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15 Taliban terrorists killed, 3 injured by Afghan forces in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Fifteen Taliban terrorists were killed and three others suffered injuries in an operation by the Afghan forces in the southern province of Kandahar, the country's defence ministry said on Thursday.
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58 Taliban terrorists killed in Kandahar, Farah during operations by Afgha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 29 (ANI): As many as 58 Taliban terrorists have been killed in recent operations by the Afghanistan forces in two provinces, said the country's Defence Ministry on Friday.
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New amendments to National Defence Law push China close to war: Scholar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 18 (ANI): The Chinese Government's recent amendments to its National Defense Law indicate that China has shifted its defense strategy to a more pre-emptive posture, making it more likely that it wages war, according to an expert with a government-funded think tank in
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Five Afghan soldiers, platoon commander killed in Taliban attack on checkp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 09 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban have attacked a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Takhar, killing five soldiers and a platoon commander, a security source told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Xi wrests greater control over China's military
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 5 (ANI): On December 26, 2020, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress rubber-stamped a revised National Defense Law, and it passed into legislation on the first day of this year. The casual observer might consider this yet another piece of meaning
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50 Talibs killed in operation by Afghan forces in Helmand
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], January 2 (ANI): Afghan security forces killed 50 Taliban terrorists and injured eight others in an operation in Lashkargah city of southern Helmand and some other districts, the country's Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
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Taliban kidnap 45 bus passengers in Western Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Taliban have abducted a passenger bus with dozens on board in Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Saturday, Sputnik reported citing Afghan broadcaster Shamshad News.
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McConnell says US Senate will vote to override Trump veto of Defense Bill
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Senate will vote on Wednesday to override President Donald Trump's veto of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
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US military confirms retaliatory air strike against Taliban in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The US forces here has conducted an airstrike against the Taliban, as the terror group attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar earlier this week.
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White House advised to veto National Defense Authorization Act
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The White House Office of Management and Budget in a letter said US President Donald Trump has been advised to veto the revised 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Russian fighter Su-27 scrambled to intercept 3 NATO spy planes
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian fighter Su-27 was scrambled to intercept three targets over Baltic Sea, which turned out to be reconnaissance aircraft from the United States, Sweden and Denmark, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Control Center said on Friday.
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US think tank suggests Pentagon 'explicitly priortise' China in national d
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): Keeping in view China's openly hawkish territorial expansionism in recent years, a US-based think tank has suggested that Pentagon should kick off the year-long effort this winter, to prepare a new National Defense Strategy (NDS) to shift Washington's of
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