A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
Afghan Security personnel inspect the scene of a suicide bomb blast targeted a Police vehicle on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 13 June 2019. (Wali Sabawoon/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press conference, at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, on June 26, 2019 in New Delhi, India. (Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a brief statement to reporters before a meeting with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the U.S. Capitol July 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend "Howdy, Modi!" at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, September 22, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan security forces walks as municipal workers gather to clean up near the crater from where a tractor packed with explosives exploded the night before at the Green Village in Kabul on September 3, 2019. (Getty Images)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech to Japanese and U.S. troops with U.S. President Donald Trump, May 28, 2019. (Athit Perawongmetha - Pool/Getty Images)