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Stars and Stripes
March 26, 2018
An Afghan National Army Commando races to the objective during training at Camp Pamir, Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Feb. ... account for $3.1 billion of U.S. taxpayer money that it provided the Afghan government from 2014 to 2017 to aid the Afghan army and national police, the Defense Department'sÃâà...
Telegraph India
March 26, 2018
Afghan soldiers and the Indian Army on the first day of training in Vairengte. Picture by Henry L. Khojol. Aizawl: An Afghan contingent of 30 soldiers, including five officers, led by Capt. Juma Khan Emami, began training at the elite Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare (CIJW) School of the army atÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 23, 2018
The Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its recent report has said that many wounded Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel lose their lives due to wrong blood type injections. The report highlights blood collection and screening procedure in the ANA emphasizing thatÃâà...
ABC News
March 23, 2018
FILE - In this Monday, July 20, 2015 file photo Afghanistan National Army wounded soldiers lie on the ground as they receive treatment, in district of Baraki Barak in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Sloppy blood collection and identification by Afghanistan's army may have led to the deaths ofÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 9, 2018
The Taliban launched a deadly assault on an army outpost in a remote region of Afghanistan's northern Takhar Province, killing 10 local police officers and wounding nine, a local official said on March 9. Provincial police spokesman Khali Aseir said that a large number of Taliban fighters assaulted theÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
March 6, 2018
The Obama administration had mulled over increasing troop numbers in Afghan Army to 400,000. The FY2016 budget request for , the total number of Afghan National Security Forces supported a troop strength of 352,000, with the Afghan National Army comprising of up to 195,000 troops. For comparisonÃâà...
9news.com.au
March 4, 2018
I am standing on a rocky outcrop, ringed by the snow-capped mountains which surround Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The view is crystal clear. The sky is textbook blue. The mountains look like watercolour paintings from the pages of a children's book. But the story of Afghanistan is no fairytale.
Arab News
March 3, 2018
KABUL: US moves to replace the Kalashnikov — the infamous Russian assault rifle commonly used by Afghan security forces — with US-made weaponry are well advanced, defense officials told Arab News. The US banned the Russian weapon six months ago, replacing it with M4 and M16 rifles, in a bid toÃâà...
Xinhua
February 26, 2018
Afghan army officers take part in their graduation ceremony in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Feb. 26, 2018. A total of 528 newly graduated officers including nine women were enlisted in Afghan National Army here on Monday. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah). Kabul, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 528 newlyÃâà...
Xinhua
February 24, 2018
KABUL, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan army killed 10 Taliban insurgents and injured 14 others in western province of Farah Saturday, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. "Afghan National Army struck terrorists' hideouts by airstrikes and heavy artillery in Bala Buluk district, killing 10 insurgents andÃâà...
