Afghan national security forces took over full responsibility for the country’s security Thursday, as NATO-led coalition forces ended their 13-year-old active combat mission and started a new phase providing training, advice, and assistance. “I congratulate Afghans for this historic day,” said President Ashraf Ghani while marking the transition. “We will[…]
US President Barack Obama saluted Sunday the “milestone” end of NATO’s combat mission in Afghanistan, but warned the country remains “a dangerous place.” A low-key ceremony in Kabul marked the formal end of NATO’s war after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening[…]
The United States and NATO will mark the formal end of the war in Afghanistan on Sunday with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as ferocious and deadly as at any time since the 2001 invasion that unseated the[…]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned it will take years for a US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as Washington said arch-foe Iran had launched its first air strikes against the fighters. Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels during the first[…]
Taliban insurgents have launched a prolonged attack on a major Afghan army base that was handed over by NATO forces last month, officials said Friday, in another sign the militants are on the offensive as foreign troops leave. Camp Bastion, now know as Shorabak, was Britain’s biggest military base in[…]
NATO Secretary General has told the Kremlin to pull back Russian troops from Ukraine and to stop supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, as leaders from the trans-atlantic military alliance meet in the UK. “We call on Russia to pull back its troops from Ukraine and to stop the flow of[…]
NATO leaders will aim Thursday to show unity against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, after France suspended delivery of a warship to Moscow despite a surprise peace plan put forward by the Kremlin. Ukraine and the new threats posed by Islamic extremists in Iraq, Syria and beyond will dominate[…]
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Estonia on a visit apparently aimed at showing Washington’s solidarity with the three Baltic states, one day before a NATO summit in Wales, where Russia’s involvement in Ukraine is expected to be the main topic. Obama will meet with the leaders of Estonia,[…]
Russia has said it will adopt a beefed up military doctrine over NATO’s plans to establish a rapid-response force in the wake of the rebellion in Ukraine’s east, according a top Russian official. The Russian reaction came a day after the NATO chief said that the alliance would respond to[…]
Russia has continued to supply pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine with tanks, armoured vehicles, rocket launchers and artillery, NATO’s Secretary General has said, echoing comments by Western leaders that the separatists seeking independence are being aided militarily by Moscow. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday that Russian troops had also “fired[…]
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