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Great Games~I
It seems the Taliban had developed a two-fold strategy: (i) to create disaffection among the people about the government, and the US and NATO forces, and, (ii) preparing for a final military assault to take over Kabul once the foreign forces left which, they assumed, was bound to happen.
October 10, 2021 -
Israeli forces capture 2 more escaped Palestinian prisoners
The police identified one of the men as Zakaria Zubeidi, a resident of the West Bank city of Jenin and high-profile militant leader of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising of 2000-2005
September 12, 2021 -
Afghan forces launch counter-offensive in Kunduz
The defence Ministry spokesman has insisted that the Taliban's attempts to gain land in Faizabad and Herat have been repulsed.
August 9, 2021 -
India to have Chief of Defence Staff soon, announces PM Modi on 73rd Independence Day
A high-level committee set up to examine the gaps in the country's security system in the wake of the Kargil war in 1999 had called for appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff as a single-point military adviser to the Defence Minister.
August 15, 2019 -
Chhattisgarh: Naxal killed in encounter
A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district On Saturday, police said. The exchange of fire took place around 3 pm in the forests of Karka village under Gangaloor police station limits in which one ultra was killed, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg told PTI. A team of …
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January 6, 2018 -
Caste-based rallies: Haryana tense, additional forces sought from Centre
In view of scheduled rallies by Jat and non-Jats communities in Haryana on Sunday, the state government has sought additional force from the Centre government to maintain law and order situation, as tension prevailed in many parts of the state ahead of two caste-based rallies. Speaking to The Statesman, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) BS Sandhu …
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November 25, 2017 -
Iraqi forces kill 80 IS terrorists near Tal Afar
Iraqi security forces on Monday killed 80 Islamic State (IS) terrorists during a search campaign in the liberated areas near the city of Tal Afar, the Iraqi military said. The soldiers of the 15 Infantry Division, backed by helicopter gunships, killed 65 IS terrorists and 15 suicide bombers wearing explosive belts at a village near …
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September 12, 2017 -
US forces in South Korea moving to new military base
American forces in South Korea started moving to a new military base to the south of capital Seoul. The Eighth US Army command of the US Forces Korea (USFK) held an opening ceremony on Tuesday for its new headquarters at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 70 km south of Seoul, reports Xinhua news agency. The move …
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July 11, 2017 -
Iraqi forces close in on Mosul with bit-by-bit push
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Monday pushed further into northern Mosul, the Iraqi military said. The army's 9th Armored Division and elite forces of the federal police, known as Rapid Response, freed the neighbourhood of Harmat and raised the Iraqi flag over some of its buildings after heavy clashes against IS terrorists, …
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May 9, 2017 -
‘Pakistani forces killed 2 Afghan soldiers, not 50’
Afghanistan's envoy to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal on Monday rubbished claims that Pakistani security forces killed 50 Afghan soldiers in retaliation to allegedly unprovoked firing in Balochistan's Chaman area, saying that only two Afghan soldiers were killed and seven others injured. "Woke up to celebratory front page headlines today in all Pakistani papers saying Pakistan killed …
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May 8, 2017