The past two weeks have seen numerous Afghan evacuation missions launched numerous countries, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense has now announced that parts of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK… Continue reading "Turkey Announces that Evacuation of Turkish Soldiers From Afghanistan Has Begun"
United States President Joe Biden has stated that he will be sticking to the self-imposed August 31 deadline for the evacuation of American citizens from Afghanistan, despite pleas from other… Continue reading "Despite G7 Resistance, Biden Sticks To August 31 Evacuation Deadline"
The European Union’s foreign policy head, Josep Borrell, says that he plans to propose the formation of a 50,000-strong EU expeditionary force, tasked with providing an independent European response in… Continue reading "EU Foreign Policy Head To Propose Formation Of European Expeditionary Force"
Anti-Taliban resistance fighters based in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley claim to have fought off Taliban fighters attempting to advance into the valley, as the Taliban claims to be sending in reinforcements… Continue reading "Panjshir’s Resistance Digs In, But Still Willing To Negotiate"
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that the United Kingdom’s Afghanistan evacuation efforts are now “down to hours now, not weeks”, with continued operations unlikely to be feasible once… Continue reading "British Defence Secretary: UK Kabul Evacuations “Down To Hours, Not Weeks”"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 August)"
The German Ministry of Defense announced on Friday the deployment of two German Air Force H145M LUH SOF special operations helicopters to Kabul. The two helicopters will be used to… Continue reading "Germany Deploys Two Helicopters For Kabul Evacuations"
The Deputy Head of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for Foreign & Security Policy, Johann Wadephul, has confirmed media reports late on Monday that the first German evacuation flight from Kabul… Continue reading "First German Evacuation Flight Departs Kabul With Just Seven On Board"
Chaos continued at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday morning, with American military officials saying that all commercial flights out of the airport have been halted to clear the… Continue reading "Chaos At Kabul International Airport Following Fall Of Afghan Capital"
With the lightning advance of Taliban forces across Afghanistan and onto Kabul, world attention has turned to the chaos in the Afghan capital. Images of American helicopters lifting off evacuees… Continue reading "World Scrambles to Evacuate Kabul"