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Insurgents face unrelenting pressure in Afghanistan Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:54 AM PDT WASHINGTON (October 27, 2011) -- Insurgents fighting against the Afghan government and people can end their violent ways and rejoin their communities or face unrelenting pressure, a senior International Security Assistance Force commander said today. |
Sesame Street is coming to Pakistan but not as generations of Americans know it.
The TV show has a new cast of local characters led by a vivacious 6-year-old girl named Rani who loves cricket and traditional Pakistani music. Her sidekick, Munna, is a 5-year-old boy obsessed with numbers and banging away on Pakistani bongo drums, or tabla.
The U.S. is bankrolling the initiative with $20 million, hoping it will improve education in
A country where one-third of primary school-age children are not in class. Washington also hopes the program will increase tolerance at a time when the influence of radical views is growing.
"One of the key goals of the show in Pakistan is to increase tolerance toward groups like women and ethnic minorities," said Larry Dolan, who was the head education officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Pakistan until very recently.
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Airstrike destroys IED facility in Afghanistan Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:22 AM PDT WASHINGTON (October 24, 2011) -- Coalition forces called in an airstrike to destroy an insurgent compound in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province yesterday, military officials reported. |
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U.S., Iraq move toward normal military relations Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:52 AM PDT WASHINGTON (October 24, 2011) -- U.S. and Iraqi officials are working toward the kind of standard military-to-military relations that the United States has with many other countries around the world, a Pentagon spokesman said today. |
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Afghan Government, Coalition partnership improves logistics throughout Khowst, Paktya Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan (October 23, 2011) -- It is never easy keeping soldiers equipped and ready for battle, but the growing logistical partnership between the Afghan National Army and Coalition forces make the process of outfitting soldiers easier and more efficient. |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:27 AM PDT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla (October 24, 2011) -- A detainee at the Detention Facility in Parwan died yesterday from an inoperable and terminal brain tumor. At the time of his death, the detainee was receiving medical care at Craig Combat Surgical Hospital, a nearby U.S. medical facility. |
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Afghan women start small business, aid in COIN operations Posted: 24 Oct 2011 04:27 AM PDT ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan (October 23, 2011) -- Members of the Virginia Army National Guard's 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Joint Sustainment Command - Afghanistan, and Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul conducted a foot patrol through the Qalat bazaar Oct. 19 to visit a compound where two local women have started an almond and raisin-cleaning business with funds received from a small-business grant. |
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Combined force detains multiple insurgent suspects Posted: 21 Oct 2011 07:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 20, 2011) -- A combined Afghan and coalition security force today detained multiple suspected insurgents during a search for a Taliban leader in the Wali Muhammad Shahid Khugyani district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, military officials reported. |
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Insurgent failures mark start of winter operations in eastern Afghanistan Posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:00 AM PDT BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (October 16, 2011) -- Tactical mistakes by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan over the past weeks resulted in at least three failed attacks against Afghan and coalition targets. |
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Airdrops help sustain vital mission at Edinburgh Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:02 AM PDT FORWARD OPERATING BASE EDINBURGH, Afghanistan (October 5, 2011) -- Forward Operating Base Edinburgh is a small community comprising mostly Marines, but is supported by everyone. |
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CH-47 investigation results released Posted: 13 Oct 2011 06:56 AM PDT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (October 13, 2011) -- United States Central Command has released the results of its investigation into the CH-47 helicopter crash in Tangi Valley, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, that killed all 38 personnel onboard, including 30 U.S. and 8 Afghan service members. |
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CENTCOM Investigation - CH-47D Wardak crash Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (October 12, 2011) -- The U.S. Central Command investigation into the Aug. 6, 2011, CH-47 crash in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, is complete. |
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Afghan and coalition special operations forces partner to conduct clearing operations Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:12 AM PDT GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan (October 2, 2011) -- Members of the 8th Kandak, Afghan National Army commandos partnered with coalition special operations forces to conduct a two-day clearing operation in the Nawa district, which began, Oct 2. |
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ISAF bridges new road toward change for Faryab citizens Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT FARYAB PROVINCE, Afghanistan (October 5, 2011) -- Motorcyclists, compact cars full of passengers, and trucks loaded with produce detoured around U.S. Army construction vehicles, which proved to be only a temporary delay for a faster commute in the future. |
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Coalition builds camaraderie by remembering loss, celebrating triumph together in Afghanistan Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:37 AM PDT CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (October 4, 2011) -- With tables set and food prepared, officers from three nations gathered together under a single tent on 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward)'s compound at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. |
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Operation Steel Rain disrupts Haqqani network in Khowst Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:12 AM PDT KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (October 4, 2011) -- Afghan and U.S. troops worked together in Operation Steel Rain to disrupt Haqqani Network cells operating in the Tirzaye District of Khowst Province Sept. 29. |
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