After 15 inactive months, Islamic State fighters in Yemen have conducted a series of attacks in Aden as government forces and STC separatists fight for control
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Suicide bombing in Kabul is the latest in Taliban wave of attacks
The Taliban killed at least 10 people, including an American and a Romanian soldier, and wounded 42 more in a suicide bombing near a National Directorate of Security checkpoint in the Afghan capital of Kabul today. Today’s attack in Kabul is the latest in a series of recent Taliban operations across the country, including assaults on two provincial capitals, an […]
Read more ›Pakistan to Buy 36 Mirage V Fighter Jets from Egypt Amid Build-Up With India
The Mirage V in question possesses a helmet-mounted display, mission pods, and night strike capability. Sources said Pakistan would upgrade these jets before putting a few of them into operation.
Read more ›Afghan govt. voices serious doubts about US-Taliban deal, seeks clarification
The Afghan government says it has serious doubts about a draft peace agreement recently reached between United States and Taliban negotiators and wants further clarification.
Read more ›Pakistan Clarifies There Is ‘No Change in Nuclear Policy’
Hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his country will not initiate a nuclear war with India, his foreign ministry has clarified that the statement was taken out of context and there’s been no change in its nuke policy.
Read more ›Former U.S. Envoys Warn Hasty Afghan Pullout Could Trigger ‘Total Civil War’
Nine former U.S. ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if the United States withdraws its forces before a “real” peace deal involving the Kabul government is reached with the Taliban.
Read more ›Strategies To Combat Terrorism: A Case Study Of Pakistan – OpEd
Since the last two decades, Pakistan has been in the eyes of storm due to the rampant rise of terrorism. This created continuous political turbulence, social fragmentation, and internal security disorder in society. 9/11 attacks, the fatal and most terrible event of the 21st century, shifted the paradigm of the global security system. It’s extremely baffling that despite having the […]
Read more ›Afghanistan expects US-Taliban update soon as deal nears
Afghanistan’s government expects the U.S. envoy negotiating with the Taliban on ending America’s longest war to visit Kabul “in one or two days” to share developments in the talks that continue in Qatar, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday.
Read more ›US and Taliban could be forced into awkward alliance to take out ISIS in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, the enemy of my enemy is my friend — sort of It may have seemed inconceivable 18 years ago following the September 11 terrorist attacks and the invasion of Afghanistan, but the United States is inching closer to a peace agreement with the Afghan Taliban, the group that provided safe haven for the Al Qaeda terror group responsible […]
Read more ›Trump: US Troops Would Remain in Afghanistan After Deal with Taliban
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. plans to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan from 14,000 to 8,600 and then will determine further drawdowns.
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