Russia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a “terrorist” organization Tuesday, paving the way for the unit’s captured fighters to be tried in Russian courts and potentially face lenghty prison terms. Moscow has regularly decried the Azov battalion for its past extremist right-wing links, using it to justify its invasion of Ukraine that the Kremlin calls its “denazification” of Kyiv this year. The battalion formed in 2014 as a… Source link
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Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) The chaotic departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan obscures an important national-security development: The American counter-terrorism effort of the last 20 years has generally worked, while getting more efficient and much cheaper over time. U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago to root out the al Qaeda terrorists who perpetrated the Sept…. Source link
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