Thousands more Afghans who worked with Britain should be allowed to relocate to UK, urge Army chiefs
Former senior military commanders are gravely concerned that Afghan interpreters face the threat of death under a resurgent Taliban
28 July 2021 • 6:00am
Carrying the Union Jack, the last British troops leave Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Credit: Ben Birchall
Boris Johnson should urgently allow thousands more Afghans who worked with British forces to relocate to the UK, eight former chiefs of staff who were in charge during the conflict have urged.
General Lord Dannatt and more than 35 retired senior military commanders who served during the Afghan campaign set out their plea in a letter sent to the Prime Minister, Defence Secretary and Home Secretary, following the UK’s withdrawal from the Central Asian nation.
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Indian Navy affirms shopping list for AUVs 27th July 2021 - 00:03 GMT | by Neelam Mathews in Delhi RSS
The Adamya from Larsen & Toubro is an AUV designed to be launched from a submarine torpedo tube. (Gordon Arthur)
India does not have a large number of AUVs in service, but it now has a road map to change that situation.
Maritime security threats in the Indian Ocean, humanitarian missions and a steady move towards augmenting its blue-water navy role is pushing the Indian Navy (IN) towards procuring autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) from technology-challenged domestic industry, with possible collaboration with the US.
Adm Karambir Singh, Chief of Naval Staff, said at a virtual seminar, ‘The US has given us some exposure to their systems that we would [want] to pursue.’
After grounding of MV Heng Tong 77 off Karachi harbour, Pak Navy executes National Contingency Plan
July 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy has executed the National Contingency Plan (Pollution) while assessing the evolving situation after grounding MV Heng Tong 77 off Karachi harbour earlier on July 19.
Chief of the Naval Staff is the chairman of Pakistan Maritime Disaster Management Board (PMDMB). Chief of the Naval Staff has ordered the execution of the National Contingency Plan (Pollution) and directed Tier-1 response elements to be proactively put in place in order to minimise any possible risk of pollution from grounded merchant vessels.
The naval chief has also ordered that Tier-2 response elements (belonging to all other maritime stakeholders in Pakistan) be brought to four hours notice. The Maritime Disaster Response Committee (MDRC) under the chairmanship of deputy chief of Naval Staff (Operations) has also been activated to review ongoing actions and future response o
Vanessa Obioha writes that Nigerians are painstakingly trying to communicate with President Muhammadu Buhari in a language that he understands
The language of President Muhammadu Buhari is not easily comprehensible, and this is no reference to his fluency in the English Language. But governance has a language that is at once global; however, it has distinct colouration defined by local realities. For instance, the Donald Trump presidency in America introduced the novelty of Mr. Trump communicating directly with the public, even announcing major policy decisions without recourse to his communication team, who were left to carry out damage control caused by this unconventional method.
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