2011

30 Sep 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan – Combined Afghan and coalition security forces conducted a major narcotics seizure in Baghran district, Helmand province, Monday, 26 September.

29 Sep 2011

Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council - September 2011 provides an update on the activities of the United Nations in Afghanistan, including significant humanitarian, development and human rights efforts, since the previous report, dated 23 June 2011.

29 Sep 2011

SHAH WALI KOT, Afghanistan – Have you heard your parents or grandparents talk of the days when they went to school? They walked miles to and from...For children in the Shah Wali Kot region, this is not a joke; this is their life.

28 Sep 2011

Naples, 27 Sep 2011 - On Sept. 27, KFOR forces supporting a EULEX-lead effort acted to prevent a civilian vehicle attempting to breach the gate at the Jarinje Check Point on the Kosovo/Serbian border at approximately 1300 hrs.

28 Sep 2011

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan – At any given time, there are several different Afghan forces responsible for security in Helmand province – each with a separate communications net and equipment set, and each dependent on the ability to talk in real time to the other agencies to effectively provide security.

28 Sep 2011

On Friday 23rd September, the Norwegian Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) call sign Golden Arrow made its first flight in Operation Ocean Shield. The MPA arrived at its base on 13th September and after some maintenance work flew along the Somali coast for the first time on Friday.

27 Sep 2011

The Afghan National Army's Air Force recently completed its first unassisted helicopter-borne medical evacuation, flying a stabilized patient from Camp Shorabak in Helmand province to Kandahar Airfield.

27 Sep 2011

After 11 days of outstanding cooperation and combined operations in Exercise DANEX/NOCO 11, the "Multinational Maritime Task Group‟ under Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), Rear Admiral (LH) Sinan Azmi TOSUN's command, ensured the safe sea lines of communication so as to create sustainable regional security in "Pescadia”.

27 Sep 2011

The Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC) is a knowledge management institution established by NATO in 2008. Its mandate is to facilitate the sharing of information between civilian and military actors working on complex crises in order to enhance their situational awareness. Interested people can register to receive a wide range of documents, reports, statistics, and newsletters.

26 Sep 2011

As a result of decisions taken by the NATO Heads of State and Government at the 2010 Lisbon Summit, NATO has recently started a far-reaching Reform Programme covering its Military Command Structure and the NATO agencies that provide essential supporting capabilities and services. Read a letter from the SHAPE Chief of Staff, General Manfred Lange, on this process.

26 Sep 2011

What provides the capability for combat forces to travel greater distances by acting as a conduit to the resupply of soldiers, ammunition, equipment and fuel? What system can move forces faster and farther than their own means can carry them? And what can destroy targets no longer in range of army and naval units? An air force, and in the Herat Province, Afghanistan, work is fervently underway to develop a premier air base to execute these missions.

23 Sep 2011

From 20 to 21 September NATO Allied Joint Force Command Headquarters (JFC HQ) Brunssum hosted Post-Transition Planning Group meeting for Afghanistan.