By Nathan Jennings, RealClearDefense: “The United States has experienced a troubled history with a variety of foreign interventions since achieving definitive victory in the Second World War. These failures may hold insights for the seemingly interminable—and troublingly similar—NATO campaign in Afghanistan.”
(Military Times) U.S. airstrikes killed two leaders of ISIS-Khorasan — the Islamic State’s Afghan offshoot — this month, as U.S. commanders claim they are fighting a narrative pushed by Russia that IS is growing in the country.
Afghans soon to fly missions with Black Hawks from US
(The Associated Press) The U.S. military has been flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter missions in Afghanistan for years, but the storied aircraft will soon take to the country’s battlefields manned by pilots and crews from the Afghan military.
(Voice of America) The United States is imposing sanctions on seven Pakistani companies for alleged links to the nuclear trade.