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    Uncertain future awaits Afghanistan after pullout

    16 Apr 2021

    The Biden administration’s surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage and could ramp up pressure on them to reach a peace deal.

    Pentagon authorises $1 billion for Trump’s border wall

    26 Mar 2019

    Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border.

    Sexual assaults spike in US military, hit new record

    02 May 2019

    The Pentagon said there were 6,053 reports of sexual assaults last year, according to an anonymous, bi-annual survey. It is a record number and the highest since the US military began collecting this kind of survey data in 2004.

    Afghanistan is a proof of how lies kill people

    13 Dec 2019

    It’s no small thing when grotesque mistakes and lies about them cost 2,300 lives and a trillion dollars, but that’s what we got from US officials who have kept us at war

    Esper says Pentagon could start global troop rebalance this year

    24 Jan 2020

    Many experts say the effort is overdue, given military advances in China during the past two decades as America focused on counter-terrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and elsewhere.

    Two Air Force airmen killed in Afghanistan: Pentagon

    30 Jan 2020

    They were identified as Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New Hampshire. Voss was assigned to Air Combat Command headquarters at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Phaneuf was assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

    Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya: Pentagon report

    18 Jul 2020

    The report comes as the conflict in oil-rich Libya has escalated into a regional proxy war fueled by foreign powers pouring weapons and mercenaries into the country.

    Pentagon approves plan to treat Ukrainian troops at US hospital in Germany

    27 Jul 2022

    Nearly five months since President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Russia's neighbor, its forces are grinding through the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and occupy around a fifth of the country.

    Pentagon leaders face grilling on use of military in unrest

    09 Jul 2020

    Defense Secretary Mark Esper made known his regret at having accompanied Trump to the presidential photo opportunity in front of St. John's on the day of the Lafayette Square confrontations.

    Pentagon official testifies in impeachment probe

    23 Oct 2019

    A senior Pentagon official who oversees US defence policy on Ukraine and Russia testified privately on Wednesday in the Democratic-led US House of Representatives inquiry against Republican President Donald Trump.

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