How a secret network helped evacuate hundreds of Afghans

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/10/21/amanpour-afghanistan-escape-thirty-birds-foundation.cnn

Blast cuts power to Afghan capital Kabul

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211021-blast-cuts-power-to-afghan-capital-kabul

The Taliban insists ISIS-K is no threat. Bloodshed on Afghan soil tells a different story.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-news-war-taliban-isis-k-threat-attacks-kabul/

Taliban Wages Deadly Crackdown On Afghan Salafists As War With IS-K Intensifies

https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/taliban-crackdown-salafis-islamic-state-khorasan/31524687.html

ISIS Puts China On Notice by Recruiting Minorities for Attacks in Afghanistan

https://www.newsweek.com/isis-put-china-notice-ethnic-minority-attacks-afghanistan-1640973

UN launches $670 million trust fund to combat Afghanistan's ‘economic implosion’

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business-daily/20211022-un-launches-670-million-trust-fund-to-combat-afghanistan-s-economic-implosion

Close to 200 Americans are still seeking to leave Afghanistan, State Department tells congressional staff

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/us-citizens-afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-admin/index.html

From exile, female former Afghan leader keeps fighting

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-01c2242fa131615dfa593678d6ec8350

‘Why did we fight?’ Challenge of governing is wearing down Taliban.

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/1021/Why-did-we-fight-Challenge-of-governing-is-wearing-down-Taliban

‘Plan Z’: With Afghanistan lost, U.S. weighs help from Taliban, adversaries in terror fight

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/21/plan-z-afghanistan-lost-us-weighs-help-adversaries/

Pakistan: Changing The Agenda

https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/india/articles/20211022.aspx

Pakistan coaches Taliban on winning international recognition

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211021-pakistan-coaches-taliban-on-winning-international-recognition

Are Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban drifting apart?

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/are-pakistan-and-the-afghan-taliban-drifting-apart-7584288/

India Deploys Upgraded L-70 Anti-Aircraft Guns on China Border

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/10/22/india-anti-aircraft-guns-china/

DRDO Tests High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target ABHYAS

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30652/DRDO_Tests_High_Speed_Expendable_Aerial_Target_ABHYAS#.YXLhwhxlBaQ

Attack on U.S. Base Shows How Iran Is Leveling Drone Battlefield

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-21/attack-on-u-s-base-shows-how-iran-is-leveling-drone-battlefield

Iran plans to build new submarines

https://navalpost.com/iran-plans-to-build-new-submarines/

More than 90 Houthis killed near Yemen’s Marib: Arab Coalition

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2021/10/22/More-than-90-Houthis-killed-near-Yemen-s-Marib-Arab-Coalition

Former Saudi intelligence official says crown prince plotted to kill him

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-alleged-plot-kill-intelligence-official-saad-aljabri/

15 Arab, Palestinian Mossad spies arrested in Turkey, admit to collaboration - report

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/turkish-newspaper-claims-missing-palestinians-spying-for-mossad-682696

Women Reportedly Linked to IS Set Syria Camp on Fire

https://www.voanews.com/a/women-reportedly-linked-to-is-set-syria-camp-on-fire/6280350.html

Israeli F-16s, Drones Integrated with ADA Anti-Jam GPS System

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30646/Israeli_F_16s__Drones_Integrated_with_ADA_Anti_Jam_GPS_System#.YXLiHhxlBaQ

Israel’s Sayeret Matkal

https://sofrep.com/specialoperations/israels-sayeret-matkal/

Israel To Request America’s New GBU-72 Bunker Buster Bomb

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/10/israel-to-request-americas-new-gbu-72-bunker-buster-bomb/

Nigerian official says new leader of IS-linked group killed

https://apnews.com/article/africa-chad-national-security-nigeria-west-africa-e7be9ac7e28fa6b04a153daa3d13193f

Sons of Bamako - Malian Armed Forces Fighting Vehicles

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/10/sons-of-bamako-malian-armed-forces.html

Ethiopia launches air strikes on Tigray’s capital for fourth day this week

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20211022-ethiopia-air-strikes-target-tigray-capital-for-fourth-day-this-week

Ethiopian airstrikes in Tigray force UN flight to turn back

https://apnews.com/article/africa-kenya-ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-48376e73283ec63b45664b7fe4631a3a

Armor: Staying Alive In South Africa

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20211022.aspx

Russian mercenaries in Ukraine disguises rocket launchers as trucks

https://defence-blog.com/russian-mercenaries-in-ukraine-disguises-rocket-launchers-as-trucks/

Russia’s ‘Hunter’ S-70 Stealth Drone: A Big Problem for NATO?

