A U.S. government watchdog is pressing the Pentagon to explain reports of tens of thousands of "ghost" soldiers and police on the payrolls of the Afghan security forces, which are heavily funded by international donors.
Afghan forces regained control of most of the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday (Oct 4) amid sporadic fighting, officials said, as questions arose over how Taleban militants once again managed to penetrate the city's defences.
UN investigators on Tuesday said aerial bombardment by Syrian forces and their ally Russia were mostly to blame for swelling numbers of civilian casualties in Syria's devastating conflict.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that comments from the U.S. about the target of the Turkish military operation in Syria were "unacceptable."
South Korean and U.S. forces kicked off their joint annual war game on Monday.
The Afghan security forces regained on Saturday the control of Khan Abad district, Kunduz province, seized by the Taliban militants earlier, police said.
The war-torn Afghanistan on Thursday marked the 97th anniversary of its independence from the British occupation by holding meetings and celebrations across the country amid tight security.
New Taliban leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada on Saturday issued his maiden message as supreme leader, calling on the United States and its allies to withdrawal all its forces from the militancy-plagued country.
Iraqi security forces repelled Islamic State (IS) militant attacks against military posts in villages south of the IS-held city of Mosul, a military spokesperson said.
Servicemen from the U.S.-led coalition were seen near the front line of a new offensive in northern Iraq launched on Sunday by Kurdish peshmerga forces that aims to retake a handful of villages from Islamic State east of their Mosul stronghold.
U.S. space agency NASA said on Friday it will make a second attempt to expand the experimental inflatable room at the International Space Station on Saturday.
The Afghan security forces killed 53 militants during separate military operations since early Monday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Up to 29 militants have been killed during military operations conducted by Afghan security forces in 17 of the country's 34 provinces within last 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Friday morning.
The United States will send up to 250 more personnel to Syria for the fight against the Islamic State (IS), confirmed U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday during his visit to Germany.
More than 1,700 newly graduated officers after completion of a three-month training course were commissioned to Afghan National Army on Sunday.
About 41 militants have been killed and 23 others wounded during clashes with security forces and airstrikes within the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Pakistani security forces on Saturday captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Ahmad Mehsud,in a remote mountainous region of North Waziristan, security officials said.
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