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Pervez Musharraf's Pro-Taliban Afghan Policy Proved Bittersweet For Pak
Pervez Musharraf's Afghan policy of siding with the US in its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks while also going soft on the Taliban proved a double-edged sword for his country.
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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Taliban Impose "Harsh" Limits On Afghans' Religious Freedom: US Panel
Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.
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US Strike That Killed 10 Afghans Did Not Violate Law Of War: Pentagon
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said Wednesday after an investigation.
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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War Crimes Prosecutor Would Not Focus On US Forces In New Afghan Probe
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking approval to resume a war crimes investigation into Afghanistan, focusing on the actions of the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militia.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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In "Pain And Anger", Pentagon Looks To Lessons Of 20-Year Afghan War
US defense 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.
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In Rare Crisis Measure, US Mobilizes Commercial Airlines For Afghan Evacuation
The dramatic evacuation of people fleeing Afghanistan will involve a US military-civilian alliance that dates back to 1951 but which has been activated only twice before: in 1990-1991 during the Gulf War and in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq.
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Pakistan Interest In Afghanistan To Counter Indian Influence, Says US Report
Pakistan's strategic security objectives in Afghanistan almost certainly continue to be countering Indian influence and mitigating spillover of the Afghan civil war into Pakistani territory, a US government report has said
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"We Have Hours": US Army Captain Lobbies For Rescue Of Afghan Interpreter
Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former US army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter.
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"We Have Hours": US Army Veteran Pushes For Rescue Of Afghan Interpreter
Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter.
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Biden Says Afghan Quagmire Would Have Helped Russia, China
US President Joe Biden said Monday that a longer war in Afghanistan would have benefited China and Russia, even as his top diplomat consulted the two adversaries on the swift Taliban victory.
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Pervez Musharraf's Pro-Taliban Afghan Policy Proved Bittersweet For Pak
Pervez Musharraf's Afghan policy of siding with the US in its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks while also going soft on the Taliban proved a double-edged sword for his country.
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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Taliban Impose "Harsh" Limits On Afghans' Religious Freedom: US Panel
Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.
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US Strike That Killed 10 Afghans Did Not Violate Law Of War: Pentagon
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said Wednesday after an investigation.
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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War Crimes Prosecutor Would Not Focus On US Forces In New Afghan Probe
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking approval to resume a war crimes investigation into Afghanistan, focusing on the actions of the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militia.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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In "Pain And Anger", Pentagon Looks To Lessons Of 20-Year Afghan War
US defense 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.
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In Rare Crisis Measure, US Mobilizes Commercial Airlines For Afghan Evacuation
The dramatic evacuation of people fleeing Afghanistan will involve a US military-civilian alliance that dates back to 1951 but which has been activated only twice before: in 1990-1991 during the Gulf War and in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq.
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Pakistan Interest In Afghanistan To Counter Indian Influence, Says US Report
Pakistan's strategic security objectives in Afghanistan almost certainly continue to be countering Indian influence and mitigating spillover of the Afghan civil war into Pakistani territory, a US government report has said
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"We Have Hours": US Army Captain Lobbies For Rescue Of Afghan Interpreter
Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former US army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter.
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"We Have Hours": US Army Veteran Pushes For Rescue Of Afghan Interpreter
Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpreter.
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Biden Says Afghan Quagmire Would Have Helped Russia, China
US President Joe Biden said Monday that a longer war in Afghanistan would have benefited China and Russia, even as his top diplomat consulted the two adversaries on the swift Taliban victory.
