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General says Iran, Israel missile strikes put US troops at risk
Washington: The exchange of missile strikes by Iran and Israel in Iraq and Syria puts US forces at risk, the top US commander for the Middle East said Friday, just days after an…
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Moved 12000 US troops along borders with Russia: Biden
Washington: US President Joe Biden said he has moved 12,000 troops along the borders with Russia, such as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania while asserting that Vladimir Putin will not be victorious…
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Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US
Boston: Haseena Niazi had pinned her hopes of getting her fiance out of Afghanistan on a rarely used immigration provision. The 24-year-old Massachusetts resident was almost certain his application for humanitarian parole…
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Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?
Kabul: With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending. The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another violent phase. Except this time the former insurgents, the Taliban,…
- World
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
Washington: In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday defended the military’s execution of a frantic airlift from Kabul and asserted it…
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Taliban see victory as their alone, not in mood to listen to Pakistan: Report
Islamabad: The Taliban see the US withdrawal and their control over the country as their victory accomplished by them alone despite the global community’s belief that Pakistan has been the protector and…
- Middle East
Qatar refuses responsibility of Kabul airport without clear agreements
Doha: Qatar has said it will not take responsibility for Kabul Airport without “clear” agreements with all parties involved, including the Taliban, about its operations. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday,…
- World
Pakistan facing ‘crisis of its own making’ in Afghanistan: think tank
Toronto: As the Taliban and other outfits begin to consolidate their position in Afghanistan, post US exit from there, experts say that Pakistan is starting to face the effects of the “crisis…
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Roar of aircraft again heard in Kabul
Kabul: A Taliban media spokesman has tweeted a picture of Qatar military aircraft on the ground at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan. Ahmadullah Muttaqi posted the photo on Thursday. In…
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Why does the US lose all its wars?
After the US government withdrew its troops from Kabul questions are being asked as to why a superpower like America was overpowered by the Taliban to the point of submission. American experts…
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Withdrawal from Afghanistan best decision for America: Biden
Washington: United States President Joe Biden said withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan to end the 20-year war was the best and the right decision for America. He said there was no reason…
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Taliban fire in the air to celebrate as last US aircraft leaves Kabul airport
Kabul: Taliban on Tuesday fired their guns in the air in celebration as the United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, after 20 years of military presence. “Parts of…
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Never in history has withdrawal from war been handled so badly: Trump
Washington: Never in history has a withdrawal from war been handled so badly or incompetently as by Americans from Afghanistan, former president Donald Trump has said as the United States flew its…
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US ends its 20-year-old war in Afghanistan
Washington: The United States has announced the end of its 20-year-old war in Afghanistan as the last American military flight flew out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul shortly before…
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Rockets hit neighbourhood near Kabul airport amid US pullout
Kabul: Rockets struck a neighbourhood near Kabul’s international airport on Monday amid the ongoing US withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear who launched them. The rockets struck Monday morning in Kabul’s…
