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Beijing strongly opposes Australian defense minister remarks on 'China sov
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): Beijing has expressed strong opposition to Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton's remarks saying that "China damaged the sovereignty of other countries and challenged the rule-based international order."
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German Defence Head meets Troops who assisted Kabul evacuations during Tas
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany] August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer arrived in the Uzbek capital Tashkent to meet and thank German soldiers, who assisted in the evacuation from Afghanistan.
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4 servicemen killed in Kazakhstan explosions
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], August 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Four servicemen were killed in a series of explosions in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz, said Kazakh Defense Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev on Friday.
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Afghan Defence Minister urges Interpol to arrest Ghani for treason
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi called on Interpol on Wednesday to arrest President Ashraf Ghani, who abdicated and fled from Afghanistan, for "selling out the motherland."
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Afghan Defence Minister says he and his family are safe following 'terrori
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 4 (ANI): Afghanistan acting Defense Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi on Wednesday said he and his family are safe following a "terrorist attack" on his residence in Kabul.
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Multiple blasts hits Afghan capital Kabul, people take to streets raising
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 3 (ANI): Multiple explosions and sporadic gunfire were heard in the city Kabul, near the residence of the acting Afghanistan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammad in Kabul late on Tuesday.
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77 Taliban terrorists killed, 22 injured in security operations by Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 3 (ANI): Over 75 Taliban terrorists, including three heads of their military commission, were killed in airstrikes and ground operations carried out by Afghan security forces during the last 24 hours in Helmand, said Afghanistan's deputy defense minister spokesper
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Israeli Defense Minister says attack on Mercer street vessel constitutes '
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel] August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that Iran's alleged involvement in the attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Indian Ocean violated international law and was an act of "escalation."
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Philippines to restore military deal with US with eye on China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 30 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday thanked Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for "full restoration" of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on the deployment of US troops in the country.
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US mission in Afghanistan failed, Kabul administration does not control si
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], July 28 (ANI): Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday said the mission of the United States and NATO in Afghanistan has failed and the situation in Afghanistan is not in control of the Ashraf Ghani government.
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Russia, Tajikistan discuss measures to counter Taliban threats amid escala
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): To counter threats from the Taliban in the Tajikistan and Afghanistan border area, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Tajik counterpart Sherali Mirzo on Saturday discussed joint measures to be taken to neutralise the threats.
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Afghanistan: Defense Minister Mohammadi warns Taliban against imposing the
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 20 (ANI): Amid an unprecedented increase in the level of violence in the country, acting Defense Minister Gen Bismillah Mohammadi warned that he will not allow the Taliban to impose their goals on the people by continuing their military campaign.
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