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A Flexible Force

Afghanistan’s Gen. Bismillah Waziri is expanding special operations forces to defeat armed terrorists UNIPATH STAFF Photos by MASTER SGT. FELIX FIGUEROA. U.S. ARMY Afghan Gen. Bismillah Waziri is Chief of General Staff of the Afghan…

Teamwork With a Multinational Twist

Troops from Central Asia and Afghanistan combine strength at the Regional Cooperation 2018 exercise UNIPATH STAFF  |  Photos by THOMAS GAGNIER/U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND The criminal named Abdul Kabeer was running a drug smuggling operation,…

Inspirational Leadership

Iraqi Brig. Gen. Arkan al-Tikriti helped spearhead the victorious campaign against Daesh When the dust churning from tank treads mingles with columns of smoke streaming from vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices — clouding the…

Jordanians in Afghanistan

Amman’s military mission to Afghanistan reinforced the battle against extremism BRIG. GEN. AZZAM AL-RAWAHNEH JORDAN ARMED FORCES Photos by Jordan Armed Forces Jordan’s persistent strategy has depended on rules, principles and…

Securing Sinai

Egypt combines military operations with economic development to stabilize the peninsula EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES  |  Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES Egypt’s Armed Forces have made strenuous efforts to bring security and stability to the Sinai.…

Heroics in flight

Four Pakistani helicopter pilots rescue British mountaineers at death-defying heights MAJ. MUZAFFAR AHMED, PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES It was a calm, sunny day on May 29, 2018, when three seasoned climbers — Bruce Normand, Timothy Miller and…

Qatar Addresses Foreign Fighters

Top Qatari official speaks in Doha at the Forum on Returning Foreign Fighters  INFORMATION OFFICE, QATARI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani…

Curing the Cubs of the Caliphate

Nations need treatment plans to rehabilitate children brainwashed by Daesh terrorists DR. HUSSEIN ALLAWI, CEO, THE AKKAD CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AFFAIRS AND FUTURE STUDIES Humanity today continues to face dangers, though these dangers…

Exposing the Extremists

Traditional weapons can only do so much to defeat the scourge of terrorism UNIPATH STAFF When researchers with the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism interviewed 100 former Daesh members in places such as Iraq and…

NATO Aids Afghanistan

The training and advising role benefits Afghan security by helping to marginalize violent extremists AHMAD MURID PARTAW, FORMER AFGHAN SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001,…