Senate Armed Services chairman says US has lost initiative in AfghanistanSeptember 11th, 2009 Dem senator steps up pressure on Afghanistan warWASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services chairman is adding to the growing pressure on President Barack Obama to resist escalating the war in Afghanistan, saying Friday the U.S. should instead train more Afghan security forces.
NATO chief says Afghanistan mission to last 'as long as it takes'August 28th, 2009 NATO chief: mission to last 'as long as it takes'ANKARA, Turkey — NATO's mission in Afghanistan will last "as long as it takes" to ensure that the country is secure, the alliance's new leader said Friday during a visit to the Turkish capital. Thanks in part to an increase in the number of troops, the mission is making a difference in the war-ravaged and poverty stricken country, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
Afghan-bound Georgia troops could use US training against RussiaAugust 21st, 2009 US training could target RussiaTBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's defense minister said Friday that training the U.S. military is giving to the country's soldiers headed to Afghanistan involve skills that could be used in any new outbreak of fighting between Georgia and Russia.
Georgia Def Min reverses field, says US training aimed at Afghan security _ not RussiaAugust 21st, 2009 Georgian official backs off troop training commentTBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's defense minister asserted Friday that U.S. training for his Afghanistan-bound troops could also be put to use in any new flare-up with Russia, then retracted the statement amid American handwringing.
Georgia Def Min: Afghan-bound Georgia troops could use US training against RussiaAugust 21st, 2009 Georgia Def Min: US training could target RussiaTBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's defense minister said Friday that training his troops will receive from the U.S. military before heading to Afghanistan could also be used in Georgia's "very difficult security environment."
Asked if he was referring to the possibility of another war with Russia, Georgian Defense Minister Vasil Sikharulidze answered: "In general, yes."
"This experience will be important for the Georgian armed forces itself — for the level of training," Sikharulidze said during an interview with The Associated Press in his Tbilisi office.
US Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanAugust 12th, 2009 US Marines assault Taliban town in AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines have mounted a helicopter assault to seize the Taliban-held town of Dahaneh in southern Afghanistan and are fighting gain control of the area ahead of next week's presidential elections.
Heat is greatest threat to US forces, general says, but more soldiers needed tooJuly 8th, 2009 Marines: More Afghan soldiers, training neededWASHINGTON — More Afghan soldiers with better training are needed to help clear the Taliban from a key poppy-growing province in southern Afghanistan, a top U.S. Marines commander said Wednesday.
Officials say 1 Marine killed, several injured in fighting in southern Afghanistan offensiveJuly 2nd, 2009 Marines say 1 killed in new Afghanistan offensiveCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Marine Corps says one Marine has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban.
2 NATO troops killed, 6 wounded in southern Afghanistan blastJuly 1st, 2009 2 NATO troops killed in AfghanistanKABUL — NATO said an explosion Wednesday in southern Afghanistan killed two of its troops and wounded six others. The military alliance did not reveal the troops' nationalities or the exact location of the blast.
US, NATO losing in Afghanistan, says former British diplomatJuly 1st, 2009 LONDON - The foreign troops in Afghanistan are losing the battle against militants because their leaders don't know how to handle the war, a former British diplomat has said. "We're losing," Paddy Ashdown, former British representative for Bosnia, said Tuesday.
Czech Senate approves troops for Afghanistan, KosovoJune 17th, 2009 PRAGUE - The Czech parliament's upper house Wednesday agreed to keep up to 1,085 troops in NATO missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo in 2010. The Senate voted 64-2 to deploy up to 535 soldiers in NATO's International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan next year, up from the 2009 limit of 480 troops.
Marine commandant says his force will be out of Iraq by spring 2010June 11th, 2009 Marines will come out of Iraq by spring 2010WASHINGTON — All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar Province, where his forces have largely been concentrated.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines in Afghanistan they won't be sent to PakistanMay 9th, 2009 US troops in Afghanistan won't be sent to PakistanCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S.
US Defense secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines they won't be sent to PakistanMay 8th, 2009 Gates: US troops won't be sent to PakistanCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there are no plans to deploy U.S.
AP source: Vanguard of Obama's 21,000 Afghan surge have arrived in AfghanistanMay 8th, 2009 AP source: First Obama Afghan surge troops arriveWASHINGTON — Pentagon officials say the vanguard of President Barack Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan arrived this week. Dozens of Marines who arrived in Kandahar as advance units represent the first group of soldiers deployed as a direct result of Obama's decision to expand U.S.
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