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01 2nd, 2011| 
AFP – The US military plans to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan, which military experts say will allow US troops to monitor much larger operational theaters than before, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – President Barack Obama visited Afghanistan on Friday but bad weather kept him on a U.S. military base and forced him to cancel a planned face-to-face meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo,” but this latest dream weapon is real — and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban’s worst nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military plans to deploy heavily-armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the war, officers said Friday, the latest sign of an escalation in the fight against insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US military plans to deploy heavily-armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the war, officers said Friday, the latest sign of an escalation in the fight against insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Taliban fighters attacked a foreign military base at the main airport in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, one of four incidents in 24 hours that marked a sudden upswing in violence. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The soldiers who reported to Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs paint a monstrous picture: He killed Afghan civilians for sport, they say, and encouraged others to do the same. He collected fingers of the dead, plotted against his own men and found it amusing to slaughter animals with his assault rifle. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – An explosion on board a US helicopter killed one person and wounded eight others shortly after it landed on a small military base in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a military spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »