Sworn testimony before the Senate forced them to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" about the consequences of an accelerated withdrawal of all US troops. 

Washington DC, Sept.28.– Top generals told lawmakers Tuesday that they previously recommended keeping around 2,500 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan, contradicting earlier statements by President Biden that no one had advised him against a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country last month.

In sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both said they assessed as early as last fall that an accelerated withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan would likely cause the Western-backed Afghan government and military to collapse.

"Nothing can stop Iran's peaceful nuclear activities that are within the framework of international regulations" – President Ebrahim Raisi. Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was born on 15 June 2001 in Tajikistan, initially counting China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as its founders.

Dushanbe, Sept. 17 (DP.net).– Iran today joined a rapidly expanding central Asian security body led by Russia and China, calling on the countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to help it form a mechanism to avert sanctions imposed by the West, Reuters reports.

The Australia-U.K.-U.S. security pact, to include granting nuclear propulsion technology for Australian submarines, prompted severe warnings from Beijing.

China Claims Upper Hand Over Biden After Contentious Phone Call with Xi ← Click here for more 

Beijing, Sept.16.– China on Thursday expressed outrage at a new security pact between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S., blasting what it considers a new Western provocation and singling out Australian troops as the first to die as a result of "Beijing's countermeasures so as to send a warning to others."

"Australia has turned itself into an adversary of China," China's English-language Global Times, considered a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party, proclaimed in an editorial Thursday morning.

• In their new book titled "Peril", the Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa alleged Gral. Mark Milley called two Chinese officials behind former President Donald Trump's back. ← Click here for more 
• On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Milley did not deny the report but stated the calls were focused on conveying reassurance and strategic stability. ← Click here for more 

Washington DC, Sept.16.— A new book claiming that Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held calls with Chinese military leaders to head off a nuclear confrontation prompted swift backlash from many Trump allies — and one very consequential Trump critic.

Lt. Col. Alexander VindmanRetired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the whistleblower who reported calls with Ukraine that led to the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, called for Milley's ouster over the top general's phone calls.