Samiullah Omari (far right) with Australian and US soldiers in Afghanistan.
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He says he regularly spent nights in the desert with the Australians, interpreting between villagers and the diggers as well Afghan soldiers in training near the capital.
“We were just soldiers without guns and we helped them out in the fields,” he says.
The 29-year-old has spent more than a decade helping foreign forces in Afghanistan - and that s made him a prime target for militant and terrorist groups hostile to the presence of the ‘invaders’.
To the Taliban and other groups, Afghans like Samiullah are considered traitors and spies.
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A US politics expert at The Australian National University (ANU) says President Donald Trump is likely to finish his term in office, but he could be banned from being a presidential candidate in 2024. President Trump’s impeachment in Congress passed with 232 votes, after 10 Republicans joined Democratic colleagues.
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Rival superpowers may exploit chaos in US
China and Russia will be tempted to exploit the chaos facing the United States, according to ANU national security expert Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb.
Following a violent uprising of US President Donald Trump’s supporters, who stormed Capitol Hill, a curfew has been imposed in Washington DC and the country has been plunged into a crisis.
“Xi Jinping and Vladamir Putin will be delighted with the chaos unfolding in the United States right now and will be tempted to take advantage of the situation,” he said.
“Trump has deliberately and malignly fanned the flames of this act of sedition by his supporters.
Rival superpowers may exploit chaos in the US 07 January 2021
China and Russia will be tempted to exploit the chaos facing the United States, according to ANU national security expert Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb.
Following a violent uprising of US President Donald Trump s supporters, who stormed Capitol Hill, a curfew has been imposed in Washington DC and the country has been plunged into a crisis.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will be delighted with the chaos unfolding in the United States right now and will be tempted to take advantage of the situation, he said.
And just where was the warning of such a well-planned attack on the Congress from the FBI and other US domestic intelligence authorities such as Homeland Security?