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20 years of the Iraq War: What was the motivation behind US' invasion of Iraq?

Two decades after the invasion, journalistic investigations and insider testimonies have explored nearly every facet of the invasion. The challenge even today is determining which motives, stated or unstated, most mattered

China’s intent to take Taiwan is clear, says former US Pacific commander before House panel

Admiral Harry Harris, ex-commander of US forces in the Pacific, told Congress on Tuesday that the US ignores the prospect of China invading Taiwan within years "at our peril", as tensions with Beijing touched a new high after the downing of a Chinese 'spy' balloon.

Explained: How the killing of a 15-year-old Iraqi girl by US troops exposes the Western media’s double standards

Zainab Essam Majed al-Khazali was killed by a stray bullet when US troops were conducting military drills in Baghdad. The mainstream media has kept mum on the issue, with some Twitter users saying that if the crime had been committed by 'a non-American country, the world would have gone mad'

Massive biometric database of Afghans who helped US, RAW in Taliban's control now

The Taliban have confirmed that they have access to the database and have mobilised a special unit, called Al Isha, to hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces

Fall of Lashkar Gah: Taliban besieges three provincial capitals, several border crossings in Afghanistan

Officials confirm all but one districts of Lashkar Gah are under Taliban control, this being the third provincial capital in Afghanistan to fall

Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills two US soldiers and injures six in Nangarhar; shot dead by forces

There have been numerous attacks by Afghan national army soldiers on their allied partners during 18 years of America's protracted war

Donald Trump pulling plug on talks with Taliban could not come at a better time for India; here's why

New Delhi has never recognised Taliban as a legitimate political actor who should have a say in the peace process, or in Afghan people's future.

Afghans fear Donald Trump’s cancellation of US-Taliban talks will bring more carnage; ‘Our only hope was peace’, says local

Last week's Taliban car bomb targeted a foreign compound but instead shredded Afghan homes

Donald Trump to leave 200 troops in Syria as "peacekeeping group", says White House as US withdraws force from war-torn country

"A small peacekeeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement after the call between the two leaders

US soldier killed in Afghanistan's Logar province, lifts this year's death toll to 12

A US soldier has died in Afghanistan, foreign forces said, taking the number of American fighters killed in action in the country this year to 12.