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    UK MPs blast ‘systemic failures’ of Afghan withdrawal

    24 May 2022

    The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee probe revealed a "fundamental lack of planning, grip or leadership at a time of national emergency" before and during the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021.

    McConnell slams Syria withdrawal as scattered fighting flares

    19 Oct 2019

    US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria as “a strategic nightmare” as scattered fighting flared in the north of the country despite a ceasefire deal.

    Russian military police reinforcements arrive in Syria: Ifax

    25 Oct 2019

    Around 300 more Russian military police from the southern Russian region of Chechnya have arrived in Syria, the defence ministry said on Friday, Interfax news agency reported.

    Trump’s withdrawal of troops is recognition of failure

    31 May 2020

    In October 2001 I was standing on a hilltop 40 miles north of Kabul watching US aircraft bomb the Taliban front line. The night sky was lit up with the flash of explosions and the sparkle of ineffectual anti-aircraft fire. It was fairly obvious who was going to come out the winner.

    US, Taliban scramble to finalise draft on troop withdrawal

    05 Jul 2019

    Taliban and US negotiators are scrambling to finalize a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight

    No peace treaty in Afghan as US war nears end

    02 Jul 2021

    As the last US combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, the question arises: When is the war really over? For Afghans the answer is clear but grim: no time soon. An emboldened Taliban insurgency is making battlefield gains, and prospective

    Promise of ‘sustained’ help as withdrawal nears

    26 Jun 2021

    President Joe Biden promised Afghanistan’s top leaders a “sustained” partnership even as he moves to accelerate winding down the United States’ longest war amid escalating Taliban violence.

    Syrian militant group refuses withdrawal from proposed Idlib buffer zone

    04 Aug 2019

    On Thursday the Syrian government agreed to a truce in the northwestern region of Idlib on condition that a Turkish-Russian buffer-zone deal is implemented, according to state news agency SANA.

    Trump to announce US troop withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan

    09 Sep 2020

    US President Donald Trump was expected to announce further troop withdrawals on Wednesday from Afghanistan and from Iraq, where several thousand US troops hunting down extremist sleeper cells have faced increasing attacks blamed on pro-Iran factions.

    US eyes international effort to help secure Kabul airport after withdrawal

    19 May 2021

    US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a secure airport would be essential to ensuring that the United States and European allies could maintain embassies in Afghanistan.

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