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Aftermath images from the Gaza hospital explosion are 'inconsistent' with an Israeli airstrike, former UN war-crimes investigator says
Marc Garlasco, the Pentagon's former chief of high-value targeting, said the blast site lacked a ma…
Jake Epstein
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US military strikes fell 54% in Biden's first year compared to Trump's last, monitoring group says
"The biggest take-home is that Biden has significantly decreased US military action across the glob…
Charles Davis
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US considers preparing for airstrikes to support Afghan forces if there's a risk of the Taliban taking over Kabul, report says
The discussions echo concerns that Afghan forces will struggle to contain the Taliban once US groun…
Kelsey Vlamis
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US military carries out drone strike against the Islamic State in Afghanistan
The strike killed its intended target in the Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, US military …
Morgan Keith
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The US just got out of Afghanistan and it's already at risk of getting sucked into another country's war
Opinion: If the US isn't careful, deepening its security relationship with Pakistan could drag the …
Daniel DePetris, Defense Priorities
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The CIA reportedly warned the US military of children in the area seconds before the US Kabul airstrike
Initially, US officials said the airstrike had targeted a suicide car bomber linked to ISIS-K, thwa…
Yelena Dzhanova
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US forces struck an ISIS-K terrorist vehicle ahead of a potential attack on the Kabul airport
The strike by US forces comes days after a devastating suicide bombing at Kabul airport and as US o…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The Pentagon says its retaliatory airstrike killed 2 ISIS members: a 'planner' and a 'facilitator'
President Joe Biden said in a statement on Saturday that Friday's retaliatory strike "was not the l…
Michelle Mark
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Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles
Many of the US airstrikes launched recently have reportedly destroyed captured equipment, such as t…
Ryan Pickrell
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Israel says it dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza in one week. That's almost as many as what the US dropped in Afghanistan in one year.
According to the US Air Forces Central Command, the US dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan in 2019.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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As many as 48,000 civilians have been killed by US airstrikes since 9/11: monitor
The deadliest years were during the invasion of Iraq and the war against ISIS, with 2017 - Donald T…
Charles Davis
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Trump pledged to stop 'endless wars' but his airstrikes in Afghanistan increased civilian deaths by 330% since 2016
Civilian deaths skyrocketed in Afghanistan under Trump, whose administration relaxed the rules of e…
John Haltiwanger
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A top US general warns ISIS will be able to strike Western interests from Afghanistan within 6 months
The Islamic State's affiliate in Afghanistan has the "ultimate goal" to strike the US homeland, Gen…
Jake Epstein
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Surviving members of a family killed in US airstrike in Kabul fear for their safety and want the US to evacuate them
"Whether in America or another country, we want peace and comfort for our remaining years," Samim A…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Constant ISIS terror attacks are challenging the Taliban's tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan
Months after the Afghan government collapsed and US forces left, the Islamic State's Afghanistan af…
Jake Epstein
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Biden faces bipartisan pushback to the airstrikes he ordered in Syria a month into his presidency
Members of Congress from both parties say they want to know under what legal authority Biden carrie…
John Haltiwanger,Ryan Pickrell
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The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is chaotic, tragic, and necessary
Some have used the speed of the Afghan government's fall to argue that the US withdrawal was a mist…
Bonnie Kristian, Defense Priorities
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NATO is still living with the consequences of a historic decision it made hours after 9/11
After 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, NATO members face hard questions about their commitment …
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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Dozens of Democrats call out Biden over drone strikes that kill civilians: 'We cannot accept a continuation of the status quo'
Democrats said an August 29 drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul was "emblematic" of a "s…
John Haltiwanger
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Former US ambassador to Afghanistan blames Trump for the resurgence of the Taliban
The Taliban have been gaining ground in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw from the country after 20…