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US retreat instigated the toppling of Afghan Army: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 18 (ANI): The fall of the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) after the Taliban came to power by seizing Afghanistan has been attributed to the withdrawal of the US forces and military contractors as mentioned in a special report issued by the
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Former Afghan army general says war against Taliban only way forward
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): A former Afghan army general has said that military action against the Taliban is the only way forward for stability in Afghanistan, reported local media citing sources.
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Afghan Al-Badr corps seizes large number of military equipment smuggled in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The Afghan army forces from the Al-Badr corps seized a large number of military equipment being smuggled into Pakistan.
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Stranded Afghan Army officers in India stage protest outside Afghan embass
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Around one hundred Afghanistan Army officers stranded in India after falling of the Government in Kabul, staged protests outside Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Taliban to recruit suicide bombers in Afghan army: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 4(ANI): Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday said a special battalion of suicide attackers will be part of the future army of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Promises of evacuation to elite soldiers caused collapse of former Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 2 (ANI): Some military officials were given promises before the fall of Kabul that they would be evacuated, and their departure was a major reason for the defeat of the Afghan army by the Taliban, said former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, according to media repo
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Afghan army collapsed at much faster rate, was unexpected: Top US General
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 5 (ANI): In an apparent admission of messy exit from Afghanistan, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the "collapse" of the Afghan army, in the face of Taliban offensive, happened at a much faster rate.
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Rights groups fear for safety of defecting Afghan military personnel in Uz
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): Rights groups have raised concerns that Afghan army personnel who defected to Uzbekistan would be deported to their country, Voice of America (VOA) has reported.
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American weapons looted by Taliban likely to be first used for violence in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 24 (ANI): Amid inputs that the Taliban was supplying a huge quantity of American weapons captured by it from the Afghan Army to Pakistan, top military officers in India feel that these weapons would be first used for violence in Pakistan itself by the ISI-bred terro
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Taliban leader Abbas Stanikzai got pre-commission training as Afghan cadet
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 21 (ANI): Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai alias Sheru, who is a top leader of the Taliban, was initially in the Afghan Army and got training as a foreign cadet at the Indian Military Academy Dehradun.
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Future uncertain for Afghan Army soldiers training in India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Due to the change in power in Afghanistan, the future of around 130 soldiers training in different academies of Indian defense forces is uncertain at the moment, informed the sources in the Army on Tuesday.
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Afghan army chief replaced amid Taliban offensive, say local media
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan President on Wednesday replaced the country's Army chief General amid escalating offensive of Taliban, which has so far captured nine provincial capitals in the war-torn country amid the US and NATO troops finalising their pullout.
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