The US Special Representative for Reconciliation in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said that the Afghans ' independent choice of their future can put an end to the war in the country.

The American army left huge trophies at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. We are talking about dozens of units of armored vehicles, various aircraft and anti-aircraft systems.

The first pictures of abandoned American planes that were inherited by representatives of the Taliban appeared (movement is prohibited in Russia). Business Insider published photos of cargo planes of the Afghan Air Force at the Kabul airport on Tuesday, August 31.

Former US President Donald Trump on Monday, August 30, said that the United States should respond with "unequivocal military force" if the Taliban movement (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) refuses to return military equipment that was left in Afghanistan. This is reported by The Hill newspaper with reference to the statement of the former leader of the country.

The militants of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) will not be able to use for military purposes the abandoned American military equipment at the Kabul airport, said Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby.

Son of the founder of the terrorist movement "Taliban "(banned in Russia) Mullah Yakub Akhund has been appointed as the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan. This was reported on August 31 by an informed source.

The representative of the Afghan Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation), Zabiullah Mujahid, proclaimed the victory of the movement in the war against foreign forces, but at the same time noted that the Taliban intend to build good relations with the United States and other countries.

The Russian Defense Minister said that 320 samples were tested

Almost all samples of modern Russian weapons were tested during the counter-terrorist operation in Syria. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

Military-economic cooperation was discussed in Belgrade at a meeting of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova and Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Russian Armed Forces have completed special exercises on the types of support for the actions of troops (forces), the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Alexander Fomin also noted the high level of organization of the event

The holding of competitions of the International Army Games in Algeria will further strengthen the bilateral military cooperation between the two countries.

In the Kaliningrad region, the marines of the Baltic Fleet repelled the attack of a simulated enemy from the sea in conditions as close to combat as possible.

The fears of citizens of the CSTO member states about the possible sending of soldiers to Afghanistan are groundless, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said on the air of the STV TV channel on Sunday.

About 300 Russian military personnel and more than 60 pieces of equipment have been transferred to Kyrgyzstan for the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" maneuvers, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.

It was created on the basis of a separate repair and restoration battalion of the Baltic Fleet.

The idea of creating such a park was born a year ago. The sectors united by a single concept include a platform for displaying equipment, an alley of cars, an exhibition of weapons samples and a battalion club.

Russian peacekeepers conducted a training session to prevent possible violations with the use of unmanned aircraft of a simulated enemy and to ensure security at observation posts in the Lachin corridor of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a planned combat training session. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Monday, August 30.

The exercises of the National Armed Forces Namejs 2021, which will be held jointly with NATO countries, will start in Latvia, the local Defense Ministry reports.

Maneuvers with the participation of more than 9 thousand military personnel will be held throughout the country until October 3. One of the official tasks of the training is the implementation of tactical operations in hybrid and conventional conflicts.

Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia may be a blow to the United States, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in the first half of 2021 reduced its net loss under IFRS by almost 36 times compared to the same period last year, to 976 million rubles, it follows from the company's statements.

The Russian military annually receives up to 150 aircraft and helicopters, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. According to him, a lot of work has been done for such indicators, the defense industry has been modernized.