Pakistan claims to target terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan
Pakistan admitted carrying out "intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations" in Afghanistan after the Taliban accused it of killing eight women and children.
taliban News
Homeland Security
Country
Taliban Shows off Scud-B Missiles in a Military Parade
Commemorating one year of the departure of United States troops from Afghan soil, Taliban held a military parade on September 1, 2022.
Country
The U.S. Abandoned over $7 bn in Military Equipment
According to a Pentagon report, the United States left behind USD 7.12 billion in military hardware in Afghanistan after withdrawing from the country.
Regional / Strategy
Taliban Flies with Black Hawk
The Taliban has access to $85 billion worth of US weapons, Republican congressman and former US Navy reservist Jim Banks said.
Bilateral Relations
Pakistan Favours Turkey’s Role in Kabul Airport
Pakistan’s ambassador to Ankara has stated that Islamabad favours any contribution to the stability of Afghanistan.
Country
Taliban Claim to capture second-largest city Kandahar
Taliban claim to capture Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city with over 600 thousand population. Central Afghan Government so far lost 12 cities.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
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