Major General Chris Donahue, commanding officer of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, became the last American soldier to depart Afghanistan on August 30, with the C-17 he boarded departing… Continue reading "Last American Soldiers Depart Afghanistan, “Diplomatic Mission” To Continue"
Japan’s first ever non-combatant evacuation operation concluded on Friday, with Self-Defense Forces and Foreign Ministry personnel departing Kabul for Islamabad on a JASDF C-130. Kyodo News reports that a Kabul-based… Continue reading "Coalition Nations Wind Down Kabul Evacuation Operations"
A US Marine injured in what the Pentagon has described as a “complex” suicide attack on a gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday has succumbed to… Continue reading "US Marines Among Dead In Suicide Attacks On Kabul’s International Airport"
The past two weeks have seen numerous Afghan evacuation missions launched numerous countries, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense has now announced that parts of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK… Continue reading "Turkey Announces that Evacuation of Turkish Soldiers From Afghanistan Has Begun"
United States President Joe Biden has stated that he will be sticking to the self-imposed August 31 deadline for the evacuation of American citizens from Afghanistan, despite pleas from other… Continue reading "Despite G7 Resistance, Biden Sticks To August 31 Evacuation Deadline"
The European Union’s foreign policy head, Josep Borrell, says that he plans to propose the formation of a 50,000-strong EU expeditionary force, tasked with providing an independent European response in… Continue reading "EU Foreign Policy Head To Propose Formation Of European Expeditionary Force"
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts are now “down to hours now, not weeks”, with continued operations unlikely to be feasible once… Continue reading "British Defence Secretary: UK Kabul Evacuations “Down To Hours, Not Weeks”"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 August)"
The German Ministry of Defense announced on Friday the deployment of two German Air Force H145M LUH SOF special operations helicopters to Kabul. The two helicopters will be used to… Continue reading "Germany Deploys Two Helicopters For Kabul Evacuations"
In a press briefing held on 17 August, the Pentagon announced that it has 4,000 troops on the ground and is working towards the capacity to transport 5,000 to 9,000… Continue reading "Pentagon Believes it Could Evacuate Up to 9,000 From Afghanistan Daily"