KABUL, a presidential aide said on Friday. President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said this in reaction to US leader Donald Trump’s announcement of withdrawing nearly 7,000 American troops from the country within months. In a post on his Facebook…
KABUL’s Resolute Support mission, says a news report. ANSA, Italy’s leading wire service, said the size of the Italian military mission in Afghanistan would be reduced from 900 to 800 at by end of the current month, The cut would…
KABUL. Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Saturday the Central Asian nation would triple the number of its personnel in the framework of the training mission. At a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with countries contributing troops to Resolute…
KABUL and other international missions. Despite protests from the Communist Party, the lower house approved government plans to increase the number of troops on foreign missions on Friday. As a result of the lower house decision, Sputnik reported, Czech troop…
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns paid a 24-hour visit to Kabul to meet soldiers of the Welsh Guards in the Afghan capital, his office said. Welsh troops in Kabul are exhibiting an “incredible spirit” as they…
KABUL. In London, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said Britain played an important role and keep its contribution to the mission under constant review. “The support the UK provides Afghanistan on security, development and governance is crucial to…
KABUL to about 600 personnel, reports the Forces Network. The additional British military personnel would join NATO’s Resolute Support Mission training and mentoring Afghan forces. Britain has repeatedly been urged by NATO and the United States to send more troops…
KABUL, the alliance chief says. “In Afghanistan we have transitioned from combat operations to the training and advising of local Afghan forces,” the secretary-general was quoted as saying by the Pentagon. Jens Stoltenberg, speaking to students at a Paris university,…
