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Reports of Saddam Hussein hiding in hole 'fabricated': Iraqi Interpreter f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Reports that US troops captured former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein while he was hiding in an underground hole were fabricated, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the US military at the time told Sputnik.
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First time in 20 years that no US troops spending holiday in Afghanistan:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): This is the first time in 20 years that no US troops are spending the holidays in Afghanistan, and we are not sending a third generation of American soldiers to fight and die there, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Double-dealing of Pakistan behind failure of US mission in Afghanistan, sa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan of double-dealing, Democrat senator from New Jersey Robert Menendez on Tuesday said that the US mission failed in Afghanistan as Islamabad offered a safe haven to the Taliban even as its militants targetted and killed US troops.
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Arab states fear resurgence of jihadi forces post-Taliban takeover of Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabiya], December 10 (ANI): Post the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the takeover of the country by the Taliban, there is fear of a resurgence of jihadi forces across Arab states.
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Arab countries fear Islamist resurgence in Afghanistan after Taliban take
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Several Arab countries have expressed fears that the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban after the withdrawal of US troops may lead to a resurgence of Islamist militancy, media reports said.
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Jalalabad Airport prepared to re-open for all flights
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 21 (ANI): Left abandoned since US troops returned from Afghanistan, Jalalabad Airport is ready to re-open domestic and international flights--almost after three months, local media reported citing state officials as saying on Saturday.
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Young Taliban recruits refuse to believe 9/11 ever happened
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bagram [Afghanistan], November 13 (ANI): Many children born after 2001, growing up hating America and trained by the Taliban said that they do not know if the 9/11 attacks ever happened with some refusing to believe that the attacks were orchestrated by al-Qaeda.
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American veterans 'deeply unsettled' by fall of Kabul, seek in-depth probe
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Calling the fall of Kabul an "inevitable end", the American veterans have expressed their grief after 13 US troops were killed in a bombing outside the Kabul airport during chaotic US withdrawal in mid-August.
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Threat from Beijing is growing 'every day', says Taiwan's President
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 28 (ANI): Amid the rising tensions between the United States and China, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday (local time) said that the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," and confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil for training p
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India, US troops carry out joint C-IED, C-UAS training during during Yudh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Alaska [US], October 25 (ANI): A combined Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) and Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) training was carried out by armies of India and the US during the conduct of exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' at the Equipment Simulator Training Area (ESTA) Alaska' Anchor
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Indian, US troops carry out joint yoga session in Alaska
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Alaska [US], October 24 (ANI): Indian and US troops carried out joint yoga session at Buckner Physical Training centre at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Russia rejects Trump's claim of reverse-engineering US hardware scavenged
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 10 (ANI): Moscow has no defence industry ties with the interim Afghan government and is not working to reverse-engineer American military hardware left behind by US troops, reported Sputnik citing Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation spokespers
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