Riyadh – Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saudi, a former Saudi intelligence chief, said ‘The decision of the Biden administration to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Iraq has created a strategic confusion in the Middle East. The question is whether Biden is committed to the security of the region. The United States is losing its grip […]
Abu Dhabi: – ‘The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a source of encouragement to extremists worldwide. The United States needs to be very careful about this,’ said Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Central Command-CENTCOM. Reminding that IS had emerged in Iraq after the US withdrew in 2014, General McKenzie cautioned the Biden administration […]
Islamabad Dated: The Afghan-Pakistan border is relapsing and emerging as a focal point for global terrorism since the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan. A leading Greek newspaper has highlighted an increase in several attacks on minorities after the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from the region. Last week, a Greek newspaper reported a suicide […]
Washington: – John Bolton, a former US National Security Adviser (NSA), warned that the Taliban would take over Pakistan following Afghanistan. This would land 150 Pakistani nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists. Bolton slammed President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying it could have dire consequences. While the former US NSA has expressed concerns, the […]
Tel Aviv – Saudi Arabia is preparing to buy air defence systems from Israel. Saudi Arabia needs an air defence system to thwart missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The withdrawal of the Patriot system by the United States has increased the threat to Saudi air security, the Israeli magazine claimed. In 2019, Houthi […]
Washington – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US is talking to India about using Indian airspace to launch attacks in Afghanistan; because Qatar and Doha are a little bit away from Afghanistan.’ Blinken’s remarks at a hearing before the US Congress caused panic in Pakistan. Some Pakistani journalists have blurted out […]
Dushanbe: – Members of the CSTO have refused to deploy US and NATO troops or other military personnel withdrawing from Afghanistan. At the same time, the CSTO also said that Afghan citizens rescued by the US and NATO forces would not be granted asylum. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is a group formed by […]
Washington/Kabul – Former US President Donald Trump has said that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is the most embarrassing event in the country’s history. Besides, he claimed that China and Russia would reverse engineer US weapons left behind in Afghanistan. Trump has also accused China and Russia of hijacking the advanced Apache helicopters of the […]
Toronto – When the Taliban took control of the capital Kabul on August 15, former Pakistani military officials, extremist leaders and the media hailed it. This was claimed by Pakistani analysts as a victory over India. But as the Taliban and other terrorist groups tighten their grip on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s challenges are also increasing. As […]
Washington/ Riyadh: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have intensified airstrikes on Saudi over a few days. Amidst this, the US decision to withdraw the Patriot-advanced missile defence system deployed Saudi has drawn everyone’s attention. Analysts claim that this would send wrong signals to US allies in the Middle East In 2019, Iran backed Houthi rebels had launched […]