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    US starts troop pullout from Afghanistan

    10 Mar 2020

    The US-Taliban deal signed on Feb. 29 was touted as Washington's effort to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan. The next crucial step was to be intra-Afghan talks in which all factions including the Taliban would negotiate a road map for their country's future.

    Afghan journalist shot dead in car ambush

    02 Jan 2021

    Targeted killings of journalists, government officials and rights activists, have increased rapidly in recent months as violence surges in Afghanistan despite peace talks between the government and the Taliban.

    Afghanistan: It was always going to end this way

    05 Jul 2021

    The security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, prompting many to second-guess President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw US troops by Sept. 11. This is an understandable emotional reaction, but it isn’t supported

    Fear of return of civil war in Afghanistan mounts

    07 Jul 2021

    With the United States military presence in Afghanistan effectively over, the country faces an uncertain future with Taliban attacks rampant and the threat of civil war looming. Fears are growing that the loss of vital American air cover

    China intensely monitoring developments in Afghanistan

    16 Jul 2021

    The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and seemingly unstoppable march of the Taliban opens a strategic door to China that is laden with both risk and opportunity. China abhors a power vacuum, especially on its borders, and maintaining stability after decades of war in its

    Afghan war shows the limits of US military power

    18 Jul 2021

    It took only two months for US invaders to topple the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, a seemingly tidy success against a government that had given refuge to 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. Twenty years later, the United States is withdrawing

    Intra Afghan talks unlikely with Ghani at helm

    21 Oct 2020

    President Donald Trump and his National Security Adviser, Robert C. O’ Brien are aching to announce troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as a last-minute sweetener for the American voter, rather like floral touches in an Indian wedding.

    Taliban claim bomb attack as it pushes for Afghan talks

    18 May 2020

    At least seven intelligence personnel were killed by a car bomb in the eastern province of Ghazni, Wahidullah Jumazada, spokesman for the province's governor told the media.

    Imran Khan’s peace overtures towards Kabul welcome

    25 Nov 2020

    Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has donned the role of peacemaker, as he tries to push for a ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces. Pakistan’s role in the peace talks has been key.

    US troops withdrawal imperils Afghan partners

    11 May 2021

    After Ismail Khan, a former Afghan interpreter for the US Army, applied for a special immigrant visa to come to the United States, he waited more than two years. During that time, he lived with constant threats, unable to work or stay in one place for too long.

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