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Reporter examines battlefield tech used in Minneapolis immigration arrest — Static01.nyt.com

Reporter examines battlefield tech used in Minneapolis immigration arrest

Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later served as the Kabul bureau chief, examines battlefield technology used in an immigration arrest at a home in Minneapolis. Gibbons-Neff’s background — two deployments to Afghanistan as a Marine and later work as Kabul bureau chief — is noted

Afghan start-up HesabPay uses blockchain to send aid to Syria and Afghanistan — Static01.nyt.com

Afghan start-up HesabPay uses blockchain to send aid to Syria and Afghanistan

An Afghan start-up, HesabPay, is using a blockchain-based system to deliver humanitarian cash assistance abroad, allowing a farmer in Halfaya, northwestern Syria, to receive $500 on a plastic card to help restart her farm. HesabPay was developed in Afghanistan and has been used by the U.N. refugee agency to

British leaders condemn Trump’s claim NATO troops stayed 'off the front lines' — Static01.nyt.com

British leaders condemn Trump’s claim NATO troops stayed 'off the front lines'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, other senior British politicians and Prince Harry condemned President Trump after he said in a Davos interview that NATO troops in Afghanistan had ‘‘stayed a little off the front lines.’’ Mr. Trump made the remarks in an interview in Davos with Fox Business, questioning whether NATO