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For Selective viewing, please click on the link below:- 1 Introduction. 2. Perspective (1:28 onwards). 3. What all air power assets are in Afghanistan (4:13 onwards). 4. What is the status of air power assets in Afghanistan and their likely future (12:25 onwards). 5. China and Pakistan involvement (30:52 onwards). 6 Concluding thoughts 43:20 onwards). …
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SIPRI published a Topical backgrounder on 03 Sep 21, giving an overview of known international flows of major arms transfer to the Afghan armed forces between 2001 and 2020. The document discusses the supplier states, volumes, types and numbers of major arms deliveries. Relevant extracts are as follows:- Since 2001, significant numbers of major arms …
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Pic Courtesy: Internet Ritu Sharma is a journalist, with a Master’s Degree in Conflict Studies and Management of Peace from the University of Erfurt, Germany. Her areas of interest include Asia-Pacific, the South China Sea, and Aviation history. She has been writing on subjects related to defence, foreign affairs, and nuclear technology for the last 15 …
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