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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden assured Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday that the United States opposes "Russian aggression" but he showed no sign of moving on requests to open NATO to the eastern European country. "The…

WASHINGTON: Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday that it's "possible" that the US will have to coordinate with the Taliban on any future counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan against…

WASHINGTON: After two decades of focus on Afghanistan, the United States' withdrawal this week allows the country to shift its concentration to the east, where superpower rival China is now the number-one priority. In an indication of…

WASHINGTON: The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan did not put out the lights at the Kabul airport because Taliban militants swept in to celebrate their victory and US defeat even as the military aircraft carrying the final…

US forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out before troops withdraw, a Western security official said on Sunday.…

KABUL: A member of the Taliban has said that the group has decided to form an "inclusive" caretaker government in Afghanistan, Pakistani media reported. The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August. According to the Taliban…

WASHINGTON: A senior Pentagon official held talks with the Chinese military for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January to focus on managing risk between the two countries, a US official told Reuters on Friday.…

WASHINGTON: The United States urged its citizens Friday to "immediately" leave the gates around Kabul's airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted crowds trying to flee Taliban rule. Earlier Friday, the Pentagon said that the…

WASHINGTON: Nearly 111,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the start of evacuation operations on August 14, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15. Their sudden victory, which…

Two explosions, suspected to be the handiwork of suicide bombers, took place outside Kabul airport late Thursday evening, killing at least 20, including a few US Marines, and wounding many other people. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby…