R1 Airlines in Afghanistan for a Humanitarian Mission
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NEWPORT, Wales, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- At the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, members reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Afghanistan following completion of its combat mission.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Doug Lute suggested the first day of the two-day summit "should be looked at as NATO's attempt to get its hands around the multiple challenges it faces... first, it was the unfinished NATO business in Afghanistan..."
More than 50 government leaders attended the three-hour meeting, making it the most attended session of the Summit.
Three major themes dominated the discussion, said Lute. Members recognized Afghanistan's improved security situation, notably with the establishment and growth of the Afghan National Army to 350,000 troops, progress in the development sphere that was "enabled by the improved security situation delivered in part by the NATO coalition," and also the recognition by members of "how far Afghanistan has to go."
In order for NATO to implement its non-combat mission beyond 2014, Afghanistan's next president -- who will be determined by a U.N.-observed vote audit possibly by next week -- must sign both the Bilateral Security Agreement with the U.S. and the NATO Status of Forces Agreement.
"Without a signature, there can be no mission. Our planning is complete," said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, "but time is short."
NATO's post-2014 Resolute Support Mission, if authorized by Afghanistan, would "help train, advise and assist Afghan security forces" as "one of the three pillars of NATO's long-term engagement in Afghanistan, along with a contribution to the long-term sustainment of the Afghan National Army and the strengthening of long-term political and practical cooperation with Afghanistan."
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Five U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan on June 9 because of a botched American air-support mission that mistook the troops for enemy forces, an investigation by U.S. Central Command concluded.
This tragic incident was avoidable, Air Force Major General Jeffrey Harrigian said in a report released yesterday.
The key members executing the close air-support mission collectively failed to effectively execute the fundamentals, which resulted in poor situational awareness and improper target identification, Harrigian wrote.
The soldiers were among U.S. special operations forces in Zabul province who were working to improve security in advance of Afghanistans runoff elections, according to the report. One Afghan soldier also was killed in the airstrike by a B-1B bomber.
The incident underscored the continuing dangers faced by American forces in Afghanistan as the U.S. draws down from more than 30,000 troops this year to 9,800 by the beginning of 2015. Many of the troops remaining there conducting counterterrorism missions will be special operations forces like the ones who died in the June incident.
The botched mission by the B-1B bomber also may reverberate in Congress, where lawmakers have been debating an Air Force budget proposal to retire the A-10 Warthog aircraft to save about $4 billion over five years. The A-10 is designed for close air support, missions aimed at hostile targets that are close to friendly forces.
The Warthog has strong support among some lawmakers and retired ground soldiers because of its ability to loiter at low altitudes over a battlefield and discern friend from enemy better than a bomber, such as the B-1B.
Several incidents of U.S. troops being killed accidentally by their colleagues have been reported since the war in Afghanistan began in 2001, including the case of Pat Tillman, who died in 2004. Army reports initially indicated that Tillman, who had given up a professional football career to join the Army Rangers, died while fighting enemies in a ravine, an act for which he was awarded the Silver Star.
In the June 9 incident, the five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan were searching for enemy forces in southeastern Afghanistan when coalition forces received reports that insurgents in the area were reporting on U.S. and allied movements, according to the Central Commands findings.
While coalition forces moved from one location to another to evade the enemy, their movement was not effectively communicated to the Joint Terminal Attack Controller, whos responsible for calling for aircraft support when ground troops are endangered. That error led the team to conclude incorrectly that muzzle flashes spotted on a ridgeline were enemy activity -- an incorrect target identification that was accepted by the aircrew, Harrigian wrote.
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Afghanistan election crisis: Panel segment 2
Our panel guests included Omar Samad, former Afghan Ambassador to both France and Canada. He is also a former spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affair...
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