The US military has stopped tracking the amount of territory controlled or influenced by the Afghan government and militants, a US watchdog said on Tuesday, one of the last remaining public metrics that tracked the worsening security situation in the war-torn country. The move comes as US and Taliban officials have held several rounds of […]
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Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose US military runway
A month after Jinshiro Motoyama’s five-day hunger strike forced a referendum over a new US military runway on Japan’s island of Okinawa, he came to bid farewell to a knot of protesters trying to block trucks heading for the building site. The referendum showed 70 percent of voters opposed expansion of a US Marines base […]
US to designate elite Iranian force as terrorist organization
The United States is expected to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization, three US officials told Reuters, marking the first time Washington has formally labeled another country’s military a terrorist group. The decision, which critics warn could open US military and intelligence officials to similar actions by unfriendly governments abroad, is […]