Defense Secretary Mark Esper said thousands more troops are coming home by November but indicated the security situation could change that. — Joe Biden called on President Donald Trump to fully fund …
War tech business innovates Afghan peace goals
A business based in Canada has played a crucial role in Afghanistan’s peace and war efforts by struggling for the last many …
Peace in Afghanistan is possible, but only when the US is willing to walk away from its Taliban deal
It has now been almost six months since the United States entered into a peace deal with the Taliban. On Sunday, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Amrullah Saleh announced that …
With Final Prisoner Release, Afghanistan Takes a Giant Step Toward Peace
The 21 members of the Afghan negotiation team headed by Massoum Stanikzai (former chief of the National Directorate of Security) is likely to depart Afghanistan for Doha, Qatar once the prisoners are …
As Afghanistan struggles to start peace talks, violence fills the void
In one of the most heavily contested provinces in Afghanistan, the government’s control ends just two miles from the governor’s residence. Beyond that point, Taliban influence reigns. Support our …
Key dates since the start of the 2001 war in Afghanistan and efforts to broker peace
An Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, on Sunday approved the release of 400 “hard-core” Taliban prisoners, a decision endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani, paving the way for peace talks …
Esper: ‘Less Than 5,000’ US Troops in Afghanistan by End of November
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be reduced to “a number less than 5,000” by the end of November. The reduction in force comment was made by the defense chief in …
Esper: U.S. Will Cut Troop Levels in Afghanistan to ‘Less Than 5,000’
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ‘Department of Defense Authorities and Roles Related to Civilian Law Enforcement’ in Washington, DC, U.S.
Mark Esper says US troop levels in Afghanistan to go below 5,000 by end of November
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the United States will go down to below 5,000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of November.
Family of French woman killed in Afghanistan oppose prisoner release
Bettina Goislard was working for the UN refugee agency when she was killed in 2003 in Ghazni, south of Kabul, by two men who are on the list of Taliban prisoners held by the Afghan government and may …