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DOD Intends to Mandate Pfizer Vaccine, Pentagon Official Says

Since the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, it’s very likely the vaccine will soon become mandatory for Defense Department personnel, the Pentagon press secretary said. …

US Ramps Up Pace of Evacuations from Kabul

The United States is in daily contact with the Taliban as the race continues to complete the withdrawal from Afghanistan by President Joe Biden’s August 31 deadline, White House officials said Monday. …

Taliban Warns Against Delaying Troop Withdrawal As West Worries About Completing Evacuation

The Taliban has warned that it will not accept any extension to the August 31 withdrawal for international forces after the United States and other Western countries said the chaotic evacuation of thousands of people seeking to flee Afghanistan may require keeping troops on the ground past the deadline. …

Taliban Targets Panjshir Valley as Resistance Leaders Remain Defiant

The Taliban are dispatching hundreds of fighters to the Panjshir Valley, 150 kilometers north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, to try to stamp out an emerging resistance movement led by the son of a warlord who defied them the last time they ruled Afghanistan 20 years ago. …

No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council

No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its seventh year, a senior UN official for the Middle East region told the Security Council on Monday. …

Thousands Leaving Hong Kong, Teachers Quit Amid Security Law and Pandemic

Hong Kong has seen an alarming reduction in its population over the last 12 months, as people leave in the wake of the pandemic and the city’s political turmoil. …

Treasury Sanctions Eritrean Military Leader in Connection with Serious Human Rights Abuse in Tigray

“Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos), the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), for being a leader or official of an entity that is engaged in serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Tigray.” …

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