Tag Archives: U.S. military

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A U.S. drone strike in late August in the Afghan capital of Kabul supposedly targeting terrorists turned out to have 10 innocent civilians killed instead, including seven children. Amid a cascade of searing media reports, Commander of U.S. Central Command Kenneth McKenzie on Friday admitted the …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The use of drones by the U.S. military against targets in other countries has come under scrutiny again following a deadly strike that it carried out recently in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was alleged to have wrongly killed multiple civilians there, including young children. U.S. Secretary of …

America’s addiction to the use of armed forces lies in its yearn to maintain hegemony Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Since its declaration of independence in 1776, the United States has been involved in warfare through most of its history. And Washington has been proactively engaged in military interventions or even …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the massacre of civilians by the U.S. military and its allies in Afghanistan in the past 20 years must be investigated thoroughly, and the murderers brought to justice, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang …

  Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The White House is finding itself in a new crisis after a botched withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, overwhelmed by withering criticism from home and abroad. A viral video clip shows a crowd of Afghans running alongside a U.S. military transport aircraft, with some …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he “strongly” supports the effort by the Department of Defense (DOD) to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for members of the U.S. military by Sept. 15. “I strongly support (Defense) Secretary (Lloyd) Austin’s message to the Force today on the …

About 18,000 Afghans who worked for the US are awaiting visas. Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States will launch “Operation Allies Refuge” in late July to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the two-decade war, the White House said on Wednesday. “Flights out of Afghanistan for SIV …