US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran could end within two to three weeks, adding that issues related to the Strait of Hormuz would be left to other countries, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the United States and Israeli attacks on the country, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
KABUL (Pajhwok): The US President, Donald Trump, has stated that, on his orders, the country’s Central Command destroyed “military targets” on Iran’s Kharg Island. Iran,
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mike Waltz has highlighted the strategic importance of Bagram Airbase following claims that Iranian leaders may have moved towards areas near Afghanistan.
The US Department of State has announced that it will permanently close its consulate in Peshawar, which was America’s closest diplomatic mission to Afghanistan prior to the 2001 invasion.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said efforts by the United States to transform Afghan society into a Western-style democracy were unlikely to succeed from the outset.
Even a large-scale United States military offensive would likely be unable to overthrow Iran’s military and clerical power structure, according to a classified report by the National Intelligence Council (NIC), media reports said.
Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, says more than 1,300 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and thousands of others wounded as a result of US-Israeli strikes on the country.
