Friday, January 9, 2015

AAF Fly-Away Security Team Training

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Eight Afghan Air Force security forces airmen graduated from the first Kabul Air Wing Fly-Away Security training course . The five-day train...

Video - 789th EOD to Deploy to Afghanistan

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The 789th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company from Fort Benning, GA will deploy to Afghanistan to advise and assist the Afghan EOD units, ...

Sharing Intel and Maps with the ANSF

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One of the biggest problems confronting Intelligence Advisors of Security Force Assistance Advisory Teams (SFAATs) working in Afghanistan ...

SIGAR Report on ANA Camp Commando

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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has issued a report on construction projects undertaking to provide pow...

AAN: What comes in 2015 for Afghanistan?

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An author, observer of Afghanistan, and co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) - Martine van Bijlert - provides us with a rev...

SACEUR Visits Afghanistan

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General Phil Breedlove , Supreme Allied Commander Europe, visited Kabul and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on January 6-8, 2015 to speak with ...

North Waziristan: A Reading List

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Alex Strick Van Linschoten has posted a reading list for North Waziristan . A very comprehensive listing of books, reports, news articles, a...

Daily News Snippets (Jan 8, 2015)

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Candace Karp and Michael O'Hanlon have penned an article about the future of Afghanistan. They believe that the mission is on the v...

Blog Post Writers Wanted

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The  Afghan War News Blog  and the  Afghan War News website  are constantly striving to keep its blog, daily newsletter, and website factual...

Stay Abreast of the Afghan News

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

ANP & AAF Conduct MEDEVAC Training

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Rotary wing air evacuation training was recently conducted for members of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (A...

4 Airmen Disciplined after Friendly Fire Incident

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Four U.S. Air Force airmen were disciplined through administrative means for their role in a friendly fire incident last June in Afghanis...

Pakistan: Waiver or Certification?

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In order for the United States to provide financial aid to Pakistan the State Department has to certify that Pakistan is doing what is ma...

Dismantling of Bagram Air Base

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The retrograde of U.S. personnel, vehicles, and equipment has been ongoing for the last few years. Hundreds of small and large Forward Opera...

EUPOL and Rule of Law

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EUPOL has posted an explanation of their Line of Operation 3 (LO3) for training up the Afghan National Police. LO3 is the Rule of Law Compo...

Assessment of ANSF

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Franz-Stefan Gady , an Associate Editor with The Diplomat,  provides us with his assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). ...

Article - "Why Soldiers Miss War"

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Participating in a war has a great effect on people and some have trouble recovering. Many suffer from varying degrees of Post Traumatic Str...

Paper - JIIM Approach to IW

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An extensive paper has been posted on the Small Wars Journal  entitled "Countering 21st Center Threats: The Need for an Increased Joint...

A-T Solutions Wins TREX RSM CJ7 Contract

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A-T Solutions  has won the NATO Resolute Support Mission contract to provide advisory and assistance services to support the Resolute Suppor...

Afghan News Snippets (Jan 8, 2014)

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The Wall Street Journal  reports (Jan 6, 2015) that China is creating a new avenue for Afghan peace talks. The Chinese are hosting a ...