The Pentagon insists a US drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians in Kabul in August was an honest mistake and now the Pentagon has claimed that the strike was legal. Coming two weeks after the Taliban seized…
The Pentagon has linked the volatile situation in Afghanistan to the presence of terrorist safe havens on the Durand Line. Addressing a news briefing on Monday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby called the terrorist safe havens the source of…
US military officials are continually looking at the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and operations in the country, the Pentagon says. The American military leadership adjusted their plans accordingly, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told a media…
The Pentagon is pondering the possibility of conducting airstrikes in support of Afghan forces in case of Taliban’s threat to major cities. The Biden administration, which planned an end to US air support when troops were pulled out,…
The Pentagon has sought $3.3 billion in the 2022 budget in operational support to sustain Afghan security forces -- a 9.2 percent increase from 2021. On Friday, the Biden administration submitted to Congress the 2022 budget request of…
The Pentagon has ordered long-range bombers and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier to help provide security for American forces pulling out of Afghanistan. Two B-52 bombers have already arrived in the region and Defense Secretary Lloyd…
The Pentagon says the United States has not yet taken any decision on military postures in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told journalists on Wednesday that no decision on a troop posture in Afghanistan had…
KABUL to participate in peace talks, but refrained from applying coercive pressure that would seriously threaten its relationship with the Afghan Taliban to dissuade the group from conducting further violence, a new Pentagon quarterly report said on Friday. The report…
The Pentagon has identified the two soldiers killed in a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province at the weekend. Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Virginia, and Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Illinois,…
KABUL, where militant-linked violence has recently escalated, says the US defence secretary. . “My ambition would be to get the troop level down to a level by which we know we can contain and do the core mission,” Mark Esper…
The Pentagon has identified an American soldier who was killed in a car bombing in Kabul this week. Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Puerto Rico, was killed in action on Thursday when the explosive…
KABUL. The fallen soldiers were named Army Master Sgt. Michael B. Riley, 32, and Army Sgt. James G. Johnston, 24. They were killed in central Uruzgan province on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, adding men died of wounds suffered from small…
KABUL. The latest report by the Pentagon’s ‘Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel’ reviews the quarter ending March 31 and covers the activities of terrorist groups in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. It focuses “particularly (on) Al Qaeda and ISIS-K,”…
KABUL earlier in the week. The soldiers, who died on Friday in northern Kunduz Province of wounds sustained in combat, were identified as Spc. Joseph Collette and Sgt. 1st Class Will Lindsay. According to CNN, Collette was assigned to the…
The Pentagon has not been asked to prepare a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Monday, as the White House called ending the war a priority. Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon…
The Pentagon has not been asked to prepare a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Monday, as the White House called ending the war a priority. Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon…
KABUL, an influential American newspaper reported on Wednesday. Both White House and Pentagon officials recently rejected reports of an Afghan drawdown as media speculation, saying President Donald Trump had not yet issued specific orders. “The US military is drafting plans…
KABUL despite challenges on multiple fronts, according to a media report on Sunday. The US Defence Department report released this week cited the effects of a recent military escalation coupled with diplomatic initiatives. "The current military situation inside of Afghanistan…
Afghanistan faces a continuing threat from an externally supported insurgency, the Pentagon told Congress on Thursday and warned state support for terrorist proxies would not be tolerated. “Afghanistan faces a continuing threat from an externally supported insurgency and…
KABUL. The 23-year-old from North Carolina died of the injuries he suffered in an improvised explosive device blast on Thursday, the Department of Defense said in a statement. "We mourn and honor the sacrifice of our service member,” said Gen.…
US Central Command Commander Gen Joseph Votel on Thursday asked Pakistan in bringing them for peace talks. “This is the message the American leaders often pass on to Pakistan”, Votel told reporters at a Pentagon news conference, asking…
