combat mission
- n a mission to capture or defend something
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- Afghan forces will need help after NATO mission ends: Pentagon
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan forces will require significant support from the U.S. military and its allies after the NATO combat mission ends next year, according to a new Pentagon report implicitly warning against a "zero option" of total withdrawal. A senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday the Pentagon had not developed a plan for total pullout from Afghanistan by the ...
July 30, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Pentagon: Afghan forces will need help beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it is offering no "zero option" for the number of troops that would remain in Afghanistan after the U.S. combat mission ends in December 2014. It said in a report to Congress that "substantial" long-term military support will be needed to ensure that Afghans can hold off the Taliban insurgency.
July 30, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Pentagon: Afghan forces will need "substantial" foreign help after US combat ends in 2014
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan's military is growing stronger but will require "substantial" additional training and foreign financial aid after the American and NATO combat mission ends next year, the Pentagon told Congress on Tuesday.
July 30, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune