However, the resurgence of expeditionary warfare in the past twenty years has seen the emergence of gun-armed wheeled vehicles, sometimes called protected gun systems, which may bear a superficial resemblance to tank destroyers, but are employed as direct fire support units typically providing support in low intensity operations such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, the resurgence of expeditionary warfare in the past twenty years has seen the emergence of gun-armed wheeled vehicles, sometimes called protected gun systems, which may bear a superficial resemblance to tank destroyers, but are employed as direct fire support units typically providing support in low-intensity operations such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, the Taimanis, Ferozkohis, and Jamshidis are of Iranian origin, and refer to themselves as Tajik ; the majority of the Aimaqs in Afghanistan are of these latter three sub-groups.

However, difficulties in South Africa ( epitomised by the defeat of the British Army at the Battle of Isandlwana ), as well as Afghanistan, weakened his government and led to his party's defeat in the 1880 election.

However, Germany, along with some other larger European countries ( with the exception of the UK and the Netherlands ), have been criticised by the British and Canadians for not sharing the burden of the more intensive combat operations in southern Afghanistan.

However, KHAD has continued to operate after the fall of the Soviet backed government in 1992 and acted as the intelligence arm of the United Front or " Northern Alliance " during the Civil war in Afghanistan ( 1996 – 2001 ).

However, since the start of militancy in the Pakistan Tribal areas in the aftermath of post 9 / 11 US invasion of Afghanistan more than 150, 000 troops have been shifted to Tribal areas and Swat Valley to counter the Taliban invasion.

However it has had long-standing close relations with its other neighbors Afghanistan, Iran and China, extensive security and economic interests in the Persian Gulf and wide-ranging bilateral relations with the United States and other Western countries.

However, the 2008 financial crisis and the instability of Iraq and Afghanistan made fund raising impossible.

However, tensions were inflamed again in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 Pioneer and the SS-18 Satan, and the decision of NATO to deploy the new Pershing II IRBM as well as the Tomahawk Ground Launched Cruise Missile, along with U. S. President Ronald Reagan's talk of ' limited ' nuclear war.

However, for the rest of the 1980s as a whole, the Dow made a 228 % increase from the 838 level to 2, 753 ; despite the market crashes, Silver Thursday, an early 1980s recession, the 1980s oil glut, the Japanese asset price bubble and other political distractions such as the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Falklands War, the Iran-Iraq War, the Second Sudanese Civil War and the First Intifada in the Middle East.

However, this claim by Afghanistan is rejected by Pakistan on the basis of existing Pushtun population in the territory of Pakistan.

However the Soviets were not pleased about the developments in Afghanistan and Brezhnev impressed upon Taraki the need for party unity.

However, a few countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran, enforce specified standards of dress for women.

However he later decided against taking the role, after Afghanistan said it preferred General Sir John McColl and did not want Paddy Ashdown.

However the Afghan campaign ultimately ended in disaster ( see Dost Mohammad and the British in Afghanistan for details of the first Anglo-Afghan war ).

However, a map in an article from the " General Secretary of The Government of Balochistan in Exile " extends the border of Afghanistan to the Indus River.

However, the eight aid workers remained in the custody of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan militia as an Islamic court continued their trial behind closed doors.

However, Tajikistan announced it would not allow Western nations to launch attacks on Afghanistan from its territory.

However Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Maulvi Abdul Hai Mutmaem denied reports that people were fleeing Kabul and Kandahar.

However, this view is opposed by the fact that he is an ethnic Pashtun, with there being officially no boundary between ancient northwest India and Afghanistan, hence being buried in the ' land of Pashtuns ' ( literal translation from Old Farsi ) is a significant sign of his patriotism towards his ethnic roots as a Pakhtun.

However, " Holbrooke's skill set did not lead to much accomplishment in Afghanistan.

However, while landmine use continues to decrease, the use of IEDs has increased significantly, especially in Afghanistan and Colombia.

However, after the defeat of his allies at Gujrat on February 21, 1849, he abandoned his designs and led his troops back into Afghanistan.

However, at eighty-five, he had still been busy writing articles, reviewing and speaking, and I had never before known an Englishman who had visited and lectured in three quarters of the United States.

However, there are still several types of calls that necessitate the use of telephone operators.

However, i ' thar is also still an Islamic ideal to which all Muslims should strive to adhere at all times.

However, many of the causes of amphibian declines are still poorly understood, and are a topic of ongoing discussion.

However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard, and composite video display.

However, a percentage of the indigenous Assyrian population ( known as Ashuriyun by the Arabs ) resisted this process, Assyrian Aramaic language and Church of the East Christianity were still dominant in the north, as late as the 11th and 12th centuries AD.

However, Eastern Aramaic dialects, as well as Akkadian and Mesopotamian Aramaic personal and family names, still survive to this day among Assyrians in the regions of northern Iraq, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northeast Syria that constituted old Assyria.

However, tricyclic antidepressants are still used because of their effectiveness, especially in severe cases of major depression.

However 1. 4 billion people still live without clean drinking water and 2. 6 billion of the world ’ s population lack access to proper sanitation.

However, regular church services still take place.

However, there are still buses to Manchester every thirty minutes as well as more frequent services to other towns in east Lancashire.

However, there was still £ 13, 000 to pay on a mortgage, a fairly large amount of money in the 1880s, and Henry was at the time still only a mere parish priest.

However, the Conservatives were still a minority in the House of Commons, and the passage of the Reform Bill required the calling of new election once the new voting register had been compiled.

However, its influence is still felt because a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called B, was the language on which the C programming language was based.

However, other usages still occur.

However, attention is still given to these groups by botanists, and fungi ( including lichens ), and photosynthetic protists are usually covered in introductory botany courses.

However, some virus samples are still available in Russian and American laboratories.

However, subsequent models removed this and the " Graphics Synthesizer " GPU, thus removing support for PS2 titles, but still able to play most original PS games.

However, as the market for large systems shifted from proprietary architectures to common servers, the company eventually dropped the V-Series line, although V-series systems were still in use by customers as of 2010.

However, Boxing Day is still celebrated the day following Christmas Day for many British people.

However, at the end of 2009, the Blissymbolic script is still not encoded in the UCS.

However, in instances an individual director may still bind the company by his acts by virtue of his ostensible authority ( see also: the rule in Turquand's Case ).

However, Switzerland did not join the EU customs regime and customs checks are still conducted at or near the crossings.

However, the length and weight of pieces was still set with some Baroque characteristics: individual movements still focused on one affect or had only one sharply contrasting middle section, and their length was not significantly greater than Baroque movements.