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    Lessons from history for India and China

    07 Sep 2020

    The India-China face-off on the Himalayan heights has entered the fifth month. Several rounds of talks at military and diplomatic levels have not led to disengagement at any of the several points where soldiers of the two sides are facing each other.

    Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia

    27 Nov 2020

    No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States. Now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred US military troops from the Horn of Africa nation at what some experts call

    Trump orders withdrawal of US troops from Somalia

    05 Dec 2020

    The United States has about 700 troops in Somalia focused on helping local forces defeat the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency. The mission has received little attention in the United States, but has been considered a cornerstone

    US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept.11

    14 Apr 2021

    The decision defies a May 1 deadline for full withdrawal under a peace agreement the Trump administration reached with the Taliban last year, but leaves no room for additional extensions. A senior administration official called the September date an absolute deadline

    Military helicopter crash kills 9 in Afghanistan

    18 Mar 2021

    The crash happened on Wednesday night in a volatile district in Wardak province, where Afghan forces and local militias have bitterly fought.

    VIDEO: Philippines military plane crash death toll hits 50

    05 Jul 2021

    The C-130 Hercules transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the runway on Sunday while trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province -- a haven for Islamist militants.

    Two drones shot down above Iraq base housing US troops

    06 Jun 2021

    The US military's C-RAM defence system was activated to shoot down the drones above the Ain al-Assad base, located in Iraq's western desert, the Iraqi military said.

    Australia tightens coronavirus curbs as troops enforce lockdown

    02 Aug 2021

    Stay-at-home orders in Australia's third-largest city Brisbane were extended to curb a worsening outbreak. Brisbane and several surrounding municipalities in Queensland state were due to end a three-day lockdown on Tuesday.

    Sudan army says 177 Egyptian air force troops evacuated to Egypt

    20 Apr 2023

    The Sudanese army said in a statement the Egyptians were evacuated from the northern town Dongola via four Egyptian military planes. The military said the Egyptians were in Sudan to participate in joint air force exercises.

    Seven militants, 3 troops killed in overnight attacks in Pakistan

    29 Apr 2023

    In one of the attacks, a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle blew himself up near a compound housing security forces. The military said troops were still searching the area for the militants who escaped following the attacks.

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