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U.S. Defense Secretary, James Mattis confirmed the United States will send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan. “It is exactly over 3,000 somewhat and frankly I haven’t signed the last of the orders right now as we look at specific, small elements that are going,” Mattis told reporters. The extra troops …

The United Nations Security Council passed new sanctions against North Korea but refrained from imposing the harshest options the White House proposed following a month of antagonistic military action by the regime of Kim Jong Un. The unanimous decision to impose the new penalties follows North Korea’s recent nuclear test …

China on Friday said it will host a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Pakistan and China this year to enhance relations between Kabul and Islamabad. “We plan to hold the first foreign ministers’ dialogue between China, Pakistan and Afghanistan within this year,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi …

BRICS nations have expressed concern over the security situation in the region including Afghanistan and violence caused by terror groups like Taliban, Haqqani Network, Daesh and Pakistan-based LeT and JeM. In a declaration, BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) called upon all nations to adopt a comprehensive approach in combating terrorism, including countering …

Moscow denounced the American decision to close three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States as a “blatantly hostile act” that violated international law and demanded Washington reverse the order. The United States has ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in San Francisco and two buildings housing trade missions …

U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson said the new U.S. strategy was intended to send a strong message to the Taliban that “we are not going anywhere”. “The recently announced policy was a dramatic shift from a time-based military strategy to a conditions-based strategy which means it will be dictated …

Australian Prime minister emphasizes ‘very, very strong’ relationship with US after Trump announces plan to reorient military mission towards ‘killing terrorists’. Malcolm Turnbull has refused to rule out sending more troops to Afghanistan and emphasized the “very, very strong” relationship with the United States in a sign Australia could contribute …

Donald Trump will ask Americans Monday to trust him on his new Afghanistan strategy, exercising a president’s most somber duty, a decision on waging war, at a time when his own political standing is deeply compromised. Trump will make his first prime-time broadcast to the nation as president at 9 …

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday confirmed that President Donald Trump has a made a decision on strategy for Afghanistan after a “sufficiently rigorous” review process. However, Mattis did not provide details on when the White House would make an announcement or what the decision was on Afghanistan. “I am …

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says President Donald Trump would not be content with continuing the war in Afghanistan as before. Speaking in Manila on the sidelines of a regional security forum, Rex Tillerson said President Donald Trump has asked his advisers “tough questions” about American strategy in Afghanistan. …

Saudi Arabia has condemned Iran for delaying and refusing to complete investigations into the attack on Riyadh’s embassy in Tehran last year. A statement released by Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Iranian authorities refused to accommodate and allow entry of a team from Saudi Arabia to investigate what …

Erik D. Prince, a founder of the private military company Blackwater Worldwide, laid out a plan to mitigate Pentagon spending in Afghanistan and finally quell terrorism there. President Trump has three options, Prince explained. The U.S. could pull out of the area, which would encourage terrorists, continue the same “insanity,” of …

The office of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has confirmed his resignation from his post after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption charges. Sharif resigned immediately after the Court said he was not fit to hold office and ordered a criminal investigation into him and his family saying, …

For months, President Donald Trump’s national security advisers have been working on a new strategy to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. But the president shut down that plan, sending them back to the drawing board. That plan was from national security adviser H. R. McMaster who, sources tell Politico, has …

U.S. Defense Secretary, James Mattis says the Trump administration is “close” to finalizing a plan going forward in Afghanistan. Mattis emphasized that putting together an overall strategy “takes time” and added, “this is hard work so you’ve got to get it right, that’s all there is to it and we …

The U.S. police were searching on Thursday for six African teenagers who were reported missing from a global robotics competition in Washington, the New York Times reported. U.S. Police officials confirmed that two members of the robotics team from Burundi, Don Ingabire, 16, and Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, were seen entering …

The US listed Pakistan among the nations and regions providing “safe havens” to terrorists , saying terror groups like the LeT and JeM continued to operate, train, organise and fundraise inside the country in 2016. The state department’s 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism named Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM), the two …

Pakistan’s military has launched a large scale operation against the Islamic States in its volatile tribal areas, bordering Afghanistan, Reuters reported. Pakistani Military Spokesman, Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor claimed that Islamic State (Daesh) was growing in strength inside Afghanistan, prompting Pakistan to launch an operation in Federally Administered Tribal Areas …

A U.S. State Department spokesperson says the U.S Afghan Policy Review is still underway. Ms. Heather Nauert, the spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, made these comments while replying to a question concerning the review of US policy in Afghanistan being conduced by the Trump Administration. “Our Afghan policy review …

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed  the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS). “(We have) confirmed information from leaders, including one of the first rank, in [ISIS territory] in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor,” director of the …