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Afghan National Army claims to have defused 4,776 home-made bombs and landmines in six months

Taliban militants and other insurgent groups in the country have been using home-made Improv…

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Russia 'reinforcing failure and repeating mistakes,' leading to high death toll, UK intelligence says

Russia's lack of flexibility was getting people killed in its faltering invasion of Ukraine, UK off…

Catherine Neilan   


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Russia has likely suffered its highest rate of casualties since the beginning of the war in the past 2 weeks, UK Defense Ministry says

Russia's lack of trained personnel, coordination, and military resources are factors in the high ra…

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Russian troops in Ukraine have suffered as many deaths as the entire 9-year Afghan war that contributed to the USSR's collapse

Approximately 15,000 Russian troops died in the invasion of Ukraine, per UK's Defense secretary.

Taiyler Simone Mitchell   


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Leaked email shows Boris Johnson personally intervened to ensure animals were evacuated from Afghanistan, contradicting No. 10's denials

Downing Street denied he was involved with the evacuation of the animals from Kabul. Emails leaked …

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Only 1 of 125 guards at the British embassy in Kabul were evacuated despite promises by the UK government to help, report says

Staff who guarded the British embassy at Kabul were employed on outsourced contracts, which has now…

Thomas Colson   


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Japan had a list of around 500 people it planned to evacuate from Afghanistan. Only one made it out.

Japan was only able to rescue one Kyodo News reporter from its evacuation plan, after being hindere…

Matthew Loh   


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The UK government worked hard to get 173 rescue cats and dogs out of Afghanistan but critics are asking why animals were priortized

Critics have asked whether the rescue animals from a shelter in Kabul, run by former Royal Marine P…

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A former Royal Marine is trying to evacuate 200 rescue cats and dogs from Kabul

A plan was in place to evacuate Pen Farthing and his animals on Friday, but it's unclear when it wi…

Maria Noyen   


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The UK accidentally evacuated someone on its no-fly list from Afghanistan, but is now letting them go

The UK checked the individual who flew from Kabul, and deemed that they were not a person of intere…

Sinéad Baker   


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Guards for the UK embassy in Kabul were told they are ineligible for British protection because they were outsourced from a contractor: report

More than 100 guards for the UK embassy in Kabul say they were told they are ineligible for British…

Matthew Loh   


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Biden's pick for national security advisor subtweets China over Beijing's showdown with a close US ally

Jake Sullivan's message avoided directly mentioning China, which has steadily escalated a confronta…

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China is seeking deeper military ties with Afghanistan

Fang Fenghui, a member of the powerful Central Military Commission which controls China's armed for…

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Amit Shah will take charge as India's Home minister in Narendra Modi's new cabinet

The 55-year old Amit Shah spent the first five years of Modi regime tightening his grip over the…

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Satellite photos show aftermath of devastating 'mother of all bombs' strike in Afghanistan

This strike has received significant media attention. However with no access to the site other than…

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Top General In Afghanistan Says Karzai's Bizarre Accusation Put Troops In Danger

"The public manner of the announcement is perhaps the calculated politics of it — sending a warning…

Paul Szoldra   


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Afghan Bomber Strikes Capital Hours After US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Arrives

Hagel arrived in Kabul as the international military coalition prepares to pull out by the end of n…

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Russian soldiers targeted while riding on top of armored vehicles is now a 'daily occurrence,' pushing up its death toll, US soldier says

Video shows Russian soldiers on top of an armored vehicle coming under fire and then trying to esca…

Sinéad Baker   


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The UK military is putting a new focus on trench warfare after seeing what's happening in Ukraine

The UK is putting a new focus on training and studying trenches as they are used extensively in Ukr…

Sinéad Baker   


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Russia gave captured US weapons to Hamas as a ploy to undermine Ukraine, report says

Russia is seeking to capitalize on the Hamas attacks against Israel by pushing disinformation and s…

Tom Porter