Afghanistan

Afghanistan neighbors fear refugee crisis if US pulls out
Middle East

Afghanistan neighbors fear refugee crisis if US pulls out

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s neighbors, caught off-guard by reports of US plans to withdraw thousands of troops, have begun preparing…
Trump vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS before leaving Syria
Middle East

Trump vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS before leaving Syria

A senior Republican senator said Sunday that President Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job…
Taliban dismiss Afghanistan’s peace talks offer
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Taliban dismiss Afghanistan’s peace talks offer

  KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Taliban have rejected Kabul’s offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the…
‘Worse every day’: Afghans expect 2019 to be even deadlier
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‘Worse every day’: Afghans expect 2019 to be even deadlier

  After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for an even deadlier 2019 with the threat of a…
Taliban seeks image makeover for Afghan peace talks
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Taliban seeks image makeover for Afghan peace talks

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – As moves toward peace pick up in Afghanistan, the Taliban are trying to show they have…
Trump declares end to US ‘policeman’ role in surprise Iraq visit
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Trump declares end to US ‘policeman’ role in surprise Iraq visit

President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since…
Iran in talks with Afghan Taliban: Iranian state media
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Iran in talks with Afghan Taliban: Iranian state media

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has been holding talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban with the knowledge of the Afghan government, a senior…
Kabul attack on gov’t building leaves 43 dead
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Kabul attack on gov’t building leaves 43 dead

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities on Tuesday collected 43 bodies from a government compound in the capital Kabul that was…
Trump moves up defense chief’s exit to January 1
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Trump moves up defense chief’s exit to January 1

  Donald Trump on Sunday announced he will replace Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with his deputy Patrick Shanahan, speeding up…
Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit
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Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit

  The order to withdraw American troops from Syria has been signed, the US military said Sunday, after President Donald…
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