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“I had my own house – everything. I had a good salary.” But helping American and NATO forces fight a war in Afghanistan also comes with serious risks. “It's clear for everyone, the security situation is not good in my country, especially for those people who work with the U.S. government or NATO forces," he ...

It also has a set of built-in evasive maneuver techniques designed to make targeting from missile defenses difficult. In short, the Iskander can threaten to do to NATO forces what NATO forces typically do to everyone else. The Iskander can put pressure on NATO missile defenses, but also on NATO air forces.

The footage was shot during the Cold Response exercise by NATO forces back in 2016. In this clip, a Norwegian Telemark Battalion is teaching U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 tankers “techniques of driving tracked vehicles in winter conditions” on a specially designed ice track. The footage is two years old, but it ...

2013, Dunford assumed command of all NATO forces in Afghanistan, where he oversaw the drawdown of U.S. troops for 18 months. He also put his name and signature on a document explaining the coalition strategy of advising and assisting Afghan security forces, which began in late 2011. The document ...

NATO has a rapid-reaction force of 5,000 troops meant to aid one of its members quickly if it comes under attack or invasion, but has no solid plans for a broad NATO mobilization if Russia attempted to annex lands around its border like it did in 2014 when it seized Crimea from Ukraine, which is not a ...

In such a scenario, given the possibility of Russia's building up forces in proximity to Baltic borders, it is not clear what role NATO forces, particularly the EFP, ... If Russia initially refuses to cooperate on arms control, allies could explore the possibility of threatening additional NATO force deployments unless ...

U.S. and NATO forces would be without air support for “several weeks” in the event of a European war with Russia, as Moscow's advanced anti-aircraft systems could close European airspace to NATO warplanes. Army officials and defense experts told the Association of the United States Army's Global ...

The ISI has instructed Taliban to hire personnel of the Afghan National Army and get into a joint operation to carry out insider attack at NATO forces in Afghanistan, said sources. The meeting between ISI officials and Taliban terrorists was held recently wherein it was decided that they would jointly attack ...

... a 'chaotic and brutal war' MAPPED. AN interactive map produced by a US think tank has given a terrifying glimpse of how a conflict between Russia and the West could play out as tensions between Putin and London soar. By Ciaran McGrath. PUBLISHED: 21:54, Wed, Mar 14, 2018 | UPDATED: 22:31, Wed, Mar 14, 2018 ...

He has NATO forces expanding toward the Russian border. People get nervous when they perceive danger at their doorstep. I was a young adult during the Cuban Missile Crisis. So Putin meddled in our elections. We play the same game. Presidents Clinton and Obama provided advisers for their preferred ...

... after takeoff on Sunday in what appeared to be an accident. He did not provide the nationalities of the wounded, but said they were in stable condition. Capt. Tom Gresback, a spokesman for international forces, said it was not a U.S. or NATO helicopter, and that no NATO forces were among the wounded, ...

The Taliban also insists that NATO forces must withdraw before negotiations can begin. The United States has refused to withdraw troops as demanded by the Taliban and has insisted that any negotiations must be between the Taliban and Kabul. Wells said Ghani's offer showed the Afghan government ...

NATO forces are staying in Iraq at the country's request, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said during a rare visit on Monday to Baghdad, after parliament called for a foreign troop pullout. "We are here because Iraq wants us to be here. We are not here without the consent and without an invitation from Iraq," ...

MOSCOW, 6 March (BelTA) – The buildup of NATO forces in Europe is one of the key destabilizing factors for Belarus and Russia, BelTA learned from Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly ... “Thus, NATO's force on the bloc's eastern flank now numbers up to 12,000 military personnel,” said Anatoly Sidorov.

That office would be structured as a NATO force structure headquarters, meaning it would be a national office run by the Americans until activated by NATO in ... This command will focus on logistics and making sure NATO forces are capable of speeding to the battlefield in case of an incursion from Russia.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon condemned an initiative of the Romanian and Moldovan defense departments to create a joint battalion. According to the president, this is another step towards undermining the status of Moldova's permanent neutrality and its national security. The Moldovan ...

A large-scale presence of Nato forces will be felt in Norway when the military alliance conducts major exercises in the country later this year. Over one hundred municipalities in the Scandinavian country will experience increased traffic and noise from an extended training exercise carried out by Nato, NRK ...

General John Nicholson, commanding general of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, launched a tirade against Russia's role and intentions in Afghanistan in a BBC interview. The international conference on Afghanistan, scheduled to take place in Tashkent on Monday, seems doomed to become yet ...

General John Nicholson, who leads US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, speaks to reporters at Bagram Air Base, about 60km north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Thomas Watkins / AFP. Russia has rejected comments by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying ...

Stationed in Tapa, this is the closest Nato forces have been based to the Russian border, situated just 100 miles (160km) away. Although daily life here revolves around training, adapting to the harsh environment and learning new skills, this is no ordinary deployment. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...

The European Commission presented the Action Plan on Military Mobility on 28 March [1]. “By facilitating military mobility within the EU, – explains the foreign representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini – we can be more effective in reacting when challenges arise”. Even if she does not say so, the ...