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UK Special Forces veto immigration applications for Afghan troops they fought with
Boing Boing· 13 hours agoBack in February 2024, the BBC reported that the United Kingdom had rejected resettlement...
Pakistani Taliban announce a 3-day cease-fire with security forces on Eid al-Adha holiday
Stars and Stripes· 7 days agoEid al-Adha will be celebrated in Pakistan on Monday amid a surge in violence. The cease-fire...
She stood up to the Taliban as a leading TV presenter. Now they’ve come for her family
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter an online clip of her challenging the Taliban went viral, Shabnam and two siblings fled to the...
Infantry: Software Enhanced Night Vision
Strategy Page· 6 hours agoJuly 26, 2021: American combat troops, especially the infantry, have for centuries been looking for new technology to give them an edge in combat. The army had another advantage because its ...
India-Pakistan: How Tribes Survive
Strategy Page· 2 hours agoJuly 27, 2021: India appears to have achieved some degree of calm in its northwestern border disputes. In Kashmir the February ceasefire agreement with Pakistan continues to hold, mainly because ...
Olympic refugee team: Farzad Mansouri on his Kabul-Britain journey
BBC News· 3 days agoA coalition of foreign forces, led by the USA and including the UK, had been withdrawing from...
Somalia army vs al-Shabaab: as African Union troops leave, which is the stronger military force?
The Conversation· 4 days agoThe African Union (AU) has gradually reduced its troop numbers in Somalia since late 2017, from a peak of over 22,000 to about 14,000 today. Another 4,000 AU peacekeepers ...
Afghanistan: Negotiating A Big Reveal
Strategy Page· 5 days agoDecember 19, 2018: The United States is exploring the possibility of working out a peace deal with the Taliban. The major problem with that is getting Pakistan to cooperate ...
Afghanistan: And Now For Something Truly Vile
Strategy Page· 5 days agoAchieving peace requires all the help it can get and most Afghans understand that and help has arrived in the form of the Taliban being declared an “enemy of Islam” by a growing ...
Minister: Special forces had veto on Afghan troops
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHundreds of resettlement applications by members of the Triples were rejected following the Taliban takeover in 2021, when the veto was in place. Some of...