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US military plans to exit Afghanistan within five years: New York Times
Mar 01, 2019 09:01The US Defense Department is offering a new plan that would see all American troops exit Afghanistan within the next three to five years and end the 17-year-old conflict in the war-torn country, according to US media.
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US offers $1 million reward to find son of Osama bin Laden
Mar 01, 2019 04:07The US government is offering $1 million to help track down the son of Osama bin Laden, the former Leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism.
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Afghanistan: Protest condemns US airstrikes as civilian casualties rise
Feb 20, 2019 05:31Hundreds of Afghans marched in protest in the Eastern Kunar Province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, demanding an end to US airstrikes after increasing numbers of civilian casualties in the past months.
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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.