ISAF
Who’s Winning the Media War in Afghanistan?
October 18 by Keith Mallon.The 10 year anniversary of NATO’s intervention in Afghanistan has prompted widespread comment on the progress of that conflict. Striking in the the recent coverage is not only the profound sen...
Putting Private Security Contractors Back on the Leash and Crunching Capture Numbers in Afghanistan
October 17 by Keith Mallon.It’s a slimmed down panel this week, but rather perfectly formed, as Defence Dateline Group’s Jonathan Dowdall figures out how the EU are going to control all those pesky private securit...
Airpower Lessons From Libya and Other Challenges
August 17 by Richard de SilvaAirpower Lessons From Libya and Other Challenges Deputy Commander of NATO’s Allied Air Command, Lieutenant General Friedrich W Ploeger, joins Defence IQ for an exclusive look into the pr...
Senior US leaders offer condolences in wake of helicopter crash
August 08 by US Department of DefenseSenior U.S. leaders extended condolences to the families of American and Afghan forces lost in an International Security Assistance Force helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan. Thirty ISAF serv...
UK MoD statement on detainees in Afghanistan
July 22 by Defence IQWe can confirm that two British passport holders were detained in an ISAF operation conducted jointly last week by UK forces with Afghans in support. The individuals, a male and a female, are curren...
British hand over Helmand capital to Afghan forces
July 20 by Defence IQBritish troops have formally handed the lead responsibility for security to Afghan Forces in the capital of Helmand Province today - a significant milestone in a process of transition that will cont...
Obama, Petraeus discuss Afghan withdrawal options
June 17 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyJune 17, 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama has met with the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan to discuss a range of options for starting the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanis...
The PsyOps Bell Curve: Why is ISAF Revising its Afghan Information Operations Campaign?
June 02 by Robert DensmoreJames McLeod-Hatch is Outgoing Chief of the Target Audience Analysis at Combined Joint Psychological Operations Task Force at ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan. He speaks to the Counter Propaganda Master N...
Disaster in Den Haag: What Are We Learning from Dutch Defence Cuts?
May 10 by Defence Dateline GroupOn 8 April Hans Hillen, Defence Minister of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, presented plans to re-structure the Dutch armed forces so as to "lower costs and increase efficiency". In an almost comica...
The White House Blog: Osama Bin Laden Dead
May 02 by US Department of StatePresident Obama addressed the Nation to announce that the United States has killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda's number 2 killed in coalition airstrike in Afghanistan
April 27 by ISAF Joint Command AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan April 26, 2011 The International Security Assistance Force confirmed their number two overall targeted insurgent in Afghanistan was killed during an airstrike in Dang...
Latest Afghan Attacks Highlight Challenges of Training, Vetting Afghan Security Forces
April 27 by Pro PublicaThe news out of Afghanistan seems to be almost all doom and gloom: 8 NATO soldiers and one civilian were killed today by a veteran Afghan army pilot who reportedly turned on his trainers. The...