Posts Tagged ‘ISAF’
Dutch troops to withdraw from Afghanistan in August
China Daily | 30 July 2010 THE HAGUE - The Dutch troops deployed in Afghanistan will leave as scheduled starting August 1 after concluding a four-year mission in the country, Dutch military chief General Peter van Uhm said Thursday. While being stationed in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan over the past four years, Dutch [...]
ISI: Wikileaks logs reflect soldiers’ fears, suspicions, and anxieties
Der Spiegel | 28 July 2010 By Matthias Gebauer, John Goetz, Hans Hoyng, Susanne Koelbl, Marcel Rosenbach and Gregor Peter Schmitz Logs Suggest Pakistani Intelligence Controls Course of War Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, appears frequently in the war logs obtained by WikiLeaks. They suggest that even as Pakistan served as an [...]
US/NATO Psy-Op/MISO in Afghanistan
The Nation | By I. M. Mohsin | 15 July 2010 Afghanistan: the psywar prongs June ended as the deadliest month for the foreign troops, more so the US. According to ISAF’s assessment, 103 soldiers got killed while many more were badly injured. Lacking missiles and air power, which is the monopoly of the foreign troops, the Taliban have to [...]
A German Critique of Obama’s War
Globkult Magazin | By Walther Stützle | 16 April 2010 (Lecture and discussion. East-West Forum - Gut Gödelitz, January 23, 2010) Afghanistan — The Failed Invasion (Translated from the German) English Translation: Afghanistan – The Failed Invasion I. False Start | II. Balance | III. Way out | IV. Concept Original in German: Afghanistan [...]
US/ISAF Chain of Command in Afghanistan
By Arshad Zaman | 23 June 2010 The chain of command out of Afghanistan has sometimes perplexed analysts. The confusion arises because of a latent de facto US forces chain of command, that sails under the much publicised NATO flag as an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), of which the U.S. ostensibly is just one member. The solution [...]
German Officials: Things will not end well in Afghanistan; Taliban do not threaten the West
Spiegel Online | By Christoph Schwennicke | 18 June 2010 Germany's Mission in Afghanistan: Ex-Defense Officials Skeptical of Success The belief that things will end well in Afghanistan is dwindling in Germany. An increasing number of security experts recommend an orderly withdrawal and even those who were involved in sending the [...]
Coalition Soldiers Execute Handcuffed Afghan Boys
Truthout | By Dave Lindorff | 11 May 2010 Afghanistan's My Lai Massacre When Charlie Company's Lt. William Calley ordered and encouraged his men to rape, maim and slaughter over 400 men, women and children in My Lai in Vietnam back in 1968, there were at least four heroes who tried to stop him or bring him and higher officers to justice. One [...]
Canadian Commander of Task Force Kandahar Sacked
Montreal Gazette | By Matthew Fisher | 29 May 2010 Canadian commander in Afghanistan fired for alleged relationship KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard, commander of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, was sacked Saturday for alleged conduct unbecoming an officer. The decision by Lt.-Gen. Marc Lessard, who commands all [...]
ISAF Regional Command South Split into Helmand-Nimruz and Kandahar Commands
Aviation Week | By Nicholas Fiorenza | 21 May 2010 ISAF Reshuffles NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is reorganizing to accommodate US reinforcements. Today, the North Atlantic Council, the alliance's highest decision-making body, gave the final go-ahead for the reorganisation of ISAF’s Regional [...]
Americans-Afghans Ban Coverage of Mujahideen/Taleban Attacks
International Business Times | By Sayed Salahuddin and Hamid Shalizi | 2 March 2010 Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks KABUL - Afghanistan on Monday announced a ban on news coverage showing Taliban attacks, saying such images embolden the Islamist militants, who have launched strikes around the country as NATO forces seize their [...]
