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439 Taliban Fighters Killed in Single-Day: Afghan MoD

August 11, 2021 @ 07:21 AM

The Afghanistan Ministry of Defense said the military killed 439 members of the Taliban group in a single day. “439 Taliban terrorists were killed and 77 others were wounded as a result of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) operations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Logar, Paktia, Uruzgan, Zabul, Ghor, Farah, Balkh, Helmand Kapisa and Baghlan provinces during the last 24 hours,” the ministry tweeted August 11
Is Russia Preparing for War with the Taliban?

August 10, 2021 @ 09:59 AM

Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan concluded a massive military exercise just 20 km from the border with Afghanistan today in what appears to be a show of force against the Taliban group which is rapidly taking over vast swathes of land from the Kabul government. "We are completing joint exercises of the armed forces of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation
Air Srikes Kill 30 Pakistan-Affiliated Al-Qaeda Terrorists: Afghan MoD

August 7, 2021 @ 01:14 PM

In an airstrike conducted by the Afghanistan Air Force on Friday, 112 members of the Taliban group including 30 Pakistanis affiliated to Al-Qaeda network were killed. The Afghanistan Ministry of Defense confirmed the development in a statement
Russian Tu-22M3 to Practice Bombing Militant Bases in Exercise near Afghanistan

August 5, 2021 @ 06:43 PM

Russian forces will practice simulated militant camp bombing using four Tu-22M3 bombers in exercises with Uzbekistan near the latters border with Afghanistan. In the clearest indication ever that Moscow intends to hit at Taliban targets, the Russian MoD announced Thursday; “The Tu-22M3 will take off from an airfield in the Saratov region, fly to the Termez training ground and practice the tasks of delivering group bombing strikes against conditional camouflaged militant camps and ammunition depots during a joint Russian-Uzbek exercise
As Taliban Takes More Territory, Pakistan Army Completes 90% Fencing along Afghan

August 4, 2021 @ 08:40 AM

With increase in Taliban incursions into Pakistan, the latter has now announced the completion of 90% of a fencing project being constructed along the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan started the fence along the 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border with Afghanistan, known as the Durand Line in 2017 and has planned to complete the construction by this summer
U.S. To Rethink Pulling Out Troops from Iraq

July 24, 2021 @ 07:12 AM

The United States and Iraq are drafting plans to reduce the formers presence in the latter into a purely advisory role by the end of 2021. A formal announcement is expected on 26 July when Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visits U
Taliban Shoots Down Afghan Helicopter Even as U.S. Delivers New Attack Choppers...

July 16, 2021 @ 12:31 PM

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Afghan Air Force Aborts Anti-Taliban Attack by A29 Aircraft Following Pakistan Warning

July 16, 2021 @ 11:22 AM

An attack operation against Taliban targets by three Afghan Air Force (AAF) A29 aircraft in Spin Boldak, Kandahar was aborted Thursday after “receiving warning” from the Pakistani military. Afghan publication TOLO News (
ARTEC Completes Delivery of GTK Boxer Vehicles to German Bundeswehr

June 25, 2021 @ 03:05 AM

ARTEC GmbH, on behalf of its parent companies Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, officially handed over the last of the Boxer armoured transport vehicles (GTK) ordered to date by the Bundeswehr to representatives of the Federal procurement agency (BAAINBw) and the Ministry of Defence. The contract CCG 2nd batch, which was concluded in December 20015, comprised 131 GTK Boxers and was worth EUR 478 million
Boeing to Deliver 14 Extended-range Chinook Helicopters to the UK Royal Air

June 23, 2021 @ 05:24 AM

Boeing won a $578 million Foreign Military Sales contract to deliver 14 extended-range Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF). The United Kingdom will be the first international operator of a Block II Chinook

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