Tag: Afghanistan
Pentagon admits it killed children, civilians in Kabul drone strike
A Hellfire missile launched by a Reaper drone in Kabul on August 29 did not kill an ISIS-K planner, as initially believed,...
US kills ISIS-K planner in response to deadly Kabul terror attack
The US military has employed an MQ-9 Reaper drone to kill an ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan in response to a suicide bombing...
Pentagon orders activation of US airliners for Afghan airlift
At this stage, 18 commercial aircraft will be activated to aid the effort to evacuate as many Afghans as possible from Kabul.
Germany sends special forces helicopters to Kabul to ferry evacuees to...
The German defense ministry said on August 20 it is deploying two H-145M helicopters to Afghanistan to support the mission to evacuate...
US evacuates 800 people from Kabul in single C-17 cargo jet...
Ok how many people do you think are on your jet… 800 people on your jet? Holy f-, holy cow… ok.
US begins helicopter evacuations in Kabul as Taliban take Jalalabad
US armed forces have started evacuating personnel from the US Embassy in Kabul as Taliban continue to advance toward Afghanistan's capital city.
More B-52 bombers arrive in Middle East to support Afghanistan drawdown
The withdrawal from Afghanistan is in full swing and the US armed forces have already retrograded 60 C-17 loads worth of material out of the coountry.
NATO follows US in announcing withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan
In together, out together: US and NATO announce withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan starting May 1, months before 20th 9/11 anniversary.
Engine failure, crew error led to fatal USAF E-11A crash over...
An engine failure compounded by a subsequent error by the crew led to the fatal crash of a US Air Force (USAF)...
Germany loses Heron 1 UAS over Afghanistan
A German armed forces Heron unmanned aerial system (UAS) crashed east of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in the early morning hours of November 16.
