ISAF news http://www.isaf.nato.int Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/former-taliban-commander-discusses-reintegration.html FARAH, Afghanistan (May 12, 2012) — A former Taliban commander met with members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah to share his reasons for joining the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program here Saturday. article - News Tue, 15 May 2012 04:17:53 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/a-partnered-foot-patrol-through-ghazni.html A photo story of an Afghan National Army - U.S. Army foot patrol. article - News Sun, 13 May 2012 23:22:01 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/afghan-special-forces-demo-impresses-leaders.html The Afghan Special Operations Unit recently provided a live demonstration of their capabilities for a gathering of Afghan and coalition dignitaries at one of their training bases May 8. article - News Wed, 09 May 2012 06:03:38 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/k-max-unmanned-aerial-alternative-to-convoys.html HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Improvised explosive devices have changed the way the Marine Corps engages hostile forces. The need has risen for supplies to reach the most remote parts of Afghanistan quickly, reliably and safely. article - News Tue, 08 May 2012 08:12:04 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/faces-of-transition-a-little-pashto-goes-a-long-way.html SAFAR, Afghanistan — The meeting was ordinary but the conversation unusual. article - News Sat, 05 May 2012 00:52:21 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/transition-chairman-visits-farah.html FARAH, Afghanistan — Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, chairman of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Transition Coordination Commission, met with members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and local provincial leaders here today. article - News Fri, 04 May 2012 03:19:07 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/afghan-national-security-forces-in-the-lead-in-panjwai.html PANJWAI, Afghanistan — With hardly a cloud in the sky the Afghan soldiers of 1st Company, 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghan National Army and local police stepped out of Forward Operating Base Spirwan Ghar’s southern gate. article - News Wed, 02 May 2012 23:42:07 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/ansf-clear-village-of-insurgency-activity.html ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The 4th Kandak Afghan National Army soldiers, members of Shah Joy Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition special operations forces members gained control of a known insurgent stronghold in Sayedan village, Shah Joy district, April 24. article - News Tue, 01 May 2012 07:56:45 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/new-simulator-pushes-afghan-pilots-capabilities.html KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan pilots now have a state-of-the-art MI-17 helicopter simulator here to hone their aviation skills in a safe environment. article - News Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:37:26 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/ansf-teach-their-own-to-defeat-explosives-threat.html KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Surrounded by the debris of previously detonated objects, students from Camp Hero’s Afghan National Security Forces Explosive Hazards Reduction Course climb out of their truck with mine detectors. article - News Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:08:11 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/afghan-forces-prepare-to-take-the-lead-in-kajaki-security.html FOB ZEEBRUGGE, Afghanistan — On a damp and cloudy Kajaki morning, the Marines of 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Police Advisory Team, drove up a steep mountainside and across a road atop the Kajaki Dam to a makeshift rifle range to instruct a marksmanship class for Afghan Uniformed Police officers, April 19. article - News Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:33:55 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/csm-thomas-r.-capel-articles/leadership-matters-with-csm-thomas-capel-episode-6.html "Leadership Matters," a bimonthly talk with the senior enlisted leader of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, CSM Thomas R. Capel. You can catch the program live on the second and fourth Friday of each month by tuning in to 94.1 FM, Freedom Radio Afghanistan. article - CSM Thomas R. Capel - Articles Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:12:36 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/ansf-take-the-lead-for-operatoin-shafuq.html NAD ‘ALI, Afghanistan — As the fighting season begins to unfold, the Afghan National Army is taking the fight to the enemy. article - News Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:44:40 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/district-conducts-validation-shura.html TAKHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Several hundred villagers and elders in the Darqad and Khwajah Ghar districts conducted a validation shura for Afghan Local Police candidates April 21. article - News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:29:48 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/afghan-commandos-kill-more-than-40-insurgents-who-attacked-shura.html NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Afghan commandos partnered with coalition special operations forces killed more than 40 insurgents in response to an unprovoked attack on a security shura with the district governor at the Kamdesh district, April 12. article - News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:29:11 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/afghanistan-visit-leaves-dempsey-encouraged.html BRUSSELS — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrapped up a two-day visit to Afghanistan today and said he’s encouraged by what he saw and heard there. article - News Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:40:46 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/rc-n-concludes-week-long-partnered-training-with-more-than-1-000-afghan-soldiers.html CHIMTAL DISTRICT, Afghanistan — The largest partnered training and mentoring operation between coalition and Afghan National Security Forces in the International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command North concluded here Sunday. article - News Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:35:50 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/navy-corpsmen-treat-afghan-policemen-wounded-by-suicide-bomber.html FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Afghanistan — The sounds from a controlled flurry of medical activity drifted through a narrow hallway packed with patients, stretchers and U.S. Navy corpsmen, funneling their calm conversations and unbreakable focus into the buzzing aid station. article - News Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:47:34 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/first-isaf-woman-s-shura-held-in-kabul.html KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 300 civic and military leaders from across the country came together via shura, Monday, April 23, in a hangar at Kabul International Airport to discuss present and future partnership and progress. article - News Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:13:51 +0100 http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/chairman-s-afghanistan-visit-focuses-on-afghan-forces-progress.html KABUL, Afghanistan — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will focus on progress in Afghanistan’s national security forces during a visit here. article - News Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:48:04 +0100