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"A Message Of Victory": Trump On Renaming Pentagon To Department Of War
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the "Department of War", reviving a title last used in the 1940s.
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3 Years On, US Still Hunts Attackers Who Killed Americans During Afghan Exit
Three years after the suicide bomber attack at Afghanistan's Abbey Gate that killed 13 US service personnel and about 170 Afghan civilians, the network behind the perpetrator is "pretty degraded" but not eliminated, the Pentagon said.
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Afghanistan Data Being Concealed By US Government: Watchdog
A US government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan.
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US Plans To Use Air Strikes To Keep Al-Qaeda In Check In Afghanistan
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the effectiveness of the so-called "over-the-horizon" strategy.
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US Plans To Prevent Al-Qaeda Resurgence In Afghanistan With Air Strikes
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the effectiveness of the so-called "over-the-horizon" strategy.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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US Does Not Need To Coordinate Counterterrorism Airstrikes With Taliban, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon on Saturday said that the US does not need to coordinate counterterrorism airstrikes with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Fewer Than 250 Americans Remain To Evacuate From Afghanistan: Official
The United States believes there are fewer than 250 Americans still in Afghanistan who are seeking to leave, a senior US official said Monday on the eve of the deadline for a full US troop withdrawal from the country.
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US Drone Attack "Arbitrary", "Should Have Been Reported To Us": Taliban
A Taliban spokesman said a US drone strike targeting a suspected suicide bomber in Kabul on Sunday resulted in civilian casualties, and condemned the United States for failing to inform the Taliban before ordering the strike.
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US Still "In Charge Of Kabul Airport", Troops "Retrograding": Pentagon
The US military has "begun retrograding" from the Kabul airport and it's "still in charge of the airport" and the security, Pentagon said on Saturday.
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"A Message Of Victory": Trump On Renaming Pentagon To Department Of War
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the "Department of War", reviving a title last used in the 1940s.
-
3 Years On, US Still Hunts Attackers Who Killed Americans During Afghan Exit
Three years after the suicide bomber attack at Afghanistan's Abbey Gate that killed 13 US service personnel and about 170 Afghan civilians, the network behind the perpetrator is "pretty degraded" but not eliminated, the Pentagon said.
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Afghanistan Data Being Concealed By US Government: Watchdog
A US government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan.
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US Plans To Use Air Strikes To Keep Al-Qaeda In Check In Afghanistan
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the effectiveness of the so-called "over-the-horizon" strategy.
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US Plans To Prevent Al-Qaeda Resurgence In Afghanistan With Air Strikes
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the effectiveness of the so-called "over-the-horizon" strategy.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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US Does Not Need To Coordinate Counterterrorism Airstrikes With Taliban, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon on Saturday said that the US does not need to coordinate counterterrorism airstrikes with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Fewer Than 250 Americans Remain To Evacuate From Afghanistan: Official
The United States believes there are fewer than 250 Americans still in Afghanistan who are seeking to leave, a senior US official said Monday on the eve of the deadline for a full US troop withdrawal from the country.
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US Drone Attack "Arbitrary", "Should Have Been Reported To Us": Taliban
A Taliban spokesman said a US drone strike targeting a suspected suicide bomber in Kabul on Sunday resulted in civilian casualties, and condemned the United States for failing to inform the Taliban before ordering the strike.
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US Still "In Charge Of Kabul Airport", Troops "Retrograding": Pentagon
The US military has "begun retrograding" from the Kabul airport and it's "still in charge of the airport" and the security, Pentagon said on Saturday.
