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
As Taliban advances, Afghan military overhauls war strategy to limit lossesU.S. intelligence assessments have warned that the Afghan government could fall in as little as six months, U.S. officials told Reuters. On...
23 Jul, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
United States carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan: PentagonThe news of US airstrikes in Afghanistan came a day after America's most senior military officer admitted that the Taliban had gained “stra...
23 Jul, 2021, 12.26 PM IST
Taliban see battlefield dominance as path to political, diplomatic powerThe scale and speed of the Taliban's campaign, and the inability of government forces to stem its progress, has swept aside any hopes that ...
16 Jul, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
In symbolic end to war, United States' General Austin Miller to step down from command in AfghanistanBut he also cautioned that the Taliban, in his view, appeared to be seeking "a military solution" to a war that the United States has unsuc...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
Pentagon seeks to soften blow of United States withdrawal from Afghanistan“Our leaving does not end the war. It just ends the American involvement,” said John Allen, a retired four-star Marine Corps general who co...
05 Jul, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
As United States scales back in Mideast, China may step in: General Kenneth 'Frank' McKenzieFrom the dusty battlefields in Syria to the pummelled neighbourhoods in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, they worry that America's pivot to Asia mean...
24 May, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
Pakistan's biggest worry is regrouping of militants after American troops pullout from Afghanistan: US generalAt a recent Pentagon briefing in Washington, General Kenneth F McKenzie Jr, Commander US Central Command (Centcom), has warned that after t...
26 Apr, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
United States general concerned about capability of Afghan security forces"I am concerned about the ability of the Afghan military to hold on after we leave, the ability of the Afghan Air Force to fly, in particul...
23 Apr, 2021, 03.06 PM IST
United States to send reinforcements to protect withdrawal from AfghanistanMcKenzie repeated US military concerns that the withdrawal could allow the Taliban to advance, after President Joe Biden last week announce...
23 Apr, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
United States military wages war on extremism in its own ranksIf a member raises the concern of free speech infringement during the discussion, their superiors have been directed to remind them that mi...
03 Mar, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
United States top general, Kenneth McKenzie, urges Iran restraint amid efforts to restart talksWashington also accuses Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards of disrupting maritime traffic in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint th...
22 Feb, 2021, 03.07 PM IST
ISIS still dangerous, could attempt retribution attack after Baghdadi's killing: USThe head of US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, speaking to reporters after the Pentagon released video and photos of the US spec...
31 Oct, 2019, 10.41 AM IST
Pentagon releases video, photos of Baghdadi raidThe Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground who opened fire on the helicopters that ferried...
31 Oct, 2019, 09.37 AM IST
Pentagon deploys warship, Patriot missiles in Middle East to deter Iranian 'threats'The Pentagon said the US did not seek conflict with Iran, but that Washington was "ready to defend US forces and interests in the region".
11 May, 2019, 10.32 AM IST
Taliban being used as hedge against India: US commanderMarine Corps Lt Genenral Kenneth McKenzie's remarks came days after US President Donald Trump sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's h...
05 Dec, 2018, 02.52 PM IST
South Korea, US to scale down military drills: ReportCiting a military source, a news agency said Foal Eagle, a field exercise involving tens of thousands of troops, will start in early April ...
16 Mar, 2018, 01.09 PM IST