afghanistan

I will admit that the President's decision to leave 5,000+ Soldiers in Afghanistan is disheartening. The fundamental problems of Afghanistan are simply not being addressed, and pouring money and retaining manpower is, at best, of limited help. First, we have to remember the recent history of...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), attach a .50 caliber machine gun to the top of an M1A1 Abrams tank before a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines performed their pre-combat inspections before firing the...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division (Forward), work with a bore laser to find the center of the M1A1 Abrams tank gun’s barrel during a battlefield zero range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines aligned their sights and...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines fired multiple rounds to align their sights and prepare their tanks for...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), fires the main cannon of an M1A1 Abrams tank during a range at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 13, 2011. The Marines are the first tank unit to deploy to Afghanistan., Cpl. Ned Johnson, 1/13/2011

In December the rotating CSTO presidency will go from Russia to Belarus. Already from statements of Belarussian officials it is clear that they intend their presidency to be an active one. What we're realistically looking at is the potential introduction of mechanisms to effectively employ the...

Earlier this year, 20 Australian and 20 Afghan soldiers engaged a sizeable, and i believe numerically Superior group of Taliban insurgents. One Australian soldier died, and around 20 to 30 insurgents were killed. An australian Soldier who had fought in the battle sent an email regarding...

Now that we are builiding up troops in Afganistan the war is going to turn bloody this spring and summer. It looks like we are repeating the same mistakes we made in Vietnam. What strategy can we use to defeat the taliban and al qaida? Also how many troops do you guys think we will have in...

The ANAAC (Afghan National Army Air Corps) is currently building out a 126 aircraft steady state air force. The specifics are detailed below: http://www.longwarjournal.org/oob/afghanistan/index.php http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/afghan_national_army.php (check out the comment...

Russian Military pictures during Afghan War 1

Russian Military pictures during Afghan War 1

Russian Military pictures during Afghan War 1

A British RAF Chinook gunner on operations over Afghanistan

Latest television grab showing a Pakistan army cobra gunship in operations against suspected Al-Qaeda forces in the border region with Afghanistan.

Destroyed transporters. they look like Ans to me but i don't know which type!