Afghan War Blog

APPF unit assigned to guard the Tarakhil power plant (Photo DVIDS, March 201@) The Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) and Afghan Bo...

The intensified Taliban offensive in Kabul has caused the Afghan National Army (ANA) to stop the practice of transporting its soldiers to an...

ISAF keeps pumping out the positive feel good messages about how the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have "overmatched" the...

A recent paper published in the Fall 2014 issue of   Parameters  addresses the challenges ahead for the Afghan government in establishing se...

One of the largest training centers for the Afghan National Army (ANA) is at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC). The subjects taught...

The fighting season in Afghanistan typically starts in the spring and ends in the fall. Insurgent activity does not end completely; it just...

Four Afghan National Army (ANA) officers have gone missing from a warfare course in Italy.  They were among 20 Afghan officers attending a c...

The Afghan army death rate rose 30 percent over the 2013 death rate. This is a result of several factors. First is that the Taliban have no...

With the arrival of the Ghani administration in the Afghan government there is hope that the political meddling on the part of the President...

The three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers who went missing during a training event at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod have been found. They were ...

The first class of cadets has graduated from the Afghan National Army Officers Academy (ANAOA) in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 24, 2014....

Three officers (one major and two captains) from the Afghan National Army who were attending a training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod have...

Photo by SPC Erik Warren, 3d Cav Regt The ISAF forces are quickly drawing down troop levels in Afghanistan. If the Bilateral Security Ag...

Soldiers from the 205th Corps have completed an operation that spanned over four different provinces. Operation "Chamtoo" involved...

To most Afghans and to almost any knowledgeable outside observer an Afghan cop is a corrupt cop . Afghanistan is ranked as one of the top th...

The British are going to continue their involvement with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) past 2014 but primarily in an instructor...

The Afghan National Army (ANA) will soon be responsible for the purchase of equipment, goods, and services in the billions of dollars. Curre...

On paper the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have a robust vetting process to weed out criminals and insurgents intent on joining the...

Soldiers with the British Advisory Group 3rd Kandak 215th Corps (Two Rifles Battle Group) have been spending their tour of duty in Afghanist...

60 NATO troops have been killed this year in Afghanistan. 13 have been killed by Afghan security force personnel. That comprises 22% of the ...