US Army
US says to hold first in-person talks with Taliban since Afghan withdrawal
The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan starting Saturday, the State Department said
Afghan army collapse ‘took us all by surprise’: US defence secretary
Milley warned the Taliban “remains a terrorist organisation” which has not broken ties with al Qaeda
Military diplomacy
Top US, Russian generals meet for first time since Dec 2019
Concerned about the resurgence of al Qaeda and IS, the US military has said it will maintain an “over the horizon” capability to strike them if a threat is perceived
In 'pain and anger', Pentagon looks to lessons of 20-year war
US defence chiefs said they felt pain and anger Wednesday and would humbly study the lessons of the Afghan war after leaving the country under control of the Taliban, whom they fought for 20 years
Afghanistan
US left behind over 100 Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems: Russia
Russian defence minister Sergey Shoigu has claimed that the US left behind more than 100 Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems in Afghanistan
IS claims rocket attack on Kabul airport
The Islamic State-Khorasan group claimed a rocket attack Monday on the airport in Afghanistan's capital
US starts troop withdrawal from Kabul
President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as US troops began leaving Kabul airport after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to evacuate ...
15 Bangladeshis, 160 Afghan students waiting outside Kabul Airport for 20 hrs
They are waiting for the permission of the authorities to enter the airport
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