British Lt. Gen. David Richards, head of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, now in charge in southern Afghanistan, believes the new campaign launched this past weekend will end a resurgent Taliban offensive in Afghanistan within the next six months. If not, according to USA Today, Richards says NATO could lose ground with Afghans in the southern region who are now straddling the fence. ISAF also is poised to take over in the eastern part of the country some time this month.
The Defense Department hasn’t seen an increase in domestic violence reports among military families since the new coronavirus crisis began, despite the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly causing a spike in such activity across the globe, the head of the Pentagon’s Office of Military Family Readiness Policy told reporters Oct. 29. However,…