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(Media Release) The US plans to increase the number of troops in Iraq as it seeks to “accelerate” its campaign to “crush” Islamic State in the region, the Pentagon chief said. Ash Carter met with his French partner seeking ways to bring Arab states “in the game,” too. Aside from his bilateral meeting with his […]
Posts Tagged ‘Afghan National Security Forces’
Pentagon to increase number of US troops in Iraq; Carter discusses ‘accelerating’ ISIS campaign
Posted by freepronline on January 21st, 2016
Posted in Global News 
Tags: Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, François Hollande, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Defence (France), President of France, The Pentagon, United States, United States Secretary of Defense, World Economic Forum 
Comments Off on Pentagon to increase number of US troops in Iraq; Carter discusses ‘accelerating’ ISIS campaignWhy Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic State
Posted by freepronline on December 18th, 2015
(Media Release) The Afghan Taliban say they have unleashed “special forces” in an increasingly bloody battle with fighters from the rival, so-called Islamic State (IS) group. The Taliban’s dominance and monopoly on insurgency in a region home to numerous local and foreign militant groups is being challenged by IS, which has been gaining some support. […]
Posted in Global News Tags: Afghan National Army, Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Barack Obama, Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban, United States Comments Off on Why Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic StateViolent Uproar in Afghanistan Casts Shadow on U.S. Pullout
Posted by freepronline on February 27th, 2012
WASHINGTON — American officials sought to reassure bothAfghanistan’s government and a domestic audience on Sunday that the United States remained committed to the war after the weekendkilling of two American military officers inside the Afghan Interior Ministry and days of deadly anti-American protests. But behind the public pronouncements, American officials described a growing concern, even at […]
Posted in Global News Tags: Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, International Security Assistance Force, KABUL, nato, United States, United States Armed Forces Comments Off on Violent Uproar in Afghanistan Casts Shadow on U.S. Pullout
