Peace deal signed in Qatari capital, Doha, will pave the way for the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
Saturday, 29 February , 2020Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America’s longest war.
Monday, 24 February , 2020A seven-day “reduction in violence” between the US and the Afghan Taliban has begun, officials say.
Sunday, 23 February , 2020Former Vice President Joe Biden is cautioning against pulling American troops entirely out of Afghanistan, saying such actions can lead to regional instability.
Monday, 10 February , 2020Two U.S. military service members were killed and six others were wounded in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday.
Sunday, 9 February , 2020Pentagon different statistics of brain injuries of its forces following Iran air strike to Ain Assad Air Base in Iraq shows US failure to care for its foreign forces.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Al-Qaeda’s relations with the Taliban “continue to be close and mutually beneficial,” according to UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team responsible for tracking terrorist groups around the globe.
Saturday, 1 February , 2020US has dropped 7,423 bombs in Afghanistan since Trump was elected in 2016, killing 717 civilians in the first half of last year.
Wednesday, 29 January , 2020A mystery plane crashed Monday in Taliban-held territory in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, south of the capital, Afghan officials said.
Monday, 27 January , 2020Taliban top negotiator Mullah Barader reiterated that for them, the war’s end necessarily means the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
Monday, 20 January , 2020The Trump administration intends to withdraw about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as next week.
Sunday, 15 December , 2019Afghanistan’s former president argued Tuesday that Washington helped fuel corruption in his nation by spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two decades without accountability.
Wednesday, 11 December , 2019The U.S. government’s claims of progress in the war in Afghanistan over the last 18 years but top officials in private were venting that it was a costly waste of time.
Tuesday, 10 December , 2019After 19 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. is working on a plan to draw down its troops. There are currently 13,000 active troops stationed in Afghanistan filling various roles for the United Nations, including positions of military advisers.
Tuesday, 3 December , 2019U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that any future troop drawdowns in Afghanistan were “not necessarily” linked to a deal with Taliban insurgents, suggesting some lowering of force levels may happen irrespective of the ongoing peace push.
Tuesday, 3 December , 2019After a year of delicate peace talks with the Taliban, President Trump put the negotiations back on the front-burner this week by demanding a cease-fire that his negotiators had long concluded was overly ambitious.
Sunday, 1 December , 2019The majority of U.S. military veterans say America’s most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day.
Saturday, 9 November , 2019The reduction, which officials say could gradually drop the number of troops by several thousand, is happening even without any deal with the Taliban.
Wednesday, 23 October , 2019The Trump administration said Friday it is sending 2,800 more troops, fighter jets and missile defense weaponry to Saudi Arabia to help bolster the kingdom’s defenses after a September attack on its oil facilities.
Saturday, 12 October , 2019Regional stability in the Middle East cannot be achieved while U.S. troops are still deployed there, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Saturday, 28 September , 2019