The Taliban terrorist group captured the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni, the capital of a province of the same name, fewer than 100 miles from Kabul. A spokesperson for the Taliban wrote on Twitter that the city was taken over, including the police headquarters, a prison, and the governor’s office. The sacking of Ghazni represents…
Taliban Capture Strategically Important City, Tenth Overall in a Week
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As Afghanistan War Winds Down, Controversy Over Policy Toward War-Torn Nation Continues
News Analysis As America’s 20-year-long military deployment in Afghanistan draws to a close this month with a deadline of Aug. 31 for completing withdrawal, controversy continues to swirl around what the best policy should be, with continued air strikes and budgetary increases supporting the Afghan government. Former U.S. president George W. Bush has voiced concerns…
Taliban Take 10th Afghan Provincial Capital, Squeezing Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the terrorists have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. Seizing Ghazni cuts off a crucial highway linking the Afghan capital with the country’s southern provinces, which similarly find themselves…
Chinese, Russian Militaries Hold Drills in Northwest China
China and Russia are engaging in joint military exercises in northwestern China in a sign of growing military ties between Moscow and Beijing. The exercises involving ground troops and combat aircraft will continue through to Aug. 13 in the Ningxia Region. The region is located in northwestern China, east of Xinjiang. It is where the…
Taliban Seizes Afghanistan’s Borders With Tajikistan, Uzbekistan: Russian Official
The Taliban on Wednesday seized Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as the designated terrorist group continues its blistering offensive in the wake of the United States pulling out of the country, according to Russia’s minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu told Russia’s Kommersant daily newspaper that the group has control of Afghanistan’s northern border. Shoigu…
Taliban Seizes 9 Provincial Capitals Across Afghanistan in 6 Days
The Taliban has managed to capture nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan in just six days as U.S.-led foreign forces complete their withdrawal from the beleaguered South Asian country. “Unfortunately, after hours of heavy fighting, the ANDSF [Afghan National Security Forces] retreated,” said Jawad Mujadidi, a provincial council member from Badakhshan. “With the fall of Faizabad…
US Warns Taliban to End Violence, Will Isolate Group If They Take Power Through Force
A U.S. peace envoy urged Taliban forces on Tuesday to stop the armed violence and “negotiate a political settlement,” warning insurgents they won’t be recognized internationally after coming to power through force. The warning comes as the militant group took a seventh provincial capital in northern Afghanistan in under a week amid claims that government forces simply…
The Taliban Wages Psychological Warfare With Targeted Assassinations: Experts
NEW DELHI—Since launching its offensive in April this year the Taliban have begun more frequently targeting assassinations of journalists, pilots, artists, and senior government officials, as part of an asymmetric strategy that experts call psychological warfare. A U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan, The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), in its quarterly report to the…
Taliban Wages Psychological Warfare With Targeted Assassinations: Experts
NEW DELHI—Since launching its offensive in April, the Taliban has been targeting journalists, pilots, artists, and senior government officials for assassinations more frequently, as part of an asymmetric strategy that experts call psychological warfare. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a U.S. watchdog in Afghanistan, in its quarterly report to Congress beginning from…
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