Afghan War Blog

Attack on German MeS Consulate. A suicide bomber rammed his truck into the German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan killing a...

NATO Medal Authorized for RS. The NATO Medal has been approved for acceptance and wear by Soldiers and other U.S. military members who...

German lawmakers called for an investigation into reports that German military and intelligence agencies contributed to a NATO list of Tal...

The end of 2014 sees the ISAF mission in Afghanistan end and the NATO Resolute Support Mission begin. The Afghan War, which has lasted over...

Germany will continue its presence in northern Afghanistan under the Resolute Support mission after December 2014. It will keep over 800 tr...

Uzbekistan is squeezing Germany hard for allowing the use of the Termez Air Base in Uzbekistan. Germany uses the base as a transit point ...

Chancellor Merkel believes that the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) will not be ready by the end of 2015. She believes that they will...

The German military's ability to transport equipment and troops is getting some bad press. Seems the Luftwaffe is hurting with problems ...

Germany has held a leading role in Afghanistan from the early days of the conflict. Besides placing a number of personnel to serve on the ...

It appears that  Germany will extend its mission in Afghanistan to at least December 2014 and possibly beyond. The commitment of troops bey...

Following the lead of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) the German Defense Ministry is putting a lid on information pertain...

Map of Uzbekistan As ISAF goes through its withdrawal process in northern Afghanistan its ability to affect the battlefield is being res...

A retired general officer of the German Bundeswehr (German Army) has wrote an article entitled "German Perspective On Lessons Learned F...