Assessing the security situation in Afghanistan is getting increasingly difficult now that Western military officials have started withholding some data on militant attacks across the country, …
US refuses to release data on Taliban attacks in Afghanistan — watchdog
A US watchdog has said the NATO-led mission to Afghanistan has withheld information on the number of Taliban attacks in 2020. President Trump is keen on the success of a peace agreement between the US …
Taliban attacks in Afghanistan surge after U.S. peace deal, inflicting heavy casualties
The increase in violence comes as U.S. officials struggle to keep the Taliban peace deal on track. The February agreement ended offensive operations between U.S. forces and the mi …
US troop drawdown in Afghanistan running ahead of schedule
The US now has fewer than 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan, putting the Trump administration ahead of schedule on the commitment to drawdown troops that it made in the US-Taliban peace deal signed …
SEALs attempted to track kidnappers of US contractor kidnapped in Afghanistan: report
In the days following the capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan earlier this year, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while …
IMF approves $220 mn loan for Afghanistan amid coronavirus
The IMF board on Wednesday approved $220 million in emergency aid for Afghanistan to help the country deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic is inflicting heavy …
FN America, Colt’s awarded $383.3M to make M16A4s for Iraq, others
FN America and Colt’s Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon’s foreign military …
4th SFAB will be first ‘out of the chute’ to JRTC rotation in June ahead of Afghanistan deployment
The first one out of the chute, as we work to figure out how we maintain readiness as we adjust to the new normal, …
One thing quarantine reminds me of: My deployment to Afghanistan
My son pulls a stubborn weed and smiles as he stumbles backward. I’m grateful for our little vegetable garden and the time we’re able to spend together on it. We planted one last year, but growing our …
AP PHOTOS: India photojournalist records life in quarantine
Rafiq Maqbool remembers never flinching while covering high-risk news assignments such as the war in Afghanistan, the Sri Lankan tsunami or the conflict in Kashmir, where he grew up and decided to …