US carries out airstrike on Taliban fighters for first time since Doha deal

MARCH 4, 2020 10:42 The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a U.S. forces spokesman said, the first strike since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday. The Taliban fighters were “were actively attacking an (Afghan National Security Forces) checkpoint. This […]

After 18 years of war, Taliban gets US to leave

NATO has welcomed the new Taliban agreement, noting that it is between the US and the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and between the US and the Taliban.” SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 29, 2020 20:51 Americans born on September 11, 2001 are old enough to serve in the war in Afghanistan, which began after those 9/11 […]

US aims to pull all forces out of Afghanistan ‘within 14 months’: declaration

i24NEWS – AFP February 29, 2020, 07:19 AM – latest revision February 29, 2020, 07:38 AM W 1 min read AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi U.S. soldiers part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks, as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen on the back ground in Shindand, Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 28, […]

Taliban orders halt to attacks in Afghanistan ahead of US agreement

REUTERS FEBRUARY 29, 2020 09:56 KABUL – The Taliban ordered all its fighters “to refrain from any kind of attack” on Saturday ahead of the signing of an agreement with the US diplomats aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan. “Today all the Taliban fighters are ordered to refrain from any kind of attack … for […]

Taliban negotiators in Qatar to sign deal with US to end Afghan war

The US Embassy in Kabul called Saturday a ‘monumental day for Afghanistan.’ Ahead of the signing, the Taliban ordered all its fighters “to refrain from any kind of attack.” REUTERS FEBRUARY 29, 2020 10:13 KABUL/MUMBAI – Saturday is a “monumental day for Afghanistan,” the United States Embassy in Kabul said on Twitter, just hours before […]