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‘Don’t allow bases for US’: Taliban tells neighbouring nations

Sonny Leggett, the US military spokesman in Afghanistan, said that speculation the United States is seeking to set up military bases in Pakistan are “false”…reports Asian Lite News Taliban on Wednesday warned

May 28, 2021

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Pak Army concerned over cross-border firing along Afghan border

This statement comes after Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a meeting with the country’s top army brass at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi….reports Asian Lite News The Pakistan

May 26, 2021

Asia News·Defence

Subodh Jaiswal appointed CBI Director

Jaiswal, who is currently the Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force, was considered the front runner for the post…reports Asian Lite News IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on Tuesday

May 26, 2021

Defence·India News

Carrier Strike Group heads for Indo-Pacific with eye on China

The seven-month global deployment will extend through the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean and on to the Indo-Pacific, interacting with more than one-fifth of the world’s nations…reports Asian Lite News. The UK’s

May 24, 2021

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Over 70 cops quit since Capitol storming in Jan

The US lawmakers passed a $1.9 billion emergency funding bill aimed to enhance the security of the Capitol on Thursday…reports Asian Lite News More than 70 Capitol police officers have quit after

May 23, 2021

Defence·USA

Pak-Taliban fight forces residents to live in caves

Pakistan’s military has been fighting back against the terrorists linked to Pakistan Taliban…reports Asian Lite News The ongoing fighting between the Pakistan government and the Taliban in northwest Pakistan has forced many

May 16, 2021

Asia News·Defence

Armed forces spearhead India’s Covid battle

At a time when millions have been literally gasping for breath, the armed forces have fanned out far beyond India’s borders on a HADR mission that has no precedence, reports Ateet Sharma

May 14, 2021

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Navy holds talks on capacity building with IOR Navies

With the Indian Ocean becoming the locus of the 21st century strategic landscape, the symposium will play a constructive role…reports Asian Lite News With an objective to foster closer maritime relations with

May 14, 2021

Defence·India News

China’s military modernisation poses global threat

It is reported that China mobilised 60,000 troops ostensibly for military exercises, but were in fact used to occupy contentious positions in Eastern Ladakh against India…reports Asian Lite News China continues its

April 30, 2021

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Homeland security to review extremism within agency

The move is part of a broader administration focus on domestic threats following the January 6 Capitol storming by supporters of Former President Donald Trump…reports Asian Lite News The Department of Homeland

April 27, 2021

Defence·USA

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