UK PM says doctors had prepared to announce his death; Iran to reopen mosques on Monday; global cases near 3.5 million …
Taliban, U.S. engage in Twitter spat amid rise in Afghanistan violence
Representatives of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents engaged in a rare public spat on Saturday, venting on social media about the stalling Afghan peace process.
Civil war, poverty and now the virus: Afghanistan stands on the brink
Desperate medics describe hell of fighting virus in middle of civil war as watchdog warns of impending health disaster …
Anthony Loyd in Afghanistan: from the Taliban to troop withdrawal
In the rose garden of the warlord walked a newly freed man. Spare-framed, his dark hair cropped in a convict cut, he was in his early thirties and had a pale, drawn face that suggested recent pain.
Former Green Beret turned Tennessee distiller made wine of out of Skittles while deployed in Kuwait desert
Andrew Lang has perfected the art of distilling using ingredients wherever he is — including in a self-made still he took with him to the Afghanistan mountains.
Report: NATO task force no longer reporting Taliban attacks in Afghanistan
Special Inspector General John Sopko criticized the move, saying the decision eliminated “one of the last remaining metrics SIGAR was able to use to report publicly on the security situation in …
US-Led Mission in Afghanistan Accused of Withholding Key Security Data
Assessing the security situation in Afghanistan is getting increasingly difficult now that Western military officials have started withholding some data on militant attacks across the country, …
US refuses to release data on Taliban attacks in Afghanistan — watchdog
A US watchdog has said the NATO-led mission to Afghanistan has withheld information on the number of Taliban attacks in 2020. President Trump is keen on the success of a peace agreement between the US …
Taliban attacks in Afghanistan surge after U.S. peace deal, inflicting heavy casualties
The increase in violence comes as U.S. officials struggle to keep the Taliban peace deal on track. The February agreement ended offensive operations between U.S. forces and the mi …
US troop drawdown in Afghanistan running ahead of schedule
The US now has fewer than 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan, putting the Trump administration ahead of schedule on the commitment to drawdown troops that it made in the US-Taliban peace deal signed …