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The Taliban took Kabul in August, following a 20-year insurgency against the US-backed Afghan government and a foreign coalition under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The … Read More
A whistleblower who used to work for a top British diplomatic office gave evidence on Tuesday to parliamentary investigators and said Britain abandoned allies in Afghanistan during the chaotic evacuation … Read More
Barely 3 months after the chaotic U.S.-run troop evacuation from Afghanistan, NATO foreign ministers met Wednesday to debate a rapidly compiled report on the lessons to be learned from the … Read More
The Taliban say they have killed a number of ISIS operatives during an operation against the Takfiri terrorist group’s hideouts in southern Afghanistan. Taliban provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi … Read More
Interior Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Satar Mirzakwal on Tuesday visited Paktia Province and warned the Taliban to stop transporting military equipment, which they seized from the Afghan military, to Pakistan, … Read More
Germany has finished withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, in an operation that begun in May, according to the German Defense Ministry, while the US military withdrawal from the country is … Read More
Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai said Sunday the United States came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability to his country but is leaving nearly 20 years later having … Read More
As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan picks up speed, there is increased talk of an enhanced role for Turkey. Turkey is the only predominantly Muslim country with troops in the … Read More
Security officials under NATO command have approached Qatar to set up a base that can be used to train Afghan special forces. The oil-rich nation of Qatar has been home … Read More
The Taliban on Wednesday “strongly opposed” Turkey’s offer to retain soldiers in Afghanistan to guard and run its international airport in the capital city, Kabul, once the United States and … Read More
