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US surveillance drones flying over Gaza Strip to help in hostage rescue ef
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pentagon officials said that the aircraft has been active in the region since the days after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Hamas.
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900 US troops deployed or are being deployed in Middle East: Pentagon offi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Approximately 900 US troops have been deployed or are being deployed to the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder said on Thursday (local time), CNN reported.
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Canada PM Trudeau has made huge mistake: Former Pentagon official
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a huge mistake by making allegations against India which he hasn’t been able to back.
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“If US has to choose between two friends, it will choose India”: Former Pe
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Stating that Justin Trudeau’s allegations have led to “greater danger” for Canada than India, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin said that if the United States has to choose between Ottawa and New Delhi, it will surely choose the latter, as the relationship is too im
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US should recognise destabilisation caused by Turkey's drone exports: Form
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to Rubin, the US Congress should consider imposing sanctions on Baykar and other Turkish firms for promoting Erdogan's strategy of using drones to create chaos and then profit from it.
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Pentagon hopes military equipment sent to Ukraine would be used accordingl
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Defense Department is assured that all the provided US military equipment to Ukraine would arrive where it is supposed to and would be used accordingly, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.
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Former US Secretary of Defence sues Pentagon for withholding parts of his
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has sued the Defence Department accusing Pentagon officials of blocking parts of his memoir.
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Islamabad continues to provide air access to US, says senior Pentagon offi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): A Pentagon official, while speaking to congress, informed that Islamabad continues to provide the US access to its airspace and the two sides are also talking about keeping that access open in the future.
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US in talks to use Russian bases for Afghan counterterrorism ops: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): During the classified hearing with Senators on Wednesday, the top Pentagon officials said that the US is in talks with countries that border Afghanistan about housing "over the horizon" counterterrorism operations that would allow the US military to more
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Pak intelligence chief's visit to Kabul affirms Taliban is ISI's 'puppet':
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Pakistan intelligence chief Faiz Hameed has taken an "emergency" trip to Kabul to resolve an evolving internal crisis in the Taliban after reports emerged about a clash between factions between in which the group co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar s
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Pentagon says only one suicide bomber in Kabul attack, second not confirme
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 27 (ANI): A senior Pentagon official on Friday informed that there was only one suicide bomber near Kabul airport and the reports about the second explosion have not been confirmed.
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US has started evacuation from Afghanistan through commercial airlines: Pe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): The US has started using commercial flights to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
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