Sentence examples for isaf of from inspiring English sources

At present the campaign involves a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, of 130,000 soldiers, 90,000 of them American.In the early hours of March 11th one of those Americans apparently lost his mind and went on a murderous rampage in Kandahar province, killing 16 Afghans, including nine children, in their homes.

Whereas the latter force is 17,000-strong and engaged in counter-insurgency, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) of around 9,000 troops timidly patrols Kabul and a few towns of the north and west, where there is no insurgency.

In his initial assessment last August, Gen. McChrystal referred to "public anger and alienation" toward ISAF, of which he is commander, as a result of the perception that ISAF is "complicit" in "widespread corruption and abuse of power".

A national identity and unity of purpose are the critical bedrocks of the success or failure of the Ana and by extension the longer-term plans of Isaf for the country.

His champion and CENTCOM boss, General David Petraeus, parachuted in as commander of ISAF to save his "COIN" legacy in Afghanistan.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition of international forces said it was still in the process of reviewing the circumstances of Saturday's helicopter crash.

It makes sense to give ISAF more of an Afghan complexion, with plans to appoint an Afghan general to help co-ordinate operations.

"To be frank, we are afraid of both sides," says a man in a nearby village.In a place like Sabari, the efforts of the 140,000 troops of ISAF (NATO plus a coalition of the willing) look distinctly unpromising.

One commander, Major General Robert Abrams, insisted that Afghan forces had made "astounding" gains in districts around Kandahar while another, Maj Gen Larry Nicholson, the deputy chief of staff of Isaf (the International Security Assistance Force to Afghanistan), maintained that the Taliban had failed to regain lost ground.

One of the aims of Isaf, the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, is to "facilitate improvements in governance and socio-economic development".

"The call focused on Afghanistan, following the president's visit there at the weekend and in the context of the end of Isaf combat operations at the end of this year.