Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Afghan Forces Winning Says IJC Cdr

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The commander of the ISAF Joint Command , sometimes called IJC for short, provided an update on the Afghan War in a teleconference with Pent...

Ghani Removes "Handcuffs"

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General John Campbell, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says that President Ghani has been very cooperati...

ANASF Trains for Future after U.S. Exit

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The Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) are hopeful that they will be ready once the United States military finally leaves. While m...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Paper - Advisor Influence across NSMs and ANSF

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An extremely well-researched and detailed paper is available that presents valuable information about advisor influence upon the Afghan na...

Report - "Afghanistan in Transition"

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The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senat e has published a report entitled Afghanistan in Transition: U.S. Civilian P...

State Department - Little Afghan War News

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A few days ago Afghan War News posted a blurb about how the Department of Defense seems to be ignoring news about Afghanistan. An examina...

History of Marines in Helmand Province

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The Marines have handed over Camp Leatherneck to the Afghan National Army. Only a few hundred Marines remain to do the final packing . . . ...

Afghan Social Media

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In a counterinsurgency environment information operations (IO) is key. IO can sway public perception to support the government or it can ge...

ISAF Fails at COIN

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Our counter-insurgency doctrine states that for COIN forces to win the insurgents have to be defeated; for the insurgents to win, they have ...

Taliban Efforts Hurt by ANSF in October

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According to a recent news report the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) enjoyed some success against the Taliban during the last part o...

ISAF Reports on ANSF Now Classified

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The International Security Assistance Force is now classifying one of the reports that previously were available to the public. The reports ...

Romanian NSE Reaches End of Mission at KAF

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The Romanian National Service Element at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan reached the end of their mission in October 2014. Read more in ...

Afghan Opium War a Failure

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The United States and other nations as well have spent billions of dollars attempting to stem the export of opium from Afghanistan . The end...

Video - ANA Training at KMTC

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

1569th Trans Company Completes Retrograde Mission

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The 1569th Transportation Company of the New York Army National Guard has returned to the United States after a 10-month long deployment to...

Afghan Deputy Gov Killed in Attack

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A deputy provincial governor was killed in an attack in southern Kandahar while attending a university class. Read more in "Attacks Kil...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Advisor Selection for Afghan SFA Mission

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The  Security Force Assistance  (SFA) mission is a difficult one. Members of ISAF are expected to deploy to Afghanistan and train, advise,...

Burnout of SOF Operators

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The last 13 years has seen multiple deployments for those in the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). However, just as things look like it ...

Ghani on Security, Peace, and Corruption

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President Ghani has returned from his trip to China. Upon his return to Afghanistan he made some comments about security, peace, and corrup...

Afghan Economy is Suffering

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The business climate in Afghanistan is suffering with the prospect of ISAF departing in December 2014. The business community in Kabul is wo...