Afghanistan
MACCA working to combat the devastating legacy of IEDs in Afghanistan
September 14 by Defence IQ PressMohammad Sediq Rashid is the director of the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). He is responsible for making sure the mine action response, which includes humanitarian demining,...
Britain closes final forward base in Afghanistan
May 12 by Defence IQDefence Secretary Philip Hammond has visited Afghanistan to mark the latest milestone in the drawdown of UK forces. Mr Hammond was in the country to witness the closure of Observation Post Sterga,...
Putting away the dishes
April 14 by Defence IQIn Afghanistan, RAF personnel have begun dismantling elements of a comprehensive communications network built up over the past decade. A joint team of RAF regular personnel from 90 Signals Unit, r...
Ceremony marks end of Task Force Helmand
April 02 by Defence IQAfter 8 years of front line operations, the UK's military headquarters in Helmand was disbanded yesterday. In the latest stage of the ongoing drawdown of UK operations in Afghanistan, the function...
British forces achieve base closure milestone in Afghanistan
March 17 by Defence IQUK Forces have now closed or handed over to Afghan forces all but two of their bases in Helmand Province. In a complex and well-planned operation spanning more than a month, Main Operating Base (M...
Swedish Black Hawks fly in to bolster MEDEVAC capabilities in Afghanistan
August 29 by Richard de SilvaDespite an on-going security handover and a gradual drawdown, the significant number of casualties in Afghanistan continues to demand a first-class MEDEVAC capability. Swedish forces have been taking...
8 infantry weapons used in Afghanistan
July 18 by Defence IQ PressBrowning Hi Power GP35 (L9A1) The 9-mm Browning L9A1 has been a stalwart of British military forces for generations after first being introduced in 1954. Reliable and accurate, the Browning has bee...
The Doctrine of Failure in Afghanistan: Rethinking nation building and the punitive expedition
June 28 by Louis DeAndaDeclaring Victory in Afghanistan, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib. However well-intentioned it may be, nation building in a state with a tribal culture may be a failed doctrine from the...
Defence logistics headache as Afghanistan drawdown begins
June 20 by Andrew ElwellWith the drawdown in Afghanistan stepping up a gear, the unprecedented size of the defence logistics effort is slowly beginning to dawn on the officers tasked with orchestrating it. Armoured vehicle...
The 21st Century Hybrid Threat: Part Terrorist, Part Insurgent, Part Criminal
October 09 by Louis DeAndaThis article examines the evolving Hybrid Threat, its potential to pose existential threats to homeland security, its resistance to conventional, unilateral approaches and countermeasures, and propo...
Beware of Taliban bearing gifts
September 13 by Louis DeAndaThis counterpoint was written in response to the September 10, 2012 article on Defence IQ entitled, "Will the Taliban break from Al-Qa’ida, announce a ceasefire, and allow the US to remain in...
