Is it time to declare defeat? Our 17 years of engagement is often compared to the nine years of full U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. But the Afghanistan quagmire is worse.
Tuesday, 11 December , 2018Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will visit Kabul on Dec 15 to hold talks with Afghan leadership on US request.
Sunday, 9 December , 2018Earlier, Joseph Dunford admitted that the Taliban “are not losing” in Afghanistan, and that more efforts are needed to bring peace to the war-torn South Asian country.
Sunday, 9 December , 2018The Taliban fighters have killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers and taken another 21 captive overnight in coordinated attacks in the western Herat province of Afghanistan late on Thursday.
Saturday, 8 December , 2018The Trump administration is pressing to open formal peace talks with insurgents in Afghanistan by April, a timetable driven by the president’s mounting impatience with the stalemated 17-year-old war.
Saturday, 8 December , 2018The fight in Afghanistan is at a stalemate, and the significant number of Afghan troop deaths in the war is not sustainable, the Marine officer nominated to command U.S. forces in the Middle East told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 5 December , 2018In post-Taliban Afghanistan, the women’s football team was hailed globally as a symbol of the new freedoms enjoyed by the country’s women.
Tuesday, 4 December , 2018The Kabul standoff ended Tuesday afternoon after police arrested Tamim Shansab – whose house was under siege by government forces for at least 20 hours, Ministry of Interior confirmed.
Tuesday, 4 December , 2018A brief review of the recent history of Afghanistan explains some of the background pertaining to today’s crisis in the country.
Monday, 3 December , 2018One of the Taliban’s most senior commanders has been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan.
Monday, 3 December , 2018The Taliban has said it carried out an attack in Afghanistan on the base of the British security firm G4S.
Sunday, 2 December , 2018Football’s world governing body FIFA is looking into claims of sexual and physical abuse on the Afghanistan national women’s team, it confirmed in a statement yesterday.
Sunday, 2 December , 2018The Afghan government has formed a 12-member team to hold peace talks with the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani announced in the Swiss city of Geneva on Wednesday.
Saturday, 1 December , 2018Even safely resettled in Australia, the spectre of Taliban violence still haunts the targeted minority group.
Saturday, 1 December , 2018US Ordered the Remain Soldiers to Return after the Aeadliest Attack.
Saturday, 1 December , 2018Following the recent death of 3 US soldiers in Afghanistan, US army carried out an airstrike on Tuesday killed as many as 23 civilians, with most victims women and children, the UN says.
Saturday, 1 December , 2018Three US service members killed in Afghanistan marks deadliest day for troops there this year.
Wednesday, 28 November , 2018The crisis in Afghanistan growing as a new report warns that almost half of the rural population – 10.6 million people – are likely to be affected by severe food insecurity.
Wednesday, 28 November , 2018Convoy of police officers was on its way to a district in western Farah province when it came under attack.
Monday, 26 November , 2018ISIS claimed a suicide attack inside a packed mosque on an Afghan army base that a senior government official said killed at least 27 soldiers.
Monday, 26 November , 2018