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THE STANDARD LETTERS As the United States and its allies continues with the final phase of drawdown from Afghanistan, concerns have been growing that Pakistan youths could join the Afghan Taliban in large numbers. After the US and its allies began to withdraw troops on May 1, clashes have surged dramatically in Afghanistan, with terror groups attempting to capture more territory as the September 11 deadline draws near. Experts now warn that Afghanistan is at risk of sliding back into violence like in the 1990s when thousands of Pakistani militants helped the Taliban rise to power by fighting ...

As NATO forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, some clerics and Islamist groups sympathetic to the Afghan Taliban are accused of intensifying efforts to solicit support for the militant group.

Why Russia’s DShK Machine Gun Is Fighting Around the World Around nine thousand DShK’s were produced during World War II, serving primarily in Red Army anti-aircraft units. Here's What You Need to Remember: Dushka and KPV machine guns mounted on trucks continue to play a major role on all sides of the civil wars in Syria and Libya, and insurgency in Iraq, and even crop up in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Modern Western warplanes now mostly use precision-guided weapons at high altitudes that leave them well outside the range of heavy machine gun fire. Few American weapons are quite so ...

Leaving Afghanistan Isn't Enough to End America's Forever Wars Time 2 hrs ago Phil Klay © Yuri Gripas—Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty Images President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on April 14, 2021. That day, Biden announced his decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Russian soldier, it was said, had suffered a concussion, then total memory loss. When he woke up in Kabul, in the waning days of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, he had trouble figuring out what was going on. As ...

News that United States President Joe Biden will be withdrawing his country's troops from Afghanistan before the end of this year has prompted Estonia to weigh up following suit, defense minister Kalle Laanet (Reform) says.