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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that all service members will be required to be vaccinated by mid-September.
2021-08-9

Multiple rockets strike near Erbil International Airport in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, killing a foreign civilian contractor and wounding nine others, including a U.S. service member.
2021-02-15

Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen says on Twitter that there was a videoconference on Monday between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Taliban official Mullah Baradar to discuss the peace process. The group reiterated its commitments to not attack American personnel, to engage in intra-Afghan talks and "not let anyone to use its soil to attack other countries". The meeting was confirmed by the U.S. State Department.
2020-06-30

Anonymous sources suggest President Donald Trump is considering invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act to deploy the military to respond to protests throughout the country.
2020-06-1

The Pentagon says a U.S. soldier has been killed in combat. The Taliban claim a roadside bomb in Char Dara District, Kunduz Province was responsible.
2019-12-23

The United States military reports a drone attack killed ISIL rocket expert Jasim Khadijah. The unmanned airstrike also killed other IS militants and destroyed at least one makeshift drone. Khadijah, a former Iraqi officer, is believed responsible for the March attack that killed a U.S. Marine in northern Iraq.
2016-04-3

United States President Barack Obama orders an assessment of whether intelligence reports from U.S. Central Command were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against Daesh (Islamic State). The Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General investigators seized emails from military servers over the last few weeks.
2015-11-22

A large storm hits the Eastern Mediterranean region, resulting in deaths in several countries.
2010-12-12

Iran digs mass graves in Khuzestan province, using psychological warfare in preparation for an invasion by the United States armed forces after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929, and warns that Iran will attack American bases in the Middle East if American forces attack.
2010-08-10

U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates announces new rules that make it more difficult to expel gay service members.
2010-03-25