan has
Khaama Press: The operations were conducted in different parts of the country during the past 24 hours, MoD said, adding that twenty others were also injured during the same operations. The Afghan armed forces also arrested 12 militants and confiscated various types of weapons, ammunition and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) belonging to the militants. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 25, 2016 A U.S. military official says Afghan forces fighting the Taliban in southern Helmand Province are being “rebuilt,” with key commanders being replaced. U.S. Army Brigadier General Wilson Shoffner said the reasons for the changes in the 215 Maiwand Corps in Helmand “are a combination of incompetence, corruption, and
The American Conservative: The Afghan military sustained twice as many losses in the last year as U.S. forces killed in the entire 13 years of war in Afghanistan. And the pace of casualties is escalating, suggesting that the Taliban is stronger than the Pentagon and mainstream media have ever let on—in fact, the Afghan security forces
Press TV / January 19, 2016 Security officials in Afghanistan say at least nine police officers have been killed by assailants in police uniforms in the country’s volatile central province of Uruzgan. Dost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the incident took place at a police checkpoint on Sunday evening, explaining that
Press TV / January 12, 2016 The United States is spending billions of dollars on Afghanistan’s “ghost soldiers,” who only exist only on paper, a report says. One reason the Afghan National Army is struggling against Taliban is because nearly 40 percent of its force is constituted on “ghost soldiers,” The Associated Press reported. “At