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US ‘may pull some 1,000 troops from Afghanistan’
Feb 15, 2019 18:00The United States may reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan by at least 1,000, a US general says, attributing the decision to an efficiency drive by a new commander of NATO forces in the Asian country.
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US will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan: Pentagon chief
Feb 15, 2019 04:09Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has told Washington’s NATO allies that the Pentagon will not reduce its troop presence in Afghanistan unilaterally.
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‘US, Taliban to hold peace talks in Pakistan’
Feb 14, 2019 09:55The Afghan Taliban militant group says it is to meet with American representatives in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad next week for a new round of direct negotiations, which have so far excluded the Afghan government itself.
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‘US, Taliban to hold peace talks in Pakistan’
Feb 14, 2019 06:03The Afghan Taliban militant group says it is to meet with American representatives in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad next week for a new round of direct negotiations, which have so far excluded the Afghan government itself.
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Taliban turns down president’s offer to open office in Kabul, wants Doha recognized
Feb 11, 2019 05:07The Taliban has “swiftly spurned” an offer by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to open a political office in Afghanistan, saying the president’s offer is aimed at “harming the peace efforts.”
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Taliban says no agreement with US on troop withdrawal deadline
Feb 07, 2019 02:35The Taliban says no timeframe has been agreed for the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan despite Washington’s earlier promise to draw down half of its forces from the war-torn country.
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Trump delivers 2019 State of Union address
Feb 06, 2019 03:06US President Donald Trump has delivered his second State of the Union address after the speech was postponed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for almost two weeks over the government shutdown.
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Taliban hold rare talks with senior Afghan politicians in Moscow
Feb 06, 2019 02:42Representatives from the Taliban militant group have attended a meeting with high-ranking Afghan politicians in the Russian capital city of Moscow, where the participants called for an interim government as they negotiated without delegates from the incumbent administration in attendance.
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UK army permitted killing civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan: Report
Feb 04, 2019 10:20A report has found that the British army allowed soldiers to shoot and kill unarmed civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan for activities defined as suspicious such as those holding a mobile telephone or a shovel.
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Afghan Taliban: Trump administration ‘appears serious’ in talks
Feb 02, 2019 02:34The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says the administration of United States President Donald Trump “appears” to be “serious” in its negotiations with the group on bringing an end to the war in the Asian country.