Afghanistan

US aerial war on drugs in Afghanistan fraught with risks

Using US air power to counter drug trafficking in Afghanistan may jeopardize the broader mission by misallocating resources and boosting the civilian death toll

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US F-22s strike Taliban drug labs as new Afghanistan campaign begins

F-22 stealth fighters were used in Afghanistan for the first time as the new U.S.-led Operation Jagged Knife targeting Taliban funding was launched

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NATO to deploy 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan, half from US – Stoltenberg

NATO will deploy 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to help "break the stalemate", Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said

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US finds no evidence of civilian casualties in Afghanistan after Kunduz reports

The U.S. military said investigators found no evidence of civilian casualties amid reports that airstrikes killed more than a dozen people in Afghanistan's Kunduz province last week. 

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“You’ve got to tell us more”: The 9/11 blank check, 16 years on

Sixteen years after the US Congress authorized the president to go after terrorists in Afghanistan, the AUMF exists as a blank check to wage war

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6 more A-29 Super Tucano aircraft ordered for USAF Afghanistan program

The U.S. Air Force ordered six more A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Afghan Air Force, for a total of 26 to be supplied under to Afghanistan

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US willing to provide advanced military technologies to “leading power” India – Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States is willing to provide advanced technologies to India to help modernise its military.

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Over 150 Afghans went absent without leave while in US for training – Watchdog

Since 2005, some 152 Afghans went absent without leave while in military training in the United States, according to a report released on Friday. 

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Textron awarded $333 million contract for mobile strike force vehicles

Textron won a $333 million contract for up to 255 mobile strike force vehicles plus related hardware and services, the U.S. Department of Defense said

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Hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico delay deployment of US troops to Afghanistan

Deployment of U.S. troops to Afghanistan has been delayed due to ongoing hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Joint Staff Director Lieutenant General Kenneth F. McKenzie said on Thursday. “Forces are flowing to Afghanistan. They have been slightly delayed by ongoing hurricane relief efforts,” McKenzie told reporters. “There is a finite number of transport aircraft the U.S. Transportation Command has.” The general added that the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is currently “in the vicinity of 11,000.” Washington has pledged some 3,000 additional servicemen. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Tuesday the troops would provide advisory and fire support to the Afghan military. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said during a press conference in San Juan on Thursday that more than 11,000 Defense Department personnel are helping the territory to recover from devastating conscequences of Hurricane Maria.

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