Afghan Army's collapse 'took us all by surprise' - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin

U.S. did not fully comprehend depth of corruption, poor leadership in senior Afghan military ranks - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin

'We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation' in Afghanistan - U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tells Senate committee

Austin says Doha Agreement with Taliban 'had a demoralizing effect' on Afghan soldiers

Top U.S. general warns that reconstituted Al Qaeda with aspirations to attack United States is a very real possibility, perhaps in as little as 12 months

Milley defends call to Chinese counterpart at end of Trump presidency, says: 'My task at that time was to de-escalate'

Damaged "is one word that could be used" to describe U.S. credibility following U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan - U.S. General Milley

🤔 Pentagon Chief dodges question on reports the US has asked to access Russian bases in the Central Asia to monitor Afghanistan

"I can assure you that we are not seeking Russia's permission to do anything. We are not seeking approval from Russia about anything," Secretary of Defense Austin says of reported conversations with Russia about using military bases in Central Asia for over the horizon operations.

⚡ Senate majority leader Schumer tees up vote to increase debt limit without GOP support

❗ Russian fighter Su-27 escorted US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft RC-135 over Black Sea - Defense ministry

🥴 How about this, Elon?

SpaceX Founder's ex-lover, Canadian singer Grimes, said that she would be “colonising Europа [one of Jupiter’s moons] separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune.”

🇺🇸 🇦🇫 US would have gone to war with Taliban if troops were to stay in Afghanistan past 31 August deadline, Milley says

⚡️ Generals Mark Milley, Kenneth McKenzie dispute Biden's claim al-Qaeda is gone from Afghanistan

Milley believes US 'absolutely missed' swift collapse of Afghan government and military

⚡️ Hundreds of Twitter users worldwide report problems accessing the social media platform

Donald Trump's former press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in her recent book that some of Trump's aides believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had deliberately picked a dark-haired beauty as his interpreter for a meeting with Trump in 2019 to act as a distraction.

When asked if this was true, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Russian Foreign Ministry was responsible for the choice of interpreters.

"Putin has nothing to do with this," the spokesman told Sputnik.

⚡️ BREAKING | Taliban warns of consequences if US drones do not stop violating Afghanistan's airspace

Chants of "F*ck Joe Biden" were recently heard across stadiums at several college football games as approval ratings for the US president plummet amid the country's weak economic recovery and the Afghanistan debacle.

Social media is awash with videos of people chanting the slogan.

Pandemic clips wings.

📉 Lockheed Martin has announced that it will deliver fewer F-35 fifth-gen fighter jets in 2022 than previously planned, and has blamed Covid for the delays.

⚡️ White House says Joe Biden did not think leaving troops on the ground in Afghanistan was in interest of American people