DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Thirteen Years Later, ISAF Remembers The Fallen

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Thirteen Years Later, ISAF Remembers The Fallen

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 12, 2014: KABUL, Afghanistan - “Thirteen years ago, on a clear summer morning, al-Qaeda struck the American homeland, and our world irrevocably changed,” said Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces - Afghanistan.

 

Campbell delivered remarks during a ceremony at ISAF headquarters to honor those lost on September 11, 2001 and the sacrifices of countless others since that fateful day. 

“Two airplanes sliced through the New York City skyline and smashed into the World Trade Center complex.  Less than one hour later, an additional plane crashed into the Pentagon.  Minutes later, another -- also headed for the American capital -- plummeted to the earth in Pennsylvania.  When it was over, 2,977 men, women, and children representing over 90 countries, diverse cultures, and myriad religions lay dead, innocent victims of one of history's most brazen and reprehensible terrorist strikes.”

*Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Story and photo by Lt. Michael J. Fallon - ISAF Headquarters

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DTN News - GLOBAL HAWK DRONES: US Deploys First Advanced Drones To Japan, Improving Its Ability To Watch North Korea, China

DTN News - GLOBAL HAWK DRONES: US Deploys First Advanced Drones To Japan, Improving Its Ability To Watch North Korea, China

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 30, 2014: MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan over the past week, enhancing its ability to monitor nuclear activities in North Korea and Chinese naval operations.

 

The deployment of the two unarmed Global Hawk drones to Japan, a key U.S. ally, is intended to demonstrate Washington’s commitment to security in Asia as part of its rebalancing of forces to the Pacific. But it will likely rankle with China and North Korea, which have been working to improve their own unmanned aircraft fleets.

Lt. Gen. Sam Angelella, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, said Friday the drones will remain here until October, when the typhoon season on the drones’ home base on the Pacific island of Guam is over. Similar rotations from Guam to Misawa are expected in the future, though Angelella said no firm plans have been made. He refused to comment on the specific missions the drones will carry out but noted that the Global Hawk’s “capabilities are well known.”

*Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press

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DTN News: U.S. To Provide A C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft To Airlift Rwandan Soldiers To Central African Republic

DTN News: U.S. To Provide A C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft To Airlift Rwandan Soldiers To Central African Republic

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 3, 2014: Rwandan soldiers wait in line to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 19, 2014. U.S. forces were dispatched to provide airlift assistance to multinational troops in support of an African Union effort to quell violence in the Central African Republic. 

(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, U.S. Air Force/Released)

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DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Marine Provides Security In Washir Village In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Marine Provides Security In Washir Village In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 6, 2013: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kaleb Wilson provides security during a patrol in Washir village in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 29, 2013. Wilson is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The Marines conducted patrols to collect human terrain and clear the area of weapons and improvised explosive devices. 

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Geoffrey K. Scarborough

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DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Officers Training Afghan Policeman on Explosive Detonation Technology

DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Officers Training Afghan Policeman on Explosive Detonation  Technology

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 6, 2013: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alex Gaunt, left, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Halgren, center, work with an Afghan border policeman explosive ordnance disposal trainee to prepare explosives for a controlled detonation in the Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, July 28, 2013. Gaunt, an explosive ordnance disposal journeyman, and Halgren, an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, are assigned to the 466th Air Expeditionary Group. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jovi Prevot

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DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Marines Patrol Near Base Boldak In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

DTN News: U.S. Forces - Images ~ Afghanistan: U.S. Marines Patrol Near Base Boldak In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 6, 2013: U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Quinton McCloud, right, and Zamp, a military working dog trained to detect improvised explosive devices, search inside an Afghan compound for any evidence of insurgency and weapons during Operation Grizzly IV near Patrol Base Boldak in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 29, 2013. McCloud is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Expert Panel To Assess Safety Of US Military Aircraft

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Expert Panel To Assess Safety Of US Military Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 26, 2012: Japan has set up a panel of experts to make its own assessment on the safety of the U.S. military's Osprey transport aircraft brought to the country on Monday.

Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto presided over the first meeting of the panel, headed by Defense Ministry's Deputy Director-General for Policy Tetsuro Kuroe, on Wednesday.

Other members include a Self-Defense Force helicopter pilot, an aircraft accident investigator from the Transport Ministry, and an expert in aeronautical engineering. The team plans to visit the United States sometime over the next few weeks to interview U.S. military officials about the cause of the recent Osprey accidents and measures to prevent a recurrence. They will also observe emergency training for Osprey pilots.

A series of accidents involving Osprey, including one in Morocco in April and another in the U.S. state of Florida in June, has triggered concerns in Japan over the planned deployment of the aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma air station in Okinawa prefecture.

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DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: Philippine, US Stage War Games As South China Sea Tension Simmers

DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: Philippine, US Stage War Games As South China Sea Tension Simmers

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 16, 2012: American and Filipino soldiers are seen during a joint mock beachfront assault on the shore of Ulugan Bay on Palawan island on April 25, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP

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DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: US Pacific Chief Admiral Samuel Locklear Affirms Commitment To Philippines

DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: US Pacific Chief Admiral Samuel Locklear Affirms Commitment To Philippines

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 16, 2012: The head of US forces in the Pacific Admiral Samuel Locklear (R) is welcome by General Jessie Dellosa (L) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines after arrival honours at the Philippine military headquarters in Manila on July 16, 2012. 

Locklear reaffirmed US commitment to support the Philippines in a meeting with President Benigno Aquino, amid the country's continuing territorial dispute with China

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DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: US Pacific Chief Admiral Samuel Locklear Affirms Commitment To Philippines

DTN News - PHILIPPINES DEFENSE NEWS: US Pacific Chief Admiral Samuel Locklear Affirms Commitment To Philippines

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 16, 2012: The head of US forces in the Pacific Admiral Samuel Locklear (R) is given arrival honours at the Philippine military headquarters in Manila on July 16, 2012. Locklear reaffirmed US commitment to support the Philippines in a meeting with President Benigno Aquino, amid the country's continuing territorial dispute with China. (Photo - Getty)

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Condemns 'Despicable' Suicide-Bomber Attack

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 14, 2012: The International Security Assistance Force condemned today's "senseless and cowardly" suicide-bomber attack at a wedding in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province that killed at least 19 people, including a member of the country's parliament, and wounded more than 43 others, military officials reported.

A suicide attacker blew himself up at the entrance to a wedding hall in Aybak, the province's capital, officials said, noting the blast killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 43 others.

Ahmad Khan Samangani, a member of the Afghan parliament; Mohammad Khan, the provincial director of the National Directorate of Security; and Lt. Gen. Said Ahmad Samse were among those killed in the attack, officials said.

Regional Command-North is providing medical and surgical assistance to the injured, according to a RC-North news release issued today.

The International Security Assistance Force stated in a release issued today that it "strongly condemns this senseless and cowardly act of insurgent terror that resulted in the murder of innocent civilians. These despicable acts continue to disrupt peace and demonstrate an utter lack of respect for Afghan lives."

"Once again the Taliban have murdered Afghans in cold blood with complete disregard for innocent life or to the sanctity of a wedding," ISAF commander Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen stated in the release. "Their depravity clearly knows no bounds. The disgust of the Afghan people for these criminals only continues to grow.

"ISAF continues to stand with the noble people of Afghanistan and we offer our assistance in solving this crime," Allen continued. "I offer my sincerest condolences and prayers to the family and friends who are suffering from the loss of their loved ones."

ISAF "remains committed to stopping acts of terror together with Afghan National Security Forces in order to build a secure environment that promotes lasting peace and a secure way of life for the Afghan people," the command's release said.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S.-Pakistan Military Negotiations ‘Very Positive’ According Gen. John R. Allen

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S.-Pakistan Military Negotiations ‘Very Positive’ According Gen. John R. Allen

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 23, 2012: Military-to-military talks between the U.S. and Pakistan, which recently resumed after a lapse, are going well, the commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan said today.

Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, International Security Assistance Force commander, acknowledged during a Pentagon press briefing that the issue of reopening Pakistani ground supply routes to NATO is still unresolved. Pakistan closed the routes after a late-November 2011 cross-border attack by NATO forces near a border coordination center in Afghanistan’s Kunar province accidently killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

“I have recently led a team to Islamabad to renew our conversation with the Pakistani military,” Allen said, noting the participants had “a very positive conversation about taking steps and measures necessary to prevent a recurrence of the events of 25 and 26 November.”

He said Lt. Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, general staff chief of operations for the Afghan National Army, also traveled to Islamabad for the two-day military talks with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani army chief of staff.

“We committed ourselves to recurring meetings … with the idea of creating a constructive long-term relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Allen said.

Allen noted Pakistan has many challenges along its border with Afghanistan. Pakistan’s forces are also fighting an insurgency, he said, and they have taken more casualties in the last two years than the U.S. has in 10 years of combat in Afghanistan.

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DTN News - OBAMA BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN: US President Barack Returns To The White House From A Surprise Trip To Afghanistan And Signed A Strategic Partnership Agreement With President Hamid Karzai

DTN News - OBAMA BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN: US President Barack Returns To The White House From A Surprise Trip To Afghanistan And Signed A Strategic Partnership Agreement With President Hamid Karzai

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: US President Barack Obama walks from Marine One to the White House May 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. 

President Obama was returning from a surprise trip to Afghanistan where he signed a strategic partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai, visited troops and addressed Americans from Bagram Air Base.

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DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama With Afghan President Hamid Karzai Signed Strategic Partnership Agreement In Kabul

DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama With Afghan President Hamid Karzai Signed Strategic Partnership Agreement In Kabul

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: US President Barack Obama (CL) attends a meeting with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (CR), on May 2, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The US and Afghan Presidents signed a long-term strategic partnership outlining their cooperation following the 2014 withdrawal of NATO and allied forces. 

Obama made the secret visit to the country on the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death and made a primetime tv address to the American people from Bagram Air Base in Kabul.

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DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Obama’s Afghanistan Plan - Echoes of Vietnam In The U.S. Exit Strategy

DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Obama’s Afghanistan Plan - Echoes of Vietnam In The U.S. Exit Strategy

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: To understand the historical significance of President Barack Obama’s visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, imagine that President Richard Nixon had, in the spring of 1972, flown to Saigon to signal American voters that the Vietnam war was coming to an end — and to ink a deal with President Nguyen Van Thieu codifying a long-term U.S. relationship with the Republic of South Vietnam, which would shortly be left responsible for its own security. 

“Today, I signed a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries – a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation, and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states; a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins,” Obama said Tuesday.  Nixon might have said something similar on that imaginary 1972 visit. Except, of course, everyone knew that Vietnam’s future would not be defined by an agreement between Washington and Thieu, as much as by the one signed in Paris, two months after Nixon’s reelection, between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, representing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (a.k.a. “North Vietnam”). Even that deal collapsed, of course, with the DRV and its supporters in the south finishing off the Thieu regime 19 months after U.S. troops withdrew.

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DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Claims The Attack Was A Response To U.S. President Barack Obama's Surprise Visit To Afghanistan - NATO Forces Investigate At The Scene Of Attack

DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Claims The Attack Was A Response To U.S. President Barack Obama's Surprise Visit To Afghanistan - NATO Forces Investigate At The Scene Of Attack

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: Soldiers part of the NATO forces investigate the scene at the scene of a militant attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said. 

The Taliban said the attack was a response to President Barack Obama's surprise visit just hours earlier.

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DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Claims The Attack Was A Response To U.S. President Barack Obama's Surprise Visit To Afghanistan - NATO Soldiers Talk Among Themselves

DTN News - OBAMA IN AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Claims The Attack Was A Response To U.S. President Barack Obama's Surprise Visit To Afghanistan - NATO Soldiers Talk Among Themselves

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 2, 2012: NATO soldiers talk among themselves as smoke comes out of a compound at the scene of militants' attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. 

A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked the compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.

The Taliban said the attack was a response to U.S. President Barack Obama's surprise visit just hours earlier.

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