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April 6, 2010

Leaders lay cornerstone for Afghan Defense University

QUARGA, Afghanistan (April 6, 2010) — The Afghan Defense University headquarters and the new site of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan were officially established during a cornerstone laying ceremony at Quarga, April 6.

April 6, 2010

Navy captures pirates, rescues crew members

A boarding party from the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul inspect the Indian-flagged Faize Osamani. The dhow was a suspected pirate mothership accused of firing small arms andMANAMA, Bahrain (April 6, 2010) — USS McFaul captured 10 suspected pirates and rescued eight crew members from the pirated Indian cargo dhow Faize Osamani,  near Salalah,

April 4, 2010

Special forces to remain in Iraq through drawdown

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2010) – U.S. special operations forces in Iraq will remain at current levels even as the number of American troops there is nearly halved over the next five months, the top special operations commander said.

April 3, 2010

Airmen treat, evacuate 46 Afghans after Helmand blast

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (April 3, 2010) — United States Air Force personnel responded to a mass casualty incident in Helmand Province Wednesday following a command-detonated improvised explosive device explosion at a local market in Nahr-e Saraj.

April 1, 2010

Navy ship intercepts pirates, sinks boat

MANAMA, Bahrain (April 1, 2010) — The Flagship of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, USS Farragut (DDG 99), intercepted suspected pirates in the Somali Basin yesterday.

March 31, 2010

Mullen: U.S.-Afghan partnership stronger than ever

KABUL, March 31, 2010 – After visits to U.S., coalition and Afghan forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today that “never has our partnership … been stronger, or the challenges we face, clearer.”

March 30, 2010

ISAF, Afghans celebrate Nowruz

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (March 21, 2010) – Spring is here. The snow is melting, the trees are blooming and days are getting longer. And here in Afghanistan, spring marks the beginning of the Afghan New Year, Nowruz.

March 29, 2010

Operations in Kandahar complex, require subtlety

CAMP EGGERS, Afghanistan, March 29, 2010 – More than 96 percent of the people of Afghanistan oppose the Taliban, but that doesn’t mean the Afghan government and the coalition are home free.

March 27, 2010

Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — In a visit that wasn't announced until he arrived, President Barack Obama is in Kabul today, March 28, where he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

March 24, 2010

Mullen, Gates press Congress for Afghanistan funding

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2010 – The stakes in Afghanistan are “too high for failure,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress today as he urged quick passage of funding legislation that supports operations there.