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Taliban declare victory from Kabul airport, promise security but Afghanistan needs a lot more
• 4 years agoWhat the Taliban face what could be a series of major crises as they fully take over the government
Former President Donald Trump dubs Afghan drawdown "incompetently handled"
• 4 years agoTrump has said that the US should now demand the return of their equipment and money from Afghanistan or “bomb the hell out of it”
Joe Biden inherits an Afghanistan situation with the baggage of Pakistan and resurgent Taliban
Bhopinder Singh • 5 years agoGiven the dynamics at play, India is reduced to a mute spectator as are the other neighbouring countries like Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan who have their own sovereign, sectarian, ethnic and strategic interests at stake, with the evolving narrative
India should go back to negotiating table with Taliban, but without abandoning Kabul in forthcoming intra-Afghan talks
Tara Kartha • 5 years agoThough India has more faith in Abdullah Abdullah, rather than the mercurial Ghani, its fundamental operating principle has been that a legitimate government should be central to talks, and not a sideshow.
Amid rocket explosions, Ashraf Ghani sworn in as Afghanistan's President; rival Abdullah Abdullah holds his own ceremony
• 5 years agoAfghanistan's election commission has declared incumbent president Ashraf Ghani as the winner of September's vote; rival Abdullah Abdullah, as well as the election complaints commission say the results are fraught with irregularities
US 'realistic' but sees opportunity for Afghan peace, says Mike Pompeo after America signs historic deal with Taliban
• 5 years agoSecretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is “realistic” about the peace deal it signed with the Taliban, but is "seizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation"
100,000 casualties in Afghanistan over past 10 years, says UN report; 'imperative for all to stop fighting' says security council representative Tadamichi Yamamoto
• 6 years agoReport released by UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan comes as seven-day 'reduction of violence' agreement between US, Taliban takes effect
Two US troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar; Taliban claims responsibility for attack
• 6 years agoLast year was one of the deadliest for US, with 23 American troops killed
US defence secretary Mark Esper visits Afghanistan to make firsthand assessment of America's longest war
• 6 years agoStalled peace talks with Taliban and unrelenting attacks by insurgent group have complicated Trump administration's pledge to withdraw American troops
Pakistan asks Taliban to resume talks with US for early, peaceful resolution of conflict in Afghanistan
• 6 years agoTaliban-US talks were suspended by Donald Trump following the killing of American soldier in Kabul last month in a suicide attack claimed by Taliban