Improvised explosive device-making material was confiscated Jan. 28 with the assistance of surveillance equipment in Ghormach District, Faryab province.

The insurgents, who possessed the materials, had been watched from above by the Persistent Threat Detection System Aerostat, a balloon equipped with cameras that is manned 24 hours a day at International Security Assistance Force’s Forward Operating Base Ghormach.

While Taliban killings of the Afghan general population have decreased over the past year, more government officials have been targeted, a senior U.S. commander said Feb. 2.

Army Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, discussed insurgent response to Afghanistan's increasing security during an interview that aired on NPR's "All Things Considered."

The U.S. Navy delivered two 35-meter patrol boats to the Iraqi navy's Umm Qasr naval facility Jan. 26.

The vessels are the second and third such craft to be delivered to the Iraqi Navy as part of planned 15-ship foreign military sales case managed by the Support Ships, Boats and Craft Program Office in the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships. Procurement of these ships represents a continued cooperation commitment between the United States and Iraqi governments.

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After Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak pledged in a televised address to remain in office only until the next election and after protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square turned violent, VOA’s Lamia Gritly turned to Mohamed Morsi, a leading member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood for an assessment of the situation.

An Australian AP-3C Orion aircraft assisted a merchant vessel under attack by pirates in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 28.

The Orion was conducting a routine surveillance patrol for the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) when it was re-tasked to investigate a pirate attack taking place on the MV New York Star.

I have just posted a new report on the CIA’s apparent role in the destabilization of Egypt. This is absolutely shocking.

This is not the old CIA, which prevented communist takeovers of friendly governments. This is Obama’s CIA. It is reportedly working to facilitate the overthrow of the pro-American government of Hosni Mubarak.

Take a look:
SECRET AGENDA EXPOSED. Who's side is Obama on? The CIA may be on the side of radical Islamic and revolutionary forces in Egypt.

Three C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying 120 bundles dropped the largest resupply of fuel ever to a remote military outpost in Afghanistan.

Throughout the span of two days, Jan. 29 through 30, Soldiers hustled to collect the pallets, store them and then prepare for the next C-17 pass.

The soldier walks with his squad in a single-file line; his eyes scanning the road ahead, weapon at the ready. In the distance, a young Afghan girl peeks out from behind a mud-wall.

The soldier calls his squad to a halt, kneels down on one knee and reaches into his cargo pocket with a grin. He pulls out a handful of candy and holds it out to the little girl, who lets out a giggle as she emerges from behind the wall with five other children and runs to collect the treat.