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KABUL/WASHINGTON: The Taliban captured a key district just outside the Afghan capital Kabul in central Wardak province, forcing government forces to retreat, security officials said on Tuesday. The seizure of Nerkh district comes amid intensifying violence following an announcement by the Islamist group of a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan for the Muslim religious holiday of Eid, starting this week. Tariq Arian, an interior ministry spokesman, said government troops made a “tactical retre...

The 378th Expeditionary Operations Group hosted F-16CJ Fighting Falcon “hot pit” refueling training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for aircraft maintainers from Al Udeid AB, Qatar, April 29 to May 4, 2021.Hot pit refueling occurs when,

The Pentagon has said that the withdrawal of remaining U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is making steady headway, with up to 12 percent complete.

Top Story May 12, 2021 WASHINGTON: The US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding steadily toward President Joe Biden´s September deadline with as much as 12 percent of the work completed, the Pentagon´s regional Central Command said Tuesday. As of Monday, the United States had "retrograded" the equivalent of enough gear to fill 104 C-17 Globemasters, the military’s massive transport, Centcom said in a statement using the Pentagon’s term for the pullout. They had also turn...

May 12, 2021 WASHINGTON: The US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding steadily toward President Joe Biden’s September deadline with as much as 12 percent of the work completed, the Pentagon’s regional Central Command said Tuesday. As of Monday, the United States had “retrograded” the equivalent of enough gear to fill 104 C-17 Globemasters, the military’s massive transport, Centcom said in a statement using the Pentagon’s term for the pullout. They had also turned o...

Afghanistan pullout proceeding steadily, says Pentagon Top Story May 12, 2021 WASHINGTON: The US military´s withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding steadily toward President Joe Biden´s September deadline with as much as 12 percent of the work completed, the Pentagon´s regional Central Command said Tuesday. As of Monday, the United States had "retrograded" the equivalent of enough gear to fill 104 C-17 Globemasters, the military´s massive transport, Centcom said in a statement using the...

7 CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait--The Australian general officer serving as the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Central Command took a tour of the vault, managed by the 175th Finance Management Support Center here May 6. "I am fascinated by the pieces and parts that make up this magnificent organization," said Australian Army Maj. Gen. Christopher A. Field, who also served in Iraq, as well as a peacekeeper in East Timor and Lebanon. Field said he was glad to find out that the 175th...

Pentagon Says Afghan Withdrawal Proceeding Steadily May 11, 2021 Share share Print The Pentagon says the withdrawal of remaining U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is proceeding steadily to meeting a September 11 deadline set by U.S. President Joe Biden. In a statement on May 11, the U.S. militarys Central Command, or Centcom, said enough equipment had been decommissioned to fill 104 C-17 Globemaster planes, the military’s jumbo transport aircraft. More than 1,800 pieces of equipment had be...

CENTCOM is releasing drawdown updates, but they don’t include troop numbers May 11 A U.S. flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the U.S. Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Antonik, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP) The U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is between 6 and 12 percent complete, according to a Tuesday release from Central Command, but it�...

US Military Coy About Numbers of Troops Leaving Afghanistan Voice of America 12 May 2021, 06:35 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - The United States military footprint in Afghanistan is shrinking at a steady pace, according to U.S. military planners, though they are refusing to say how many troops are still in the country. U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that it has completed "between 6-12% of the entire retrograde process," removing the equivalent of more than 100 cargo planeloads of equipment from Af...