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/10/russias-hunter-s-70-stealth-drone-a-big-problem-for-nato/

16 killed in Russian gunpowder factory blast

https://apnews.com/article/europe-explosions-russia-fires-moscow-d6e6020d8a1cdeac37c62ef2d2a8afe8

Tor-M2 air defense systems to reinforce Russian SHORAD in years to come

https://www.armyrecognition.com/analysis_focus_army_defence_military_industry_army/tor-m2_air_defense_systems_to_reinforce_russian_shorad_in_years_to_come.html

Vladimir Putin Defends Joe Biden's Decision to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan

https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-afghanistan-russia-joe-biden-valdai-right-thing-1641655

NATO to boost air and missile defense investments to counter Russia

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/10/21/nato-to-boost-air-and-missile-defense-investments-to-counter-russia/

NATO allies to confront 21st century threats with new multidomain approach

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/terror-insurgent-group/latest/nato-allies-to-confront-21st-century-threats-with-new-multidomain-approach

NATO Weighing Suspending Missions Outside Europe, North America After Leaving Afghanistan

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-weighing-suspending-missions-outside-europe-north-america-after-leaving-afghanistan-1641331

Kyrgyzstan Orders Byratkar Drones from Turkey, Orlan-10E UAVs from Russia

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30647/Kyrgyzstan_Orders_Byratkar_Drones_from_Turkey__Orlan_10E_UAVs_from_Russia#.YXLiExxlBaQ

ASRAAM Block 6 to enter service on F-35 and Typhoon by 2024

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-to-enter-service-on-f-35-and-typhoon-by-2024/

Prosecutors charge suspect with murder of British lawmaker David Amess

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/10/21/uk-david-amess-murder-ali-harbi-charges/9121634821833/

UK sets sights on interim strategic sealift capability

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defence/latest/uk-sets-sights-on-interim-strategic-sealift-capability

Royal Navy completes operational test of Martlet missile

https://defbrief.com/2021/10/22/royal-navy-completes-operational-test-of-martlet-missile/

British aircraft carrier hosts ‘Pacific Future Forum’

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-aircraft-carrier-hosts-pacific-future-forum/

US sanctions reveal how Mexico's powerful Jalisco cartel is seizing control at a major Pacific port

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-sanctions-show-mexicos-powerful-jalisco-cartel-controls-major-port-2021-10

3 Reasons Why Kidnappings are Rising in Haiti

https://insightcrime.org/news/reasons-kidnappings-rising-haiti/

Armada Of 10 Chinese And Russian Warships Is Sailing Around Japan

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42827/armada-of-10-chinese-and-russian-warships-is-sailing-together-around-japan

Japan's Islands: Legal Chinese and Russian Navy FONOPs

https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2021/10/japans-islands-legal-chinese-and.html

An airlift capability to match China’s strategic ambitions

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/29/an-airlift-capability-to-match-chinas-strategic-ambitions/

US intel warns China could dominate advanced technologies

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-technology-business-china-52acbd35f77084771ddeabbb2bfd0789

China says ‘no room’ for concessions over Taiwan after Biden commits to defend island

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20211022-biden-says-yes-us-would-defend-taiwan-against-china

Tensions Continue to Rise Between China and Taiwan. How Did We Get Here?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a37964571/china-taiwan-conflict-explained/

Taiwanese fighter jets again intercept Chinese spy aircraft

https://defence-blog.com/taiwanese-fighter-jets-again-intercept-chinese-spy-aircraft/

First production T-5 Brave Eagle conducts maiden sortie

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/first-production-t-5-brave-eagle-conducts-maiden-sortie/146043.article

S. Korean Destroyer Upgraded with Anti-Sub Capability

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30651/S__Korean_Destroyer_Upgraded_with_Anti_Sub_Capability#.YXLhxhxlBaQ

KAI unveils electric basic trainer

https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/10/22/kai-unveils-electric-basic-trainer/

Korean Air signs MOU with Insitu to develop VTOL UAV

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-platforms/latest/adex-2021-korean-air-signs-mou-with-insitu-to-develop-vtol-uav

Analysis: Moon's push for South Korean military independence may echo far beyond his presidency

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/moons-push-military-independence-may-echo-far-beyond-his-presidency-2021-10-22/