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US conducts airstrikes against Taliban for first time since Eid ceasefire
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US has conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban as retaliation to their attack on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) checkpoints in Farah and Kandahar provinces.
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India-South Korea hold ministerial-level defence dialogue
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Jeong Kyeong-doo, Minister of National Defense of South Korea on Tuesday took part in the ministerial-level defence dialogue between India and Republic of Korea.
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8 killed in Syrian car bomb blast: Turkish Defence Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Dec 24 (ANI): At least eight civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and dozens of others sustained injuries in a car bomb blast in Syria's northern province of Raqqa, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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Trump officially launches US Space Force
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, authorising the establishment of Space Force which would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
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Defying US pressure, Turkey receives 1st Russia's S-400 missile shipment
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 12 (ANI): Defying the US pressure, Turkey on Friday received the first shipment of S-400 air defence missile system equipment from Russia.
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Explosion reported near defense university in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], May 30 (ANI): An explosion was reported near the National Defense University in Kabul on Thursday.
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Afghanistan: Key Taliban commander among 6 militants killed in anti-terror
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Balkh [Afghanistan], May 16 (ANI): Six Taliban terrorists, including a key commander of the group, were killed in an anti-terrorism operation carried out by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Balkh province on Thursday.
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Afghan security forces retake Tala Barfak
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul, [Afghanistan] May 18 (ANI): The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have retaken the control of Tala Barfak district in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province.
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Kabul explosion leaves 2 injured
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): At least two persons on Wednesday were injured in an explosion triggered by a magnetic bomb in Kabul city.
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Nine Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb.25 (ANI): At least nine Taliban militants have been killed during the operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province.
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Possibility of war with N Korea growing each day: McMaster
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] (ANI) December 3 (ANI) White House national security adviser HR McMaster has said that the potential for war with North Korea is growing each day due to its nuclear programme.
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15 killed in suicide attack on Afghan military varsity
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] Oct 21 (ANI): Suicide bombers on Saturday killed 15 cadets when they attacked Marshal Fahim National Defense University in Kabul.
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