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  Al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan: Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

  World | September 09, 2021 13:48 IST

  Austin spoke to a small group of reporters in Kuwait City at the conclusion of a 4-day tour of Persian Gulf states. He said the United States is prepared to prevent an al-Qaida comeback in Afghanistan that would threaten the US.

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  Republican senators seek accountability for US military equipment in Taliban's hands

  World | August 20, 2021 8:01 IST

  "As we watched the images coming out of Afghanistan as the Taliban retook the country, we were horrified to see US equipment including UH-60 Black Hawks in the hands of the Taliban," Republican Senators wrote in a letter to Defense Secy Lloyd Austin.

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  US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives in India today on three-day visit

  India | March 19, 2021 8:41 IST

  Secretary Austin is scheduled to arrive in Delhi late Friday afternoon as part of his first overseas trip that also took him to Japan and South Korea.

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  US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first Black Pentagon chief

  World | January 23, 2021 8:26 IST

  Biden is looking for Austin to restore stability atop the Pentagon, which went through two Senate-confirmed secretaries of defense and four who held the post on an interim basis during the Trump administration.