The American-led coalition fighting ISIS updated its assessment of innocents killed in airstrikes, but the tally is likely far higher.
US quietly releases new report on civilian casualties
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Unveiled documents expose countless civilian deaths and war crimes committed by US
Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles
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US troops ‘will temporarily deploy’ to Afghanistan to help evacuate diplomats
ICYMI: The Pentagon has quietly established two new Afghanistan-linked offices, including its Defense Security Cooperation Management Office-Afghanistan, and the Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, both based in Qatar. (Tip of the hat to Dr. Jonathan Schroden, who directs CNA’s Countering Threats and Challenges Program.)
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The US isn’t going to leave Afghanistan alone:
China emerges as reliable partner for Afghan development
US Fingerprints on Terrorism Aimed At China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
20 Civilians Killed in Helmand, Health Clinic, School Destroyed
Don’t waste the opportunity at UN SC
India’s thirty-day tenure through August as the president of the UN Security Council has got mired in needless controversy. The issue is about the “emergency meeting” regarding Afghanistan that India convened on Friday. According to Pakistan, it had made a “a formal request” for participation in the meeting but India turned it down.
Don’t waste the opportunity at UN SC
Biden Administration Escalates Airstrikes in Somalia
Biden Administration Escalates Airstrikes in Somalia
During his final months in office, Trump withdrew nearly all of the 700 troops that were stationed in Somalia. But they were redeployed in East Africa, and most of the US drones that bomb Somalia are based in neighboring Djibouti and Kenya, so the air war can continue. Now the head of AFRICOM is pitching the Biden administration on sending troops back to Somalia.
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