Category: South East Asia

The Taliban are Betraying Trump’s Peace Deal

While Mr Trump has fulfilled his side of the bargain by overseeing a significant reduction in America’s military presence from 9,000 to 4,500 troops since the deal was signed, the Taliban has been less forthcoming in terms of honouring its side of the deal.

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Chinese military urged to modernize theories, organization, weapons to reach PLA’s 2027 centennial goal

The Chinese military was urged to modernize military theories, organizations, personnel and weapons and equipment in order to reach its centennial goal by 2027 recently set by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. It marked the first time that the country’s defense ministry explained the goal after it was […]

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Indian Army to Get Hi-Tech Drones From America, Israel to Improve Surveillance Along China Border

Since April 2020, India and China have been in a border stand-off after troops from both nations accused each other of trespassing across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Following a violent clash in mid-June in the Galvan Valley, India-China relations soured. Despite diplomatic, commander, and political-level talks, the border tensions persist.

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Air Force Attack on Armed Taliban in Kandahar, Fifteen Attackers Killed

Fifteen insurgents were killed and four others were wounded in the latest airstrikes in Kandahar.

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Taliban Terrorists Killed in Helmand Clashes

Nineteen Taliban insurgents were killed in fighting with Afghan troops in Helmand and ten others were wounded.

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Skewed Responsibility: Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan

The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry was always going to make for a gruesome read – and that was only the redacted version. The findings of the four-year investigation, led by New South Wales Court of Appeal Justice and Army Reserve Major-General Paul Brereton, point to “credible evidence” that 39 Afghan non-combatants and prisoners were allegedly killed […]

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Like a Rocket in the Garden: the Unending War in Afghanistan

People in the United States continue to pretend that the despair and futility we’ve caused isn’t our fault. Late last week, I learned from young Afghan Peace Volunteer friends in Kabul that an insurgent group firing rockets into the city center hit the home of one volunteer’s relatives. Everyone inside was killed. Today, word arrived of two bomb blasts in […]

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Car bomb in Kandahar leaves 17 wounded

At least 17 people, including six policemen, were wounded Wednesday morning in Kandahar province in a car bomb, local officials said.

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Taliban kidnap over two dozen civilians in Wardak

Taliban insurgents have abducted at least 28 civilians in Maidan Wardak province, police claimed.

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Police arrest 20 Torkham customs officials on corruption charges

Nangarhar provincial officials said security forces have arrested 20 customs officers in Torkham on charges of corruption. Attaullah Khoqyani, a spokesman for the Nangarhar governor, confirmed the arrests and said money had been seized during the arrests.

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