CIA chief held secret meeting with Taliban leader in Kabul: Washington Post
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani...
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after rout
China is ready to deepen "friendly and cooperative" relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said Monday, after the Taliban seized...
‘War is over’: Taliban in control of Afghanistan as tense calm grips Kabul
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul while Western nations...
Afghan pullout is ‘biggest NATO debacle’: Merkel party chief
The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan is the "biggest debacle" that NATO has suffered since its founding, the head...
The Pentagon mistakes behind the rout of the Afghan army
The collapse of the Afghan army that allowed Taliban fighters to take control of Kabul cast a stark light on...
South Korea commissions first SLBM submarine
South Korea's Navy received its first ballistic-missile-capable submarine on Friday to counter the threat of underwater missiles from the nuclear-armed...
Microsoft protests Amazon win of big US cloud contract
Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it is challenging a decision to award a multi-billion-dollar cloud computing contract to its rival Amazon....
US to send 3,000 troops to Kabul airport to pull out embassy staff
The United States said Thursday it was sending 3,000 troops to the international airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul immediately to...
Four dead as Malaysian serviceman opens fire at base
A Malaysian serviceman shot dead three fellow air force personnel at a military base Friday before killing himself, police said,...
US frustration mounts over Afghan failure to halt Taliban
The failure of Afghan security forces to blunt the advance of the Taliban has left US officials deeply frustrated after...
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