TOKYO – Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks last week over tensions with China and North Korea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the two nations were signing a five-year extension of the support package provided by Japan for the hosting of around … Read more
A top general admitted the United States had made a “mistake” when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in Kabul, killing 10 civilians including children instead during the frenzied final days of the US pullout from Afghanistan last month. The strike, a macabre coda to the 20-year US war in Afghanistan, … Read more
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for international pressure to enable a deal between the Kabul government and the Taliban to end the battle in Afghanistan. “The security situation in Afghanistan only argues more for international pressure to have a negotiated political settlement to end this conflict and give the Afghan people (the) government they … Read more
