Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
The Pentagon is rushing to provide the Trump administration with options to vastly expand the military’s footprint from Texas ...
US military aircraft deport migrants as Pentagon readies more troops for border
U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President ...
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Tajikistan and the Russian Scheme to Pay Taliban to Target Americans in Afghanistan
According to Insider, “The most prolific network, operating in northern Afghanistan ... Afghan-Tajik border and using Tajikistan as a waystation for funds, transferred from Russia to Tajikistan ...
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Setting the Stage: An Overview of Chinese and Russian Interests and Influence in the Indo-Pacific
In late September, a US HC-103J Super Hercules spotted four foreign vessels operating about 440 miles southwest of St.
Russia’s ‘Afghan Quad’ overtures to India hit a China, Pakistan stumbling block
Moscow wants India to join a coalition alongside its old adversaries, plus Iran - but New Delhi doesn't seem all that keen ...
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Big twist in Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict as Russia steps in; why is Putin feeling threatened?
Earlier on December 29, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, expressed Moscow’s concern over escalating tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and called ...
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Poland's Belarus border fence: A controversial deterrent
Migrants and refugees are thought to have been encouraged and supported by the regime in the Belarusian capital Minsk, one of Russia ... Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq and were then taken to the ...
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India steps up diplomatic relations with the Taliban as rival Pakistan loses influence in Afghanistan
This strategic port, which lies just across the border from Pakistan, could provide landlocked Afghanistan with an ... At the same time, Russia, one of India's closest allies, is moving toward ...
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Plans for Trump’s border mission include combat vehicles, infantry
after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul in 2021. If the Immediate Response Force is sent to the Mexican border ...
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Could Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal Worsen Water Scarcity in Central Asia?
A new report from the Center for the National Interest, “Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal ... and other groups across their border. Washington should listen to them regarding pragmatic engagement ...
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Afghanistan faces a complex set of challenges in 2025 — here’s what you need to know
In December 2024, Russian President Vladimir ... relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which means resolving the disputes over the shared border, and the status of 1.45 million Afghan ...
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Russia ramps up disinformation efforts as its grip weakens over post-Assad Syria
As in Syria, Russia previously accused the U.S. and U.K. of supporting Islamic State – Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, in Afghanistan, despite longtime U.S. efforts to eradicate ISIS-K and its ...