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Af/Pak & Other News (8/29/2021)
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American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42179/american-drone-strike-hits-suicide-attackers-targeting-kabul-airport
France and Britain call on UN to help create a Kabul 'safe zone'
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210829-macron-calls-for-un-to-help-create-a-kabul-safe-zone
All in or All Out? Biden Saw No Middle Ground in Afghanistan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/us/politics/trump-taliban-biden-afghanistan.html
U.N.: Taliban ally Haqqani Network often carried out Kabul attacks claimed by ISIS-K
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/29/un-taliban-ally-haqqani-network-often-carried-out-/
US handed out blank copies of visas in Afghanistan, setting terrorists up: Ex-FBI agent
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-handed-out-blank-copies-of-visas-in-afghanistan-setting-terrorists-up-ex-fbi-agent
Sec. of State Blinken Denies U.S. Gave Taliban ‘Kill List’: ‘Simply Not the Case’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sec-of-state-blinken-denies-us-gave-taliban-kill-list-says-its-simply-not-the-case
The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here’s why it can’t
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-29/afghanistan-taliban-drugs
Afghans March Against Closed Banks As Prices Spiral
https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghan-protest-kabul-closed-banks/31432930.html
Retribution and revenge high on Taliban's domestic agenda
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taliban-tightens-grip-fears-retribution-152637022.html
Afghanistan: Black Hawks and Humvees - military kit now with the Taliban
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58356045
US evacuates all Afghan embassy staff: report
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/569930-us-evacuates-all-afghan-embassy-staff-report
160th SOAR ‘Night Stalkers’ MH-47G Pilot Receives Norwegian Medal For Daring Mission In Afghanistan
https://theaviationist.com/2021/08/29/mh-47g-pilot-medal/
Last UK military flight leaves Afghanistan after evacuating 15,000 people
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/britain-end-evacuation-afghanistan-saturday-2021-08-28/
British Troops Leave 1,000 Afghan Collaborators But Save 200 Dogs and Cats
https://www.thedailybeast.com/british-troops-leave-1000-afghan-collaborators-but-save-200-dogs-and-cats
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul so quickly fearing execution by the Taliban that aides who returned from a lunch break wondered where he'd gone
https://www.yahoo.com/news/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-fled-134930114.html
Graham claims Afghanistan war 'has not ended' despite withdrawal: 'We've entered into a new, deadly chapter'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-afghanistan-war-has-not-ended-despite-withdrawal-deadly-chapter
Taliban Close In on Resistance Haven in Afghanistan
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-close-in-on-resistance-haven-in-afghanistan/ar-AANSmXK
Calls to Veterans’ Suicide Hotlines Are Up Since the Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan
https://sofrep.com/news/calls-to-veterans-suicide-hotlines-are-up-since-the-talibans-takeover-of-afghanistan/
"Pakistan Gave Birth To Taliban To Counter India": Former Afghan Envoy
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pakistan-gave-birth-to-taliban-to-counter-india-former-afghan-envoy-mahmoud-saikal-2522372
Indian military to brain-storm over Taliban in Afghanistan
https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/2021/08/indian-military-to-brain-storm-over-taliban-in-afghanistan/
BDL on path of developing weapons with AI-based tech
https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/2021/08/bdl-on-path-of-developing-weapons-with-ai-based-tech/
After Indian army, Indian air force seals deal with Russia to procure AK-103 rifles
https://www.defenceaviationpost.com/2021/08/after-indian-army-indian-air-force-seals-deal-with-russia-to-procure-ak-103-rifles/
Why Iraq Would Want To Buy Turkish Drones And Attack Helicopters
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2021/08/29/why-iraq-would-be-interested-in-turkish-drones-and-attack-helicopters/
Yemeni official: Missile, drone attack on airbase kills 30
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-yemen-9c99851bea0bd20f5416a9aab310f24b
As Afghanistan crumbles, Turkey's airstrikes set up the next disaster
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/as-afghanistan-crumbles-turkeys-airstrikes-set-up-the-next-disaster/ar-AANQTT3
A New Chapter In Unmanned Warfare: The Bayraktar Akıncı Enters Active Service
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/08/a-new-chapter-in-unmanned-warfare.html
Ukraine will receive helicopters from France
https://www.archytele.com/ukraine-will-receive-helicopters-from-france/
Almaz Antey unveils new variant of SOSNA air defense missile system based on BTR-82A
https://www.armyrecognition.com/army-2021_news_russia_online_show_daily_media_partner/army-2021_almaz_antey_unveils_new_variant_of_sosna_air_defense_missile_system_based_on_btr-82a.html
Chechens Gotta Chechen
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20210829.aspx
Inside Vladimir Putin’s Shadowy Army of Global Spies
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-vladimir-putins-shadowy-army-of-global-spies
NATO Learns Lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/8/30/nato-learns-lessons-from-covid-19-crisis
Meth, Vanilla and ‘Gulags’: How China Has Overtaken the South Pacific One Island at a Time
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/29/tonga-china-south-pacific-influence-506370
PLA helicopters testing Taiwan’s military: experts
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/08/29/2003763421
Defence Force relocates key war crimes witness after blast at her NSW home
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-26/defence-relocates-war-crimes-witness-after-blast/100407172
North Korea Restarting Nuclear Reactor May Add to Challenges Facing Biden Admin
https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-restarting-nuclear-reactor-may-add-challenges-facing-biden-admin-1624120
A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/a-bad-solar-storm-could-cause-an-internet-apocalypse/
COVID-19 showed why the military must do more to accelerate machine learning for its toughest challenges
https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2021/08/28/covid-19-showed-why-the-military-must-do-more-to-accelerate-machine-learning-for-its-toughest-challenges/
Burgeoning Satellite Industry Paving Way To $1 Trillion Space Economy
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/commercial-space/burgeoning-satellite-industry-paving-way-1-trillion-space-economy
The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-a-12-program-was-so-secret-that-cia-injected-with-sodium-pentothal-the-first-pilot-that-bailed-out-of-an-oxcart-to-interrogate-him-after-the-crash/
DARPA selects teams to develop active flow control X-Plane
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/DARPA_selects_teams_to_develop_active_flow_control_X_Plane_999.html
Boeing Anticipates Anti-Jamming Advancements in Next Two Years
https://www.airforcemag.com/boeing-anti-jamming-advancements-satellites/
Kratos demonstrates Air Wolf attritable UAV
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/kratos-demonstrates-air-wolf-attritable-uav/145251.article
US Armys ARES ISR demonstrator aircraft takes to the skies for first time
https://defbrief.com/2021/08/28/us-armys-ares-isr-demonstrator-aircraft-takes-to-the-skies-for-first-time/
USAF's Combat Talon II received last PDM
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/usaf-s-combat-talon-ii-received-last-pdm
179th Airlift Wing to become ANG’s first Cyber Warfare Wing
http://alert5.com/2021/08/29/179th-airlift-wing-to-become-angs-first-cyber-warfare-wing/
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