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401st completes M1114 vehicle transfer to Afghan National Army
A historic mission for the 401st Army Field Support Brigade came to an end, Nov. 12, when AFSBn-Bagram issued 49 M1114 vehicles to the Afghan National Army, under a Foreign Military Sales case. The 49 vehicles were the last of more than 950 vehicles that were involved in the program that lasted about two and [...]
Afghan army beset by desertions as NATO pullout looms
Far from home, poorly paid and discriminated against, Mushtaq and Sefadullah are among thousands of Afghans who are deserting the army in a worrying trend two years before NATO troops leave. It is not that they have joined the Taliban. Like many, they simply got fed up with life in the army, fighting a war. [...]
UK Advisors Support Afghan Army Operation
UK soldiers from the Brigade Advisory Group moved into position last week to support the start of the first major Afghan National Army (ANA) offensive of the spring. Operation SHAFUQ (meaning ‘dawn’ in Pashtu) is a large scale ANA operation to remove the improvised explosive devices which have plagued the lives of local villagers. The [...]
How Ready Is The Afghan Army?
On paper, the Afghan National Army (ANA) looks strong enough to secure the country almost immediately. The force had a listed strength of 173,000 personnel in October and should reach 195,000 soldiers by the end of 2013. That means that by the end of next year it will be 1 1/2 times the size of [...]
Afghan forces expand, increase capabilities
The Afghan army is growing fast and simultaneously struggling with the need to educate and train its noncommissioned officer corps, the senior enlisted leader of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan said today. Command Sgt. Major Marvin Hill and his Afghan counterpart, Sgt. Maj. Roshan Safi, spoke with reporters at the Pentagon [...]
Afghan air assault nets weapons, ammo, intel
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan: In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, U.S. and Afghan National Army Soldiers conducted a successful air-assault operation in the mountains of Khowst Province, resulting in the location and destruction of two insurgent weapons caches. The operation, named “War Old Coffee,” came after weeks of intelligence gathering, planning and mission rehearsals [...]
NATO Struggles to Train Afghan Army, But Officials Cite Progress
The sound of gunfire and yelling punctures the air as Afghan soldiers run through a recent exercise at the Kabul military training center. Firing blanks from their rifles, they advance on an identified enemy position as their NATO trainers watch. While thousands of young Afghans are being run through their paces, this class may be [...]
Transition Force Creates Air Power in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: About 450 U.S. and NATO forces are working to bring the 3,300 members and 48 aircraft of the Afghan army air corps up to par as part of a long-term effort to give the country a self-sufficient air force, the Air Force general leading the transition team said June 10. “Our mission is to [...]
Gates warned over Afghan army problems
Kabul: NATO commanders on Wednesday warned US Defense Secretary Robert Gates of the challenges involved in recruiting Afghan soldiers and police, which the US military hopes will number 287,000 by July 2011. Gates had spent two days in Afghanistan discussing the implementation of a sweeping new US war strategy set to deploy an extra 30,000 [...]
