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05 Feb, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
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18 Sep, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
'Kill list': Report says US handed Taliban names of Americans to evacuateDays after Kabul fell to the Taliban, two suicide bombers and gunmen from the ISIS-K -- far more radical than the Taliban -- attacked crowd...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
US to prioritise evacuations from Kabul until final hoursJohn Kirby, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said more than 4,400 American citizens have been evacuated thus far, an increase of about 400 fro...
25 Aug, 2021, 10.59 PM IST
United States offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensiveReeling from battlefield losses, Afghanistan's military is overhauling its war strategy against the Taliban to concentrate forces around th...
26 Jul, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
America's top commander in Afghanistan since 2018, Gen. Scott Miller, hands over commandAnother four-star general will assume authority from his U.S. post to conduct possible airstrikes in defense of Afghan government forces, a...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.26 PM IST
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08 Jun, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
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24 May, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
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22 May, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
US-backed Syrian forces raid camp of IS families, arrest nineThe al-Hol camp houses some 62,000 people, including wives and children of IS members, and US officials say it has become a breeding ground...
29 Mar, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensionsUsing Yanbu, as well as air bases at Tabuk and Taif along the Red Sea, would give the American military more options along a crucial waterw...
26 Jan, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
US troop pullouts in Middle East raise fears of Iranian attacksA senior US military official with knowledge of the region said on Monday that Iran may try to take advantage of America's troop withdrawal...
08 Dec, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
US withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq and AfghanistanDuring a visit to Iraq, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said the reduction in Iraq - from about 5,200 tr...
10 Sep, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
Trump planning to withdraw additional US troops from Iraq, say senior officialsThe planned announcements come as the president has been trying to make the case that he has fulfilled the promises he made four years ago ...
09 Sep, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
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