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Top US General warns of ISIS presence in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 18 (ANI): The US Central Command (Centcom) chief Gen Kenneth McKenzie on Thursday expressed concerns about the presence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan.
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US General warns of Al-Qaeda, ISIS 'reconstituting' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): Raising concern over the Taliban freeing Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (ISIS) prisoners, the nominee to head the US Central Command, Gen. Michael Michael Erik Kurilla on Wednesday warned that the foreign terrorist groups are "reconstituting" in Afghanistan.
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US President nominates Lieutenant General Michael E Kurilla to head Centra
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has nominated Lieutenant general Michael E. Kurilla to head Central Command overseeing possible operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Work on Chinese military base in UAE stopped after US intervention
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 24 (ANI): US intelligence agencies found evidence this year of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, which was stopped after Washington's intervention.
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US covered up Baghuz airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): The United States covered up the 2019 Baghuz airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria, a possible war crime, during the battle against the Islamic State, according to the New York Times.
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Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US airstrike in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): The US military conducted an airstrike that killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in northwest Syria, Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Major John Rigsbee said on Friday (local time).
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CENTCOM Chief, UAE Defense brass talk keeping pressure on IS in Iraq, Syri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Frank McKenzie met and discussed with senior Emirati defence officials the importance of maintaining pressure on the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Syria, Iraq and other countries,
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Afghan state collapse rooted in Doha deal, says US General McKenzie
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): General Frank McKenzie, the head of Central Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the collapse of the Afghan government was rooted in the 2020 Doha peace deal between the Taliban and Trump administration.
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US has no basing agreements with any Afghan neighbours: CENTCOM chief
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): The United States has no basing agreements with any of the countries neighbouring Afghanistan, said Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Kenneth McKenzie, adding that Washington is still able to conduct missions in that country using its distant bases in the r
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US Defence officials questioned by Senate committee over troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 29 (ANI): Top United States Defence officials were questioned by US Senate Armed Services Committee over President Joe Biden administration's handling of the chaotic withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan, leaving the coutnry to be captured by Talib
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After US withdrawal, Pak's relation with Taliban to be more complicated: T
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pakistan's relation with the Taliban will become more complicated in the near future, a top US military official said during a congressional testimony on Tuesday (local time).
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US airstrike in Kabul targeted plotter of another airport attack
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): The United States carried out a "self-defensive" airstrike in Kabul against a suspected ISIS-K car bomb targeting the airport here, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday.
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