3 reasons Afghanistan withdrawal could ruin US influence i...
August 31 ,2021
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“Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another,” Winston Churchill said of the collapse of Bri...
Navy signs contract with BEL for anti-drone system; Army,...
August 31 ,2021
The Indian Navy on Tuesday signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for India’s first locally made naval anti-dron...
Sri Lanka declares food emergency as forex crisis worsens
August 31 ,2021
Workers unload essential food products at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka [Chamila Karunarathne/EPA]
Sri Lanka has declar...
Gunfire fills the air in Kabul as Taliban celebrate airpor...
August 31 ,2021
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As the last US military transport aircraft lifted off from Kabul airport on Monday night, marking the end of two decades o...
Afghanistan’s neighbours offered millions in aid to harbou...
August 31 ,2021
Afghans fleeing the Taliban enter Pakistan through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman. Photograph: AFP/Getty Im...
6 Islamist militants in Bangladesh get death penalty for k...
August 31 ,2021
A Bangladeshi anti-terrorism tribunal on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist militants, including a fugitive ex-army major, to death in the...
China, our ‘great neighbour’, will help Afghanistan forge...
August 31 ,2021
A Taliban fighter looks at Taliban flags and posters of leaders in Kabul. Photo: AP
The Taliban hopes to work with China to forge...
US-China relations at crossroads
August 31 ,2021
In two phone calls past fortnight, Chinese Councilor & FM Wang Yi (L) told US counterpart Antony Blinken (R) that coordination ov...
Japan seeks record defense budget to counter Chinese milit...
August 31 ,2021
Beijing's growing military prowess has prompted Tokyo to pursue new warfare technology as its defense budget swel...
Speaking of Asia: Letting Asia's bygones be bygones
August 31 ,2021
Pakistani Rangers (in black) and Indian Border Security Force personnel during the daily Beating Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakist...
US completes Afghanistan troop withdrawal to end 20-year p...
August 31 ,2021
Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of the U.S. Central Command, speaks at a virtual briefing moderated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby...
US AIRSTRIKE IN KABUL ON SUNDAY KILLED 10 PEOPLE
August 30 ,2021
As a result of the US drone strike in Kabul in PD15 on Sunday evening, 10 people including five children have been killed, said relativ...
AFGHANS WITH EVACUATION DOCUMENTS STILL IN KABUL
August 30 ,2021
Although the United States has started evacuating its soldiers from Kabul airport, hundreds of Afghans with legal documents for evacuat...
The Middle East Is Preparing for the United States’ Exit F...
August 27 ,2021
Syrians wave national flags and carry a portrait of their president after an election set to give the current president, Bashar al-As...
In rare move, Japan prepares to offer refuge to Afghans
August 27 ,2021
A C-2 transporter leaves the Air Self-Defense Force's Iruma Air Base on Aug. 23 to evacuate Japanese nationals and Afghan staffers fr...
Ministry of Civil Aviation notifies Drone Rules, 2021
August 27 ,2021
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The all-up weight of an unmanned aircraft system has been increased from 3...
Nepal’s communist movement takes yet another turn
August 27 ,2021
On Wednesday, when a group of communist leaders led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, former general secretary of the CPN-UML, was headed for the...
India will soon know about Taliban's capability to run Afg...
August 27 ,2021
Taliban leader Shahabuddin Dilwar speaks to Radio Pakistan correspondent Bilal Khan Mehsud in Kabul on Thursday. — Photo courte...
Pakistan lobbies neighbors to push for inclusive Afghan go...
August 27 ,2021
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government have launched an ambitious diplomatic campaign aimed at stabilizing ...
Quad meets the “Saigon moment”
August 27 ,2021
US Vice-President Kamala Harris (L) being presented with a spray of orchids named after her, as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Lo...
Kabul airport explosions: What we know
August 27 ,2021
Two suicide bombers and gunmen have attacked crowds of Afghans at Kabul’s airport, transforming a scene of desperation into one o...
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