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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a telephone conversation on Monday.

Baku claims shelling from the Armenian side

An exchange of fire between Armenian and Azerbaijani servicemen took place on Monday evening on the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, there are dead on both sides, the Armenian Defense Ministry reports.

Russia is currently the world's leading country in the field of hypersonic weapons and missile defense systems (ABM), the head of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM)said US Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard.

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 Russian Federation avoids direct confrontation to strengthen its international role, but resorts to pressure against other countries and to cyber operations, the head of the US Strategic Command, Admiral Charles Richard, said on Thursday.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin assured in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that they continue to provide assistance to the Afghan government in the conditions of the offensive of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), the US State Department said.

The Government of Canada will send a special forces unit to Kabul, which will ensure the safety of employees of the Canadian embassy during its evacuation and before closing, the Associated Press reported, citing an informed source.

The Russian-Chinese maneuvers were conducted to increase the ability to jointly respond to risks and challenges. China and Russia are able to jointly maintain peace and stability in the region.

The militants of the Taliban movement banned in Russia continue their active offensive on the cities. Kunduz also fell. The remnants of the government garrison retreated to the airfield. Those who did not have time to evacuate, surrendered to the militants. And they occupied the airfield, having received trophies. The Taliban had a Mi-35 helicopter in their hands.

The Taliban were able to capture Kandahar because of the flight of Afghan troops, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, director of the Second Department of Asia of the Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

Iran is developing a so-called kamikaze drone program in connection with the military escalation in the Middle East. Experts of the Project on Combating Extremism (CEP, headquarters in Washington) warn that the new tactics of the use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the Iranians is a "key element" of Tehran's efforts to expand its influence in the region, writes the Saudi newspaper Arab News.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, highly appreciated the joint actions of Russian and Chinese servicemen during the Sibu/Interaction-2021 exercise, the active phase of which took place in the People's Republic of China at the Qingtunxia training ground.

Residents of Poland could not come to a common opinion about the likelihood of a Russian attack on their country, the weekly newspaper Do Rzeczy writes with reference to the wPolityce portal.

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 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.

Russia is studying Afghanistan's request for the sale of combat helicopters, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, director of the second Asia department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Interfax on Friday.

The head of the British Defense Ministry, Ben Wallace, criticized the withdrawal of Washington's military contingent from Afghanistan, saying that the international community is likely to suffer from the consequences of this US decision, Sky News reported on Friday.

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.

In the Primorsky Territory, a joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021"is being held on the territory of the Sergeyevsky training ground of the combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The Russian command has used the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters to launch strikes against terrorists in Syria.