By Julian E. Barnes
July 26, 2009 Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — The U.S. and its allies must change their mission to focus on protecting the Afghan people — even if it means temporarily allowing the Taliban to operate relatively freely in sparsely populated areas, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said in an interview Saturday. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘US Marines’
AFGHANISTAN: U.S. commander in Afghanistan shifts focus to protecting people
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Country, Government, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Taliban, tagged Afghan forces, Afghanistan, counterinsurgency, drones, General Stanley McChrystal, Helmand province, insurgency, Insurgents, ISAF forces, Kabul, militants, NATO forces, spy planes, Taliban, Taliban forces, US Marines on July 27, 2009 |
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Veterans Find Afghan Enemy Even Bolder
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Police, Region, Suicide Bomb, Tactics, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan forces, Afghan police, Afghanistan, British troops, Civilian Casualties, civilian injured, civilian wounded, counterinsurgency, firefight, gunfight, Helmand, IEDs, improvised explosive devices, insurgency, Iraq, Khost, militants, roadside bomb, suicide bombs, Taliban, US forces, US Marines on July 25, 2009 |
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: July 25, 2009
NAWA, Afghanistan — In three combat tours in Anbar Province, Marine Sgt. Jacob Tambunga fought the deadliest insurgents in Iraq. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Pushed Out, U.S. Troops Turn to a More Civil Challenge
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Contractors, Country, Election, Government, Ground Assault, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Other, Police, Region, Tactics, Taliban, tagged Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, Helmand, Insurgents, Iran, Kabul, Khan Neshin, NATO officials, opium poppies, stabilization team, Taliban, U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, US Marines, US officials on July 20, 2009 |
By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 18, 2009
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — When the U.S. Marines burst into Khan Neshin with guns blazing early this month, they quickly defeated insurgent forces in the volatile district of southern Helmand province and declared it Taliban-free. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Warning From General on End to Afghan Combat
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan Army, Afghanistan, British troops, Farah province, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, German troops, Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, Pakistan, Pashtun militants, Quetta, Taliban, United States Marines, US Marines on July 16, 2009 |
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: July 15, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — The new American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that United States Marines had faced less resistance than expected in their operation to clear Taliban safe havens in the south, but that British troops just to the north were running into fiercer fighting than anticipated. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Helicopter Crash Kills 6 in Afghanistan
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Contractors, Country, Government, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan Army, Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian contractors, civilian deaths, Helmand, Insurgents, Kabul, Lashkar Gah, militants, NATO troops, Taliban, United States Marines, US Marines on July 14, 2009 |
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: July 14, 2009
KABUL — A helicopter crash in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan killed at least six civilians on Tuesday and two United States Marines were reported killed in the same region, as NATO troops and Afghan Army forces pressed an offensive against Taliban insurgents. (more…)
