Sat. October 11, 2008
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The Post
October 11, 2008
According to Brigadier Carleton-Smith, if the West reduces its expectations, then they can hand over tactical responsibility to the Afghan Army in three to ...
ArmyTimes.com
October 11, 2008
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer QALAT,
Afghanistan - The
Afghan National Army is ditching its AK47s in favor of the M16
rifle as part of a force ...
SINDH TODAY
October 11, 2008
Kabul, Oct 11 (Xinhua) A
suicide bombing targeting one vehicle of
Afghan National Army (ANA) wounded at least six people including one soldier Saturday in ...
Sydney Morning Herald
October 11, 2008
It also has a separate section, guarded by the
Afghan Army, where 120
Taliban prisoners are kept, including some returned from
the US detention facility at ...
Jamaica Observer
October 11, 2008
Behind ISAF is the
Afghan National Army with 76000 troops and more than 30000 Afghan policemen who the
British Ministry of Defence describe as "fully ...
The Australian
October 10, 2008
First,
the US has decided it will provide the resources to double the size of the
Afghan National Army to 120000. Molan believes it probably has to be twice ...
Calgary Herald
October 10, 2008
There was also a unit of the
Afghan National Army (ANA) mentored by
Canadians, and a company of Royal Marines conducting a parallel operation not far away. ...
Bloomberg
October 10, 2008
Gates said that he heard ``no pushback'' from other alliance members on proposals to expand the size of the
Afghan National Army and create a
NATO trust ...
The Daily Star
October 10, 2008
But at the same time we must fully back the training and equipping of the
Afghan Army and police, and we must prepare for a day where
Afghanistan will be no ...
Earthtimes (press release)
October 10, 2008
Khost,
Afghanistan - Less than six hours after a helicopter drops a combined US and
Afghan Army patrol by the mountain border with
Pakistan, ...
International Herald Tribune
October 10, 2008
It cites gains in the building of the Afghan National Army, the officials said. But they said it also laid out in stark terms what it described as the ...
Daily Times
October 10, 2008
The exit strategy now being talked about is the building up of the Afghan Army. They appear determined to find the money (estimated at $20 billion) ...
Washington Post
October 10, 2008
the Pentagon chief also emphasized the need to build up the
Afghan Army, which
the United States would like to see double in size to more than 130000 troops ...
Swissinfo
October 9, 2008
Gates said he would press for a more comprehensive
NATO approach to the war incorporating a quicker build-up of the
Afghan Army, more civilian aid and ...
San Francisco Chronicle
October 9, 2008
American officials had hoped instead that strong national
institutions like the
Afghan Army could protect the Afghan population, but the escalating violence ...
San Diego Union Tribune
October 8, 2008
About half are in the
Afghan Army, meaning they regularly are shipped off to some far-flung mountain pass on the
Pakistan border to root out
Taliban or ...
Tehran Times
October 8, 2008
The
Afghan Army is improving, but woefully small, and the police forces are corrupt and largely ineffective. The
Karzai government has little control or ...
Reuters India
October 8, 2008
"The
Afghan National Army will become a modernised
army with Humvees and
NATO weapons. This transformation will help usher their forces into the 21st ...
Independent
October 7, 2008
... war could not be won and that the goal was to shrink the insurgency so it was no longer a strategic threat and could be dealt with by the Afghan Army. ...
The National
October 7, 2008
It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that ... can be managed by the Afghan Army." The brigadier's comments, together with those of Mr ...
US Department of State
October 7, 2008
WOOD: Well, I don't know which allies have been asked, but this is obviously a long-term goal of ours to try to build up the Afghan Army. ...
International Herald Tribune
October 7, 2008
It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan Army." The German cabinet also ...
Asia Times Online
October 7, 2008
The
Afghan Army chief of general staff, General Bismillah Khan, also "happened" to be in
Saudi Arabia at this time. Furthermore, as CNN put it, ...
The Post
October 7, 2008
"Despite the enhanced capabilities of both the Afghan National Army and the international forces, the security situation has deteriorated markedly," he ...
Muncie Free Press
October 7, 2008
"Our objective is to expand the size of the Afghan Army significantly, and necessarily key to that is people to train them," he said. ...
The News International
October 6, 2008
"The faster we get the (Afghan Army) to the size and strength they need to be, the less they depend on us for providing security," said Pentagon press ...
ReadMedia (press release)
October 6, 2008
Their unit was assigned to Afghan Regional Security Integration Command- East, (ARSIC-East) which is responsible for training the Afghan National Army in ...
Sydney Morning Herald
October 6, 2008
He was captured in a joint raid last Wednesday by special forces and the Afghan National Army. "He has been connected to Mullah Berader Akhund, ...
Reuters UK
October 6, 2008
"The faster we get the (Afghan Army) to the size and strength they need to be, the less they depend on us for providing security, and God knows we operate ...
Howrah News Service
October 5, 2008
It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan Army. We may well leave with there ...
PRESS TV
October 5, 2008
The bomber rammed his
explosives-laden motorbike into a convoy of
Afghan National Army forces patrolling Guzzara district. Guzara governor, Ghulam Mahbub ...
Xinhua
October 5, 2008
"Police forces and
Afghan Army chased
Taliban Insurgents and began a clean-up operation immediately," he said, "clash left one policeman and four Taliban ...
Telegraph.co.uk
October 5, 2008
He said it was time to "lower our expectations" and focus on reducing the conflict to a level which could be managed by the Afghan Army. ...
Boston Globe
October 4, 2008
10, Colonel Petronzio turned over security in the area to British and Afghan National Army forces. It was a victory in a war that has become more dangerous ...
KXMC
October 4, 2008
AP LAS VEGAS (AP)
OJ Simpson has been found guilty on a dozen charges including
kidnapping and armed robbery, and could be behind bars for the rest of his ...
Times Online
October 4, 2008
... to lure defectors from the Afghan National Army who had been trained by British and American forces by offering to double their £90-a-month combat pay. ...
ABC Online
October 3, 2008
So that task force has been going out and rebuilding bridges, building schools, building bases for the Afghan National Army. ...
Belfast Newsletter
October 3, 2008
For the first time ever, reservist
soldiers found themselves alone in a hugely hostile area, fighting alongside the
Afghan Army, getting close and personal ...
Economist
October 2, 2008
America has belatedly decided to support the expansion of the
Afghan Army from 80000 to 130000 (still far smaller than
Iraq's). Allies that do not supply ...
Wired News
October 2, 2008
And McKiernan's request for 3500 trainers to help mold the Afghan Army and police "is being reviewed right now," the General said. To help plug the gaps, ...
