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The Bolduc Brief: Special Operations Forces and Afghan Local Police Programs
Editor’s Note: Today’s “Bolduc Brief” was co-authored by Donald C. Bolduc and Chris Hensley – GDM U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) deployed to Afghanistan in October 2001 to conduct unconventional warfare to topple the Taliban regime. The fall...

Virginia Tech establishes committee to search for new head football coach
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ/Virginia Tech Release) - Virginia Tech President Tim Sands and Athletics Director Whit Babcock have announced who is on the university’s search committee to find the Hokies’ next head football coach. The search is to replace...

Hamas must be disarmed within months, says Mike Pompeo
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has warned that the window to disarm Hamas and build a “new security model” for Israel and Gaza will close within a matter of months. Speaking to The National, Mr Pompeo said the cornerstone of any lasting...

National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Hero-Arkadag familiarised himself with the paces of construction and projects in Arkadag city
Today, National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Arkadag city familiarised himself with projects of the new buildings erected and planned to realisation as well as with preparation for the...

Afghan boy reportedly survives 1,000 km flight in landing gear compartment
A 13-year-old Afghan boy reportedly survived a flight from Kabul to Delhi stowed away in the rear landing gear compartment of a passenger aircraft, according to multiple media reports including the BBC, CNN and Indian outlets. According to the...

Maine Senate candidate says he covered up a tattoo that resembled Nazi symbol
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner covered up a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, a spokesperson for Platner’s campaign confirmed to NBC News. The move comes just days after Platner appeared on an episode of “Pod Save...

Afghan teen flies to India in plane’s landing gear. How is surviving this possible?
This is a tale of survival beyond the odds. It’s a tale of cheating death. We aren’t talking about some war story but about a 13-year-old boy, who hitched a ride to Delhi from Afghanistan’s Kabul aboard a Kam Air flight — not as a passenger, but...

Taliban ban women’s books, 18 university subjects in Afghanistan
The Afghan Taliban government has removed books written by women from Afghanistan's university teaching system as part of a new ban that also prohibits teaching about human rights and sexual harassment. Some 140 books by women, including titles...

Mehdi Hasan Has Online Tantrum As Americans Inform Him They Don't Want Islamic Call To Prayer In Neighborhoods
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan lashed out online after Americans pushed back against his defense of the Islamic call to prayer being played in U.S. neighborhoods. The Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, is broadcast five times daily and serves as a...

Strong aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes kill 2,200
Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction on Friday in a region where about 2,200 people died in quakes in four...
EOS and DroneShield step up as European drone threats drive global demand for air defence tech
Update, October 2025: In the past month, European airspace has once again come under threat from unidentified drones, prompting flight diversions in Norway and a military alert in Denmark. These incidents, described by Danish officials as...

Afghanistan internet ban 'extinguishing the only light that still reaches us'
It's 2.48am and I'm awake, connected to the internet through a fragile SIM card. Our wifi was cut earlier this evening, which is part of a growing wave of restrictions imposed by the Taliban leadership over the past week. I can't sleep. I'm afraid...

WFP responds to the earthquakes in Afghanistan amid rising humanitarian needs
KABUL, Afghanistan - One month since a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August—followed by a series of subsequent tremors that compounded the devastation—the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continues to...

Defence Conclave '25: Dr. Rajendra Kumar outlines tech-driven border security plan
Dr. Rajendra Kumar during his address in the Inaugural Session of the Bharat Defence ConclaveThe Bharat Defence Conclave 2025, organised by ETGovernment at the Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, on September 25, brought together the nation’s foremost...

From Afghanistan to Simcoe County: A soldier’s journey home
Chris Middleton recently retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after serving his country for more than three decades For the first time in more than three decades, Lt.-Col. (ret.) Chris Middleton doesn’t have to be ready to move at a moment’s...

Taliban internet crackdown deepens crisis for Afghan universities
Afghanistan’s higher education system faces what academics have called an “intellectual blockade” after the Taliban imposed a nationwide internet shutdown alongside sweeping new restrictions on university life. On 30 September, fibre and Wi-Fi...

Don’t Restart the Afghanistan War
No one ever accused President Donald Trump of being a systematic thinker. Were not the potential consequences so great, the obvious response to his demand on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to “return” Bagram air base would be uproarious laughter....

Taliban tight-lipped after internet services restored in Afghanistan
Just before nightfall on Wednesday, local time, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people. Mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones pressed to their ears or tightly gripped in their...

Pakistan’s Dangerous Game: Wooing Trump At The Cost Of China
London: In the shadowy corridors of Rawalpindi, Pakistan’s military establishment has once again begun its familiar geopolitical dance. But this time it seems to be turning toward the United States while leaving its “all-weather ally,” China, out...

The 5 Longest Routes The Boeing 737 MAX Can Fly
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 are the current state-of-the-art narrowbody, single-aisle airliners offered by the legendary American planemaker. The two variants share many features as part of the latest generation in the iconic 737 family. Both...