The United States is fully confident that if the Taliban (the Taliban movement, a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) captures Afghanistan, this government will not have recognition in the world community. This was stated at a regular briefing on Thursday, August 12, by the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price.

The situation in Afghanistan is becoming unmanageable, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday. "The situation in Afghanistan is getting out of control. Over the past month alone, more than 1,000 people have been killed or injured as a result of indiscriminate attacks against civilians, especially in the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and Herat," he told reporters.

The Afghan Taliban (the Taliban movement is banned in Russia) have promised that they will not attack diplomatic facilities,US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on MSNBC.

The deployment of the US military in the countries of Central Asia will make them hostages of American politics, they are not interested in this, he said

Russia is concerned about the possibility of the situation in Afghanistan spreading to Central Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

The government delegation of Afghanistan has not been interested in negotiations with the Taliban for a year and a half or two

Moscow regrets that the Taliban (the Taliban movement, banned in the Russian Federation) are trying to resolve the situation in Afghanistan by force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

The Afghan government is trying to maintain control over the country. On August 12, The Wall Street Journal reported that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appointed Major General Haibatullah Alizai as the Chief of staff of the Afghan army.

The South Korean company LIG-Nex1 is likely to be selected as the lead developer of the national "Near-Range Defense System-2" (CIWS-II) for combat ships of the Republic of Korea Navy.

As the Indian resource "Times Now" reported in the material Srinjoy Chowdhury "Pakistan left with only two submarines on active duty", technical problems and the need for medium repairs led to the fact that only two combat-ready submarines out of five boats registered in the fleet remained in the Pakistani Navy. The other three of the five French - built Pakistani submarines of the Agosta type are either faulty or are undergoing medium repairs and modernization.

Canada resumes patrolling its northern waters. August 12, portal navaltoday.com He reported that the Royal Canadian Navy has sent its Arctic patrol ship HMCS Harry DeWolf on its first trip.

The Italian navy is testing its promising flagship. August 13, portal aresdifesa.it He reported that the landing ship L 9080 Trieste has entered its first sea trials.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is working on the completion of the lead ship of the project 58250. It is assumed that he will replace the frigate "Hetman Sagaidachny"in the Navy.

In August 2007, Russian scientists and the military used a deep-water descent vehicle "Klavesin-1R" to study the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean, on the basis of which an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle "Klavesin-2R-PM" was subsequently developed, Zvezda recalls.

The Korean fleet was replenished with the first submarine of the KSS-III project. On August 13, the press service of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) announced that the SS 083 Dosan An Chang-Ho submarine officially became part of the Republic of Korea Navy.

The crew of the small rocket ship "Grad Sviyazhsk" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) has started the transition from St. Petersburg to a permanent base in Kaspiysk after participating in the Main Naval Parade.

Together with him, the corvette "Gremyashchy" and the minesweeper "Vladimir Yemelyanov" entered the Strait

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" of the Northern Fleet (SF) of the Russian Navy entered the English Channel, the press service of the SF reported on Friday.

Crews will take part in the Sea Cup competition

The crews of the small artillery ships "Makhachkala" and " Astrakhan "of the Caspian Flotilla have begun the transition to the port of Bender-Enzeli to participate in the"Sea Cup" competition. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Southern Military District.

An international team of scientists has developed a protective transformer fabric that can change its internal structure. It resembles an old chain mail-the particles of the material are located close to each other, which allows you to block external mechanical influences.

The American company Arcflash Labs has opened a pre-order for the world's first manual electromagnetic gun GR-1 ANVIL. It can accelerate a ferromagnetic projectile with a diameter of 10-12 centimeters to a speed of 60 meters per second - this is comparable to a powerful air rifle.

An air defense robot is planned to be created on the basis of the Uran-9 strike robotic complex, which is entering service with the Russian army, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

According to Ukrainian media, during his speech at the International Defense Investment Forum held in Kiev on August 12,2021, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kiev CJSC "Scientific and Production Association "Praktika" and concurrently the chairman of the Board of the League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine Oleg Vysotsky said, informing about the company's plans to participate in the defense exhibition in Saudi Arabia, that: "Praktika has implemented two export contracts this year, including with them (Saudi Arabia)."