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WASHINGTON: China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report published on Wednesday. China could have 700 deliverable nuclear warheads by 2027, and could top 1,000 by 2030 — an arsenal two-and-a-half times the size of what the Pentagon predicted only a year ago, according …

WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda’s regional affiliate in Afghanistan maintains close ties to the Taliban and has an “enduring interest” in attacking US and foreign troops, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Under a deal the Taliban signed with the United States in February, the insurgents agreed to stop Al Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a safe haven to plot attacks. But in the months …

WASHINGTON: The number of US troops injured by an Iranian missile strike in Iraq this month has risen to 64, according to new figures released by the Pentagon. US President Donald Trump had initially said no Americans were hurt by the missiles fired on a base housing US soldiers in the country’s west on Jan 8. Democrats later accused Trump of trying …

WASHINGTON: Afgha­nistan’s exports — by both ground and air — totalled only $891 million in 2018 compared to $7.4 billion in imports, says the US Department of Defence’s latest report on the situation in the war-torn country. Estimates of the Afghan economy — based on the data provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank — are …