US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday the US military is already performing so-called over-the-horizon operations, undertaken from outside the nation, as it is currently withdrawing from Afghanistan, according to a media report. Speaking at the Senate Armed Services Committee…
As they prepare to exit Afghanistan, US troops will retain two huge bases in the war-devastated country. Last month, despite NATO concerns, President Donald Trump ordered curtailing troop levels from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, 2021 Gen.…
KABUL says it has not yet received orders to embark on reducing the number of troops. In written comments to Voice of America, a spokesman for US forces said there was no timeline yet to begin a drawdown. “We remain…
KABUL to prevent terrorist groups from plotting the next 9/11-style attack, says a former Navy SEAL. Dan Crenshaw, now a congressman from Texas, told a veterans’ workshop in Frederick the American public should be informed what objectives the US had…
KABUL captured from the Afghan National Army have been destroyed in US airstrikes, a news report says. The USA Today reported on Wednesday the US troops and their Afghans partners moved swiftly to wrest back stolen weapons and other equipment…
President Barack Obama has tapped Lt. Gen. John W. Mick Nicholson Jr. to lead America’s military mission in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. Peter Cook, addressing a news conference in Washington, hailed Nicholson as an accomplished soldier…
