2011

22 Dec 2011

MONS, Belgium — A fact-finding investigation into the circumstances surrounding the friendly forces engagement between coalition and Pakistan military forces, on 25-26 November 2011 has been completed. The NATO chain of command extends their sincerest, heartfelt condolences to the families of those Pakistani Security Force members who were killed or injured in this incident.

20 Dec 2011

From 30th November to 14th December, 2011, a combat camera team of the Task Force La Fayette led an imagery training course for selected members of the 31st Kandak (battalion), Afghan National Army (ANA), based in the Forward Operating Base (FOB) of Tagab in Kapisa. This is another step towards the autonomy of the ANA.

16 Dec 2011

KABUL — Approximately 180 Afghan National Civil Order Police and 49 Afghan Uniformed Police graduated basic training Dec. 2, at the Central Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

16 Dec 2011

Chief of Defence of Afghanistan, General Sher Mohammed Karimi visited SHAPE on December 16th 2011. This first visit was an opportunity for General Karimi to meet SHAPE leadership and to discuss current operations in Afghanistan.

16 Dec 2011

Deputy Commander Operation ATALANTA Rear Admiral Christian Canova and newly appointed EUNAVFOR Force Commander Captain Jorge Manso paid a visit to NATO Operation Ocean Shield Force Commander, RADM Sinan Azmi Tosun, onboard his Flagship TCG Giresun.

16 Dec 2011

Oeiras, 13 December 2011 (MY). Her Excellency Heidi Kutz, the Ambassador of Canada to Portugal, accompanied by her Political Counsellor Mr. Juan Pablo Valdez, visited JFC Lisbon on Tuesday.

15 Dec 2011

Qala-i-Naw, Afghanistan (14 December, 2011) —This morning, to the Badghis Provincial Government facilities –former Spanish contingent base and assigned to the Afghan Administration, have gone fifteen groups of insurgents from different parts of the province of Badghis with the common goal of abandoning the fight against the Afghan Government and ISAF forces and hand their weapons over.

15 Dec 2011

Coalition forces donated 14 boxes of blankets to orphans at the Aschiana Center in Kabul, Nov. 30. Navy Lt. Khalid Kader, stationed at Camp Eggers, Kabul, coordinated a mission with four other coalition members and the Afghanistan humanitarian aid organization Sozo International to give 1400 blankets and other items to needy orphans at Aschiana Center, an orphanage and school.

13 Dec 2011

KABUL – During the recent four-day Loya Jirga, members of Task Force Spartan 3 conducted more than 10 intelligence-led high-risk advisory missions to help Afghan National Police protect their country's 2,000 tribal leaders.

13 Dec 2011

CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan – Twenty three women graduated from the Afghan National Police Women's Policeman's training course at the ANP Regional Training Center in Mazar-e-Sharif in a ceremony Nov. 24.

12 Dec 2011

The North Atlantic Council has decided to undertake the permanent withdrawal of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq personnel from Iraq by 31 December 2011, when the current mandate of the mission expires. Agreement on the extension of this successful programme did not prove possible despite robust negotiations conducted over several weeks.

12 Dec 2011