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In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the CIA proudly displayed a shoulder-fired FIM-92 Stinger missile launcher. The launcher, the post read, “supplied by the United States gave Afghan guerrillas, generally known as the Mujahideen, the ability to destroy the dreaded Mi-24D helicopter gunships deployed by the Soviets to enforce their …

The modest proposal was put forward by Robert Grenier, who served as the CIA’s station chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001. He was later appointed the CIA’s Iraq mission manager and then director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center from 2004 to 2006. Grenier has been making media appearances following …

The women were ambushed and killed as they were driving to work at the supreme court, a spokesman for the court told the media. The driver of the vehicle was wounded in the attack.  No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.  Local media published a video purportedly showing …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an official apology from Beijing after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a tweet calling for justice over a recent war-crimes report released in Australia – with an illustration of an Aussie soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat. But Beijing appears …

In a statement made to reporters, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that President Donald Trump has ordered that the number of US forces in Afghanistan be sharply reduced from 4,500 to 2,500 by January 15, 2021. Miller also noted that US forces in Iraq would be reduced from …

Zafar arrived in Sweden as a refugee child and rose to prominence as a symbol of successful integration. Brought up in what is being described as a “socially vulnerable” district of Gothenburg, the man took charge of a troubled local school and became known throughout Sweden simply as ‘Rector Hamid’. …

In Dagestan there passes termless hunger-strike of veterans of war in Afghanistan, which require the state housing promised to them 30 years ago. For a week none of the authorities with them is not met, reports REGNUM with reference to the Draft. The hunger strike began on 17 September. It …

Responsibility for the attack on the police took over the Taliban movement. In the city of Gardez in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, a group of armed militants, including a suicide bomber, made the attack on the Central police training at the headquarters of the Ministry. This is with reference to the …

The victims of the explosion, according to the latest data, there were 35 people. Online published a video from the explosion in the Afghan capital. At the moment, the military cordoned off the area where the attack occurred. Recall, this morning a suicide bomber in a car detonated an explosive …

Because the census started the fight. At least 13 people were killed and 80 wounded during the clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces on the border. According to the Pakistani side, the representatives of border police of Afghanistan opened fire on Pakistani soldiers who accompanied the team from the census. …