An American veteran who fought in Ukraine said the US “kind of forgot what it means to actually fight a war.” He said US training has long been heavily focused on fighting insurgents in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. He said his own training wouldn’t have prepared him for a war like Ukraine. An American veteran […]
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Dozens of women feared abducted by Islamist insurgents
Dozens of displaced people are feared to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria. The victims were mostly women who lived in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town after fleeing their homes because of attacks by the insurgents, locals said. The abductions occurred when the group went to collect firewood for cooking […]
Officials say 1 policeman, 6 insurgents killed as rebels launch rocket attacks in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Rockets fired by separatist insurgents killed a police officer and wounded a dozen other people overnight in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Tuesday, in apparent retaliation for Pakistani strikes on what it said were insurgent hideouts in Iran earlier in January. Six insurgents were also killed in the ensuing shootout, according to […]