Tag: Nato
Taliban use ‘honey trap’ boys to kill Afghan police
The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of “bacha bazi”...
US may reconsider Afghanistan troop cuts as NATO pledges support
The United States told allies on Wednesday it was reexamining plans to cut its troop numbers in Afghanistan next year, Britain said, as other...
Putin warns Russia will respond to NATO missile shield
President Vladimir Putin on Friday described the development of NATO's US-led missile defense programme as a threat to global security and vowed that Russia...
Russia says bolstering forces to counter NATO
Russia’s defence minister said Wednesday that Moscow will set up three new divisions in the west and south of the country by the end...
US warns Russia it will defend allies as NATO command passes
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter warned Tuesday that NATO would defend its allies against Russian “aggression” as he presided over the passing of the...
British news channel says Daesh plans attack on Jewish children in...
Britain’s Sky News quoted intelligence sources on Monday as saying that Daesh had “advanced plans” to kill Jewish children in Turkey by attacking kindergartens, schools and...
New NATO-led coalition commander inherits raging war in Afghanistan
US Army General John Campbell stepped down as commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan on Wednesday, capping an 18-month tenure that saw the...
Erdogan threatens to send refugees to EU as NATO steps in
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to EU member states, as NATO pledged to...
NATO willing to support migrant naval operation in Aegean: US
NATO is willing to support a German, Greek and Turkish request for a maritime mission to help monitor Turkey's Aegean Sea coast for migrant...
NATO to take refugee crisis aid requests ‘very seriously’
NATO will take any request to help with the refugee crisis “very seriously”, chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday after Germany and Turkey said they...
6 US troops killed as violence rocks Afghanistan
Six US service members were killed in a suicide attack on a patrol near Bagram Air Base on Monday, CBS News correspondent David Martin...
At least 37 killed in Taliban siege at Kandahar airport
At least 37 people were killed and 35 others wounded after Taliban militants stormed Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan, with one of the 11...
NATO says won’t send ground troops to fight IS: report
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, NATO...
Egypt’s Sisi calls for NATO help in Libya ‘vacuum’
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for NATO powers to help rebuild Libya, beset by violence since an uprising backed by the Western military...
Five killed in British helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Five members of NATO international support mission in Afghanistan were killed and five injured when a British military helicopter crashed in the capital, Kabul,...
NATO head sees ‘troubling escalation’ of Russian activity in Syria
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday there had been a “troubling escalation” in Russian military activity in Syria, after Moscow dramatically expanded its...
Nato launches today its biggest military exercise since 2002
: Nato launches its biggest military exercise since 2002 on Saturday, putting 36,000 alliance soldiers through their paces in Italy, Spain and Portugal to...
