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Russia Hosts Taliban at International Conference, Calls for Afghan Aid
Russia called on Wednesday for international aid to support Kabul, as it hosted the Taliban at a major international conference on Afghanistan for the first time since the group took power in August. Pakistan, China, Iran, India and former Soviet Central Asian states joined Taliban officials at the Moscow meeting. But the United States stayed away, citing technical reasons, while saying that it could attend such talks in the future. “We are ...
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North Korea Confirms Testing of Submarine-launched Missile
North Korea successfully tested a 'new type' of submarine-launched ballistic missile, state media reported early Wednesday. The device had 'lots of advanced control guidance technologies,” the official Korean Central News Agency said, adding the missile was fired from the same vessel that the North used in its first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test five years ago. Diplomats said the UN Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on North Korea, after ...
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South Korea Says North Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
South Korea said that North Korea conducted a short-range ballistic missile test on Tuesday morning, with analysts saying it was possibly a submarine-launched weapon. The 'unidentified ballistic missile' was fired from Sinpo into the sea east of the peninsula, Yonhap news agency quoted Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying in a statement. 'South Korean and US intelligence are closely analyzing for additional detail,' it added. Sinpo, where the missile was fired ...
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