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by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Graham Combined Security Transition Command KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 5, 2008) – The new commander of U.S. Central Command met with Afghan officials here Wednesday during his first visit to Afghanistan as CENTCOM commander. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who took the command’s reins Oct. 31, met with Afghan Defense Minister AbdulRahim [...]
The newly appointed chief of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus on Wednesday held meeting here with Afghanistan Defense Minister General AbdulRahimWardak and they exchanged views on situation in the country, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said. "The two sides exchanged views on issues of strengthening Afghan security forces, boosting international...
Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, shakes hands with Afghan Defense Minister AbdulRahimWardak before a meeting with Afghan officials at Defense Ministry headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Graham
By John F. Burns The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan - American military successes in Iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said on Tuesday. The minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, said at a news conference that the increased flow of insurgents from outside Afghanistan had...
Afghanistan Defense Minister Gen. AbdulRahimWardak says U.S. success in Iraq is prompting more foreign militants to fight in his country instead. Wardak, at a news conference Tuesday, said that heightened fighting in his country, the worst since the U.S.-led coalition toppled its Taliban government in 2001, was in part caused by foreign Islamic militants heading for Afghanistan...
NY Times: American military successes in Iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained “foreign fighters” to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said on Tuesday. The minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, said at a news conference that the increased flow of insurgents from outside Afghanistan had contributed to the heightened intensity of the...
Listen to the entire program Afghanistan’s Defense Minister has proclaimed 2008 the worst year since the fall of the Taliban in terms of violence and terrorist activity. Minister AbdulRahimWardak attributed his country’s state of affairs to a flow of Al Qaeda militants from Iraq to Afghanistan. But US and NATO [...]
American military successes in Iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said on Tuesday. The minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, said at a news conference that the increased flow of insurgents from outside Afghanistan had contributed to the heightened intensity of the fighting...
... or that eliminating them from Afghanistan will be any easier. Indeed, as the Afghan minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, noted, the fighters currently entering the country are "well-trained, more sophisticated and their coordination is much better" than he's seen in the past. That is to say, they've fought Americans before - and this time they're not likely to underestimate them....
Afghanistan's Defense Minister General AbdulRahimWardak said Tuesday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had agreed to help the war-torn nation eradicate poppy. "Defense Ministers of the NATO-member states agreed in their last meeting held in Budapest to assist Afghanistan government in destroying poppy fields and heroin labs," Wardak told newsmen at a press...
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. military success in Iraq means a tougher fight for U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, the Afghan defense minister said.Militants regularly traverse the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. "A lot of terrorists, (who) were busy in other places, have all been diverted to Afghanistan," Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, Afghanistan's defense...
KABUL, Afghanistan — American military successes in Iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday. The minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, said the flow of insurgents had contributed to the heightened intensity of recent fighting, which he described as the "worst" since...
As Iraq cools, fighters join Afghan militants U.S. military successes in Iraq have prompted growing numbers of well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead, the Afghan defense minister said Tuesday.The minister, General AbdulRahimWardak, said that the increased flow of insurgents from outside Afghanistan had contributed to the rising intensity...
"The success of coalition forces in Iraq and also some other issues in some of the neighbouring countries have made it possible that there is a major increase in the foreign fighters," Gen. AbdulRahimWardak told a news conference in Kabul.
... bombs in the south killed 16 Afghan civilians, officials said.The Afghan defense minister, Gen. AbdulRahimWardak, said terrorists who would have once fought in Iraq have been "diverted" to Afghanistan."The success of coalition forces in Iraq and also some other issues in some of the neighboring countries have made it possible that there is a major increase in the foreign...
