KABUL. Ghani had a second consultative meeting with military officials and commanders on a potential peace on Monday evening, the Presidential Palace said. Ghani told defence and security leaders: “The nation is proud of you. You are defenders of the…
KABUL if American troops are withdrawn from the country, warns a former defense secretary. Robert Gates, speaking to CBS News on Saturday, suggested the government in Kabul should be strengthened before US forces were pulled out of the country. "I…
KABUL and Syria soon, says an influential American senator, Jim Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he had discussed with President Donald Trump his objections to a time-based pullout. Inhofe told journalists on Capitol Hill on Tuesday…
KABUL head Omar Daudzai fears. In an interview with CNN on Friday, he warned a disorderly US withdrawal would create a vacuum. As a result, bloodshed would increase, Daudzai argued. About recent peace talks between the United States and Taliban…
KABUL demand, claims a senior negotiator of the rebel movement. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, who led the Taliban at peace negotiations with the United States in Qatar, said: “I think the US is very serious about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.” In…
KABUL) forces to leave the country, warns a new report. The international civilian presence would shrink and external economic and security assistance diminish if the US service-members left Afghanistan abruptly, it said. Two former US special envoys for Afghanistan and…
KABUL, where a renewed peace push is underway. Foreign Minister Marise Payne issued the warning in an interview with Indian media during her recent visit to attend that country for participation in a conference on geopolitics. According to IANS, Payne…
The Afghan embassy in Washington says it has not yet received a formal statement from the Trump administration regarding a troop pullout from the war-hit country. Asked about President Trump’s reported order for a troop withdrawal from, a…
KABUL are largely exaggerated, says UK-based weekly magazine. The Economist wrote the reports appeared plausible, in so far as Trump had just announced a withdrawal from Syria and had publicly wavered about keeping any troops in Afghanistan at all in…
