Monthly Archives: August, 2021
Asia Pacific
China Conducts Counter-Terror Drills With Tajikistan; Afghan Embassy Declares Saleh The ‘New President’
China carried out joint anti-terrorism drills with Tajikistan in its capital city Dushanbe on August 18. The move is seen as China’s bid to...
Americas
Desperate Cry For Help: Afghan Head Of Resistance Urges West To Support His Fight Against Taliban
Ahmad Massoud, the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban has published...
Asia Pacific
Chinese J-20, Russian Su-57 Racing To Develop World’s 1st Stealth Fighter Jet With ‘Super Capabilities’
Russia and China may be considering a twin-seat variant for its Su-57 and J-20 fighter jet just like the French Dassault Rafale B or...
South Asia
Taliban’s ‘Top Boss’ Is Indian Military Academy Alumnus; Can New Delhi Leverage Old Contacts To ‘Win Back’ Afghanistan?
India which invested nearly $3 billion in war-torn Afghanistan over the years has found itself at the receiving after the Taliban took control of...
Americas
Dream Come True For Aviation Enthusiasts As Microsoft Develops Platform To ‘Fly’ World’s Most Powerful Fighter Jet – F-35B
Flying the world's most spectacular warplane, the Lockheed F-35B VTOL variant is perhaps every fighter pilot's dream. IT giant Microsoft has come forward to...
South Asia
Here Is The List Of Prominent Afghan Lawmakers Who Fled To India; Think-Tank Demands Refugee Status
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New-Delhi based think-tank, has urged India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to protect the Afghan nationals...
Americas
Biden Finally ‘Admits’ Global War On Terror Was A Hoax; Reveals It Was Always America’s War In Afghanistan
A careful reading of the reasoning that was cited by the then-President George Bush when the US attacked the Taliban-led Afghanistan on October 7,...
Americas
Afghanistan: Kabul’s Saigon-Style Collapse Blindsided Joe Biden Due To Intel Failure – US Colonel
The lightning seizure of Kabul by the Taliban surprised the Biden administration because of yet another US intelligence failure, retired Army Colonel and former...
Americas
US’ C-17 Globemaster Almost Breaks Record During Afghanistan Rescue Mission Only To ‘Lose’ To Another Asian Nation
The internet has been flooded with moving visuals of desperate Afghans trying to board a US military C-17 Globemaster plane.
Thousands of panic-stricken rushed to...
Americas
Canada Helping Indian, Nepalese Security Contractors To Evacuate Afghanistan – PM Trudeau
Canada is helping to evacuate a group of Nepalese and Indian security contractors who helped protect the Canadian embassy in Kabul, with some having...
Americas
US Experiments With ‘Revolutionary Air Combat Training’ For Fighter Pilots To Dogfight Russian, Chinese Jets
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the US Air Force's T-38 supersonic jet trainer will be equipped with new-age systems that will enable pilots to engage...
Europe
Germany Suspends Economic Aid To Afghanistan – Economic Development Minister
The German government has suspended economic aid to Afghanistan, Economic Development Minister Gerd Mueller told German media on Tuesday. "The state’s development aid has been...
Americas
Afghanistan Today, Taiwan Tomorrow – China Takes a Dig At US ‘Treachery’ With Key Allies & Partners
The US should have made the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan longer to avoid the current collapse in the conflict-ravaged nation, experts believe,...
Americas
Despite J-20 Stealth Jet, Why Is China Keen To Acquire Another Stealth Fighter – Russian Su-57 To Its Arsenal?
Russia will upgrade its Su-57 Felon, a multirole stealth fighter jet, to enable it to better compete with US' F-35 and F-22 Raptors. The...
EurAsian Region
‘Break In India’: Navy To Lease Another Nuclear-Powered Submarine From Russia Instead Of Developing One
The Indian Navy’s history of leasing a nuclear submarine from Russia (erstwhile Soviet Union) seems to be repeating itself. India has rented yet another...
Americas
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sues Biden Government Over $2.9B Lunar Landing Contract Given To SpaceX
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against the US government over NASA's decision to award the $2.9 billion lunar landing contract to Elon...
EurAsian Region
Mid-Air Collision: MiG-29 Fighter Jet Collided With Afghan Military Plane Over Uzbekistan — Reports
Uzbek MiG-29 fighter jet reportedly collided with an Afghan Embraer on August 15 over Uzbekistan. The pilots ejected and survived, as per reports. More...
Americas
US Troops ‘Kill’ Two Armed Men At Kabul Airport Amid Evacuation Chaos In Afghanistan – Reports
US troops fatally shot two armed men at the international airport in Kabul on Monday, media cited an American official as saying, as the...
Americas
Watch: US Uses Its Deadly Apache Gunship Helicopters To Disperse Crowd In Afghanistan
Thousands of fearful Afghans rushed to the Kabul International Airport after Taliban insurgents seized the capital Kabul and announced their total control over the...
EurAsian Region
Battleground Syria: How Israeli Fighter Jets Laid A ‘Bear Trap’ For Russian MiG-21s & Shot-Down Half A Dozen Aircraft
Syria could see a major conflict between Israel and Russia over the former's attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian-affiliated targets in the conflict-torn nation, according...
