Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:52:32 +0000
DOHA: The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever war. The agreement is expected to lead to a dialogue between the Taliban and the Kabul government that, if successful, […]
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Credit to Author: Paul Blest| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:26:43 +0000
The Pakistani military said in April 2017 that Ehsanullah Ehsan had voluntarily turned himself in.
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Credit to Author: Tim Hume| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:20:11 +0000
A disturbing Human Rights Watch report describes summary executions, extrajudicial killings of civilians, and attacks on medical facilities.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Quilty| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:43:53 +0000
“The Taliban told people you’ll be killed or have your fingers cut off”
Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:52:10 +0000
Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:11:32 +0000
Peace talks between the US and the Taliban in Qatar have yielded progress but much remains to be done, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: Francisco Alvarado| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:52:11 +0000
This may be a case of US policy in the Middle East coming back to bite it, experts said.
Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:24:55 +0000
The civilians in Afghanistan continue to die in record numbers, as the U.S. and the Taliban are negotiating a peace deal to end the 17-year-old war.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:07:59 +0000
The Trump administration’s claims of progress in talks with the Taliban have sparked fears even among the president’s allies that his impatience with the war in Afghanistan will lead him to withdraw troops too soon, leaving the country at risk of returning to the same volatile condition that prompted the invasion in the first place.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:59:06 +0000
The US confirmed that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war.
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