Tag: military
Tear Gas Fired To Control Crowds At Kabul Airport
Military personnel fired tear gas to control the crowds of Afghans trying to gain access to Kabul airport on Friday, a day after the Pentagon said that order was being restored at the site and evacuation flights from Afghanistan would be accelerating, the Wall Street Journal reported. ....
CIA Chief Met Top Taliban Leader In Kabul
CIA Director William Burns secretly met the top Taliban figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic US effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the US in advance of an August 31 deadline, US officials said, the Wall Street Journal reported. ....
Taliban Celebrate Victory As Last US Plane Leaves Kabul
Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight Monday and then fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency that drove the world’s most powerful military out of one of the poorest countries.....
India, China Hold 12-hr Long Talks On Border Point Disengagement
India and China military delegates deliberated for over 12 hours focusing on disengagement at Patrolling Point 15 -- Hot Springs. ....
Republic Day Parade 2022 To Showcase India's Military Might, Cultural Diversity
President Ram Nath Kovind will lead the nation in celebrating India's 73rd Republic Day on Wednesday (January 26). ....
Full Military Mobilisation Ordered By Russia-backed Separatist Leaders In Ukraine
Ukraine's Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid escalation in fighting, BBC reported. ....
US Continues To See Russia Prepare For Ukraine Invasion
The US continues to see Russia making moves in the field that are consistent with preparations to invade Ukraine, CNN reported. ....
Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Currency Plunges To A Record Low
The Central Bank of Russia suspended trading in the foreign-exchange markets on Thursday. The ruble plunged to a record low after President Vladimir Putin ordered his country's military to conduct a special operation in the Donbass region, RT reported. ....
How Online Disinformation Campaign Aided New War Narrative For Russian President Vladimir Putin
A well-prepared online disinformation campaign on various social media platforms changed the whole narrative around the escalated Russia-Ukraine tensions, aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to go to war over claims to protect the people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Ukrainian regime for eight years", reports said. ....
PM Narendra Modi Will Speak To Russian President Vladimir Putin Tonight On Ukraine Crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the current situation in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday, terming India as a "concerned party" in the conflict. ....
