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NEWS ABOUT: International Security Assistance Force

International Security Assistance Force stories: 12 news summaries

Backing Afghan Militias Makes NATO Allies Queasy

Experts worry $1.3B from US won't buy loyalty of local fighters

Nov 23, 09 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The US hasn’t given its Western allies the details of its plan to recruit and fund tribal militias to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, fearing, correctly, that they won’t like it, the Guardian reports. The strategy is already under way in 14 areas, with a budget of some... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • International Security Assistance Force • Afghan militias • Afghan police • Stanley McChrystal

 Taliban: Italy Paid Us
 Protection Money

Italian government denies bribing insurgents to leave its troops alone

Oct 16, 09 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Italian secret services bribed the Taliban not to attack Italian forces in Afghanistan, according to both a Taliban commander and senior officials in the Afghan government. The accusations have sparked fury in France, which lost 10 soldiers in an ambush after taking over a district east of Kabul from... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Italy • International Security Assistance Force

German Officer May Have Misled US Fighters in Civilian Disaster

Gave false info to pilots in Afghan tanker strike

Sep 21, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just before 2am on Sept. 4, German Col. Georg Klein gave a two-word command—"Weapons release!"—and US fighter jets bombed a pair of tanker trucks in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 100 Afghans clustered around them, many of them civilians. Although his tour has ended, the officer is... More »

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Afghanistan • Germany • civilian casualties • fuel tankers • International Security Assistance Force • German army • NATO troops • Georg Klein

 McChrystal: 
 US 'Will Fail' 
 Without More 
 Afghan Troops 

Blunt warnings bared in secret Pentagon report

Sep 21, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan's top commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal made a blunt request for more troops in a confidential report to the Pentagon last month, warning that without more forces the war "will likely result in failure." The 66-page report, obtained by Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, contains repeated... More »

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Afghanistan • International Security Assistance Force • troop levels • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • counterinsurgency • Stanley McChrystal

 NATO Probes 'Disastrous' 
 Air Strike; 90 Dead 

Horrific injuries reported after fireball engulfs villagers

Sep 4, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO will conduct a "thorough investigation" into the air strike on two Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan that killed 90 people today, many of them believed to be civilians, the alliance's secretary general said. An investigation team has already been sent to the area as reports trickle in of... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • civilian casualties • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • NATO Secretary-General

 Dozens of Afghan Civilians 
 Killed In NATO Tanker Strike 

Blast hit Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers, triggering explosion

Sep 4, 09 4:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 90 people were killed in northern Afghanistan today when a NATO air strike hit two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, setting off a massive explosion. At least 40 of the dead were civilians, said officials. Many more people are injured, and the local hospital in Kunduz province... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • civilian casualties • fuel tankers • blast • International Security Assistance Force • civilians • Afghanistan war

 US to Beef Up 
 Afghanistan 
 Combat Force 

Up to 14K fighters swap places with noncombatant troops

Sep 2, 09 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon will add up to 14,000 combat troops to its Afghanistan force, replacing noncombatant support units with more "trigger-pullers" as casualties continue to climb. With support for the war waning, the Defense Department's "force optimization" plan will not increase the number of US troops, and... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • US troops • Department of Defense • International Security Assistance Force • troop levels • Afghanistan war • defense contractors • Stanley McChrystal


 McChrystal: 
 US Is Failing 
 in Afghanistan 

General wants more Taliban engagement, warns of losing citizens' support

Aug 31, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military's strategy in Afghanistan is failing, Gen. Stanley McChrystal will tell commanders in Washington today. A copy of the US commander's remarks leaked to the BBC compares the military to a bull charging at a matador—losing strength with each individual cut. McChrystal's report says Afghans are suffering... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • International Security Assistance Force • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

US Commander: Taliban Winning Afghan War

McChrystal makes protecting civilians
his first priority

Aug 10, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban are winning the war in Afghanistan and the US must quickly change course, warns Stanley McChrystal, the general now commanding American forces in the country. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, McChrystal says he wants more troops in big, dangerous cities like Kandahar as part of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - Gen. David McKiernan will be replaced as chief of NATO’s Afghan mission by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former special ops officer, ABC News reports. McKiernan has held his post for just 11 months, and it is unclear where he will go. The move, to be announced at a... More »

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NATO • Robert Gates • defense secretary • International Security Assistance Force • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • David McKiernan • Stanley McChrystal

 NATO Troops 
 Target  Afghan 
 Drug Lords 

Troops given green light to attack industry that funds Taliban insurgents

Oct 11, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO has given its troops permission to go after Afghanistan's drugs labs and opium kingpins, Agence France Presse reports. Some members of the alliance had been wary of targeting the industry, fearful of alienating farmers. But the Afghan government has given its blessing to attacks on the trade that puts... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • heroin • opium • International Security Assistance Force • drug traffickers

US Wants More NATO Troops for Afghan War

US calls on NATO allies for reinforcements

Jan 30, 08 5:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The US will pressure its NATO allies to commit more troops to Afghanistan, Reuters reports, but won't send more Americans, beyond the 3,200-Marine surge ordered last month. The need for increased manpower in the 6-year-old conflict resurfaced this week when Canada's prime minister threatened to withdraw his nation's 2,... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Pentagon • Hamid Karzai • surge • International Security Assistance Force • Paddy Ashdown • al-Qaeda

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