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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: army supplies

army supplies stories: 8 news summaries

Kyrgyzstan Issues Eviction Notice to US

Forces have 6 months to leave; Uzbekistan offers new supply route

Feb 20, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Kyrgyzstan has issued an eviction notice giving US forces six months to depart an air base key to the transit of troops and supplies to the war in Afghanistan, the AP reports. But in spite of its rocky relationship with the US, nearby Uzbekistan has offered an alternative route for... More »

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US military • air base • army supplies • Kyrgyzstan • Uzbekistan • Afghanistan war • supply route • Manas Air Base



 Taliban Wrecks 
 Key Afghanistan 
 Supply Bridge 

Deliveries cut off after Pakistan attack; how long remains unclear

Feb 3, 09 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants have blown up a bridge along the NATO supply route across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, halting deliveries to troops, the New York Times reports. Repairs are under way on the Khyber Pass bridge, but it’s not yet clear how long it will be before supply efforts resume. Militants... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • army supplies • Khyber Pass • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

 US to Expand Routes 
 Into Afghanistan 

Safer roads will depend on cooperation of Central Asian nations

Dec 31, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - More than four-fifths of the supplies for allied troops in Afghanistan travel via Pakistan along a treacherous route, prompting the US to plan new supply lines in the embattled region. The fragility of the current setup was laid bare after a Pakistani counter-militant offensive shut down the Khyber Pass yesterday,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Pakistan • Azerbaijan • army supplies • Turkmenistan • Khyber Pass • Uzbekistan • Tajikistan

Pakistani Offensive Shuts US Supply Line  to Afghanistan

Crackdown targets Khyber Pass militants

Dec 30, 08 8:45 AM CST
(AP) - Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to US and allied troops in Afghanistan today after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area. The road through the Khyber Pass in the northwest of Pakistan has faced increasing attacks by militants seeking to squeeze Western forces fighting... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • US military • army supplies • militant • offensive • Khyber Pass • NATO troops

 Afghan Supply Trucks 
 Torched in Pakistan 

Attack raises concerns about supply pipeline

Dec 7, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Militants torched more than 160 trucks in two Pakistani terminals supplying US-led troops in Afghanistan, AP reports. A security guard was killed in the assault at one of the terminals. While some witnesses reported hundreds of gunmen, a US official called the attack “militarily insignificant,” saying it would... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • army supplies • trucks • militant

Taliban Force
US to Find
New Route to Afghanistan

Pakistan corridor no longer reliable

Nov 19, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the American military has received about 75% of its supplies via a NATO corridor from Pakistan. But as the Taliban continue to grow in strength and the border region becomes ever more unstable, the US is now seeking new routes—including a punishing... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • army supplies • convoys • NATO troops

Pentagon, Army Captain Differ on Obama Tale

Army doubts, captain confirms weapons, troop shortages

Feb 23, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Pentagon officials moved quickly yesterday to rebut Barack Obama's tale of an Army captain whose platoon, deployed in Afghanistan, was stripped of men and so lacking in equipment that they resorted to using captured Taliban weapons. "I find that account pretty hard to imagine," an Army spokesman said... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Pentagon • Donald Rumsfeld • US Army • army supplies • Democratic debate • Army captain • lack of military supplies

Pentagon Destroys
Surplus Goods

Surplus dealers angry at scope of gear purge

Jul 23, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is scrapping millions of dollars of gear it has traditionally resold to surplus dealers, Time reports. The army claims that sorting passels of helmets, boots, and sleeping bags is too onerous, while suppliers are concerned the move is the vestige of an effort to keep old jet parts... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • fighter jet • helmets • bureaucracy • US Army • surplus • army supplies

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