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Elite Iranian troops start exercise near Afghan border

January 9, 2012

Ground forces of Iran's elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started military exercises near the border with Afghanistan, Iranian ...

France Buys Acoustic Sniper Localization System for Afghanistan

January 6, 2012

Under an urgent operational requirement, at the end of November 2011, Renault Trucks Defense supplied 80 SLATE (Acoustic Sniper Localization ...

Nine Pakistani troops killed in northwest: officials

U.S. Military Dialogue Continues With Pakistan

January 5, 2012

The U.S. relationship with Pakistan is important, and military dialogue between the countries continues despite recent serious setbacks, Pentagon Press ...

Centurions deliver for Alaska-based airborne brigade

January 5, 2012

A group of Alaska-based parachute riggers are now rigging everything from fuel to food for delivery to Soldiers on the ...

MRAP course gives Soldiers feel for navigating roads of Afghanistan

Logistics withdrawal headache for US in Afghanistan

January 4, 2012

The US Army faces a logistics nightmare in the repatriation of military equipment worth more than $30 billion from Afghanistan, ...

Pakistan snubs US probe into lethal strikes

Mattis Directs Corrective Actions Following Pakistan Border Incident

January 3, 2012

Drawing on findings from the investigation into the deadly Nov. 25-26 incident near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, U.S. Central Command ...

Pakistan refuses US demands to do more on terror

Pakistan rejects US probe on lethal strikes

December 23, 2011

Pakistan on Friday rejected a US probe into American air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, providing little sign of ...

UK MoD Invests £400M in New Counter-IED Technology

December 23, 2011

The Defence Secretary today announced a £400m package of protected vehicles and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) technology to further improve ...