Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says Washington has a ‘principal interest’ in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a hub for anti-US groups. Khalilzad was US ambassador in Afghanistan shortly after 9/11, and says the focus should be on countering China and Russia’s influence. Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026 Share A stable Afghanistan post 9/11…
South Korea said it boosted its surveillance posture and was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan. Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026 North Korea has fired ballistic missiles towards the sea off its eastern coast, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that…
A briefer wrote to then-President Clinton that bin Laden’s ‘preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington’, and that al-Qaeda ‘may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’. Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026 Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11,…
