TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) — Australian troops have destroyed two major Taliban weapons storage sites in Baluchi Valley in Afghanistan’s volatile south.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (UPI) — India’s national security depends on comprehensive joint decision-making, according to a study by the Center for Joint Warfare Studies.

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) — A raid by the British Royal Marines has taken out a Taliban bunker in Afghanistan and disrupted any militant plans to target the highly critical Kajaki Dam.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The U.N. Children’s Fund has taken into custody more than 200 former child soldiers released from rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

TBILISI, Georgia, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The security situation between Georgia and the country’s separatist regions and their Russian backers remains tense, according to a U.N. report.