The US is planning to deploy about 650 troops to Afghanistan in the coming days to ensure the security of the forces as they withdraw from the country. CNN quoted unnamed officials as saying that the deployment was…
If US troops remain in Afghanistan after May 1 this year, President Joe Biden will be violating the 2020 peace pact signed by his predecessor with the Taliban, says a retired American politician. In an article for Newsmax,…
Prior to a complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11, the US may boost the number of soldiers there to ensure an orderly drawdown, says a media report. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby indicated there would had to…
US President Joe Biden is committed to bringing a responsible end to the conflict in Afghanistan, says a White House official. The president wanted to remove US troops in Afghanistan from harm’s way, Press Secretary Jen Psaki told…
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said it would be hard to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan on May 1 under a deal with the Taliban. Addressing a press conference at the White House, his first as president,…
The Biden administration is mulling keeping the US troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline, says an influential American legislator. Adam Smith, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee, said he had discussed the issue…
Two senior US military commanders have warned the war in Afghanistan will escalate in case of a full troop withdrawal from that country. The warning was issued by General Kenneth McKenzie, the US Central Command chief, and NATO’s…
The United States has 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than it has disclosed, reports a leading American newspaper. The report comes at a time when the Biden administration is reviewing last year’s peace with the Taliban on a…
The Biden administration has been asked to keep US troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline and avoid abandoning intra-Afghan peace negotiations. The need for a delay in withdrawing American forces from the country was underlined in…
KABUL, says a media outlet. The troops from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry returned home on Friday, reported Channel 3000. According to the CBS affiliate, senior leaders from the Wisconsin National Guard welcomed the soldiers when…
KABUL will be cut down to between 4,000 and 5,000 by November, says President Donald Trump. In an interview on Monday, Trump said he would slash the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan before the US election, slated for November.…
KABUL by the fall, an influential American media outlet reported on Saturday. When implemented, the decision would the number of US soldiers on Afghanistan fall from 8,600 to 4,500 -- the lowest troop level since the earliest days of the…
KABUL. Talking to Voice of America, President Ashraf Ghani expressed these views during his interview with TED, a US organization. Ghani said the Taliban were part of the Afghan people and they could not be ignored. However, he added the…
KABUL ahead of schedule, CNN reports. Discussions on the sensitive issue were partly triggered by concerns that President Donald Trump could withdraw military personnel before elections in order to honour his 2016 campaign promise. The US leader has already indicated…
KABUL continues despite turmoil in the war-devastated country, the Department of Defence says. The withdrawal of forces would meet a timeline that that the US had set in a peace pact with the Taliban at the end of February this…
KABUL remains on track, as power-sharing discussion between President Ashraf Ghani and his arch rival Dr. Abdullah continue, says the Pentagon chief. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, speaking at a Washington-based research institute on Monday, asked the Afghan government to set…
KABUL. These returning soldiers were part of the 400 "Red Arrow" soldiers that were sent to Afghanistan in July 2017, the Wisconsin Army National Guard said in a statement. Currently at Fort Hood in Texas, the soldiers are completing post-mobilisation…
KABUL this summer, the US military has announced. Currently stationed at Fort Carson, it would replace the 3rd Security Forces Assistance Brigade in Afghanistan, Army Times reported on Friday. As part of Operation Freedom Sentinel, the specialised army units will…
KABUL. Additionally, 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arrived in Afghanistan are being quarantined to protect them from the deadly virus. Gen. Scott Miller, the top US military commander in Afghanistan, tweeted late on Thursday that most of them were…
More than 300 paratroopers would undergo health monitoring and medical treatment at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division said. In a statement, the division said military personnel returned home after completing a 9-month rotation in support of…
KABUL. Col. Sonny Leggett, spokesman for the US military here, said American forces (USFOR-A) had begun a conditions-based reduction of troops to 8,600 over 135 days. “USFOR-A maintains all the military means and authorities to accomplish our objectives, including conducting…
