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A "rise of al-Qaeda or of ISIS that threatens the US" would be needed to see American troops return to Afghanistan, an expert has told Forces News. Scott Worden, US Institute of Peace, told Forces News, terrorism would have to be a key part "of the risk" to see a return of troops to Afghanistan. It comes as...
Afghan leaders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah will meet United States President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday for a high-stake discussion likely to shape Afghanistan’s future as the US withdraws forces nearly 20 years after...
The U.S. military will soon complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But the Afghan government is under constant attack from the Taliban and is struggling to hold onto its territory. This past weekend saw...
President Biden has announced that the United States will withdraw all remaining military forces from Afghanistan before September 11, 2021 — likely marking a definitive end to America’s longest war just months before its two-decade anniversary. The decision fundamentally changes...
Scott Worden is director of Afghanistan and Central Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace joining me with his perspective on where things stand in Afghanistan. So let's talk a little Afghanistan ... where do with stand on the force withdrawal?
The United States' decision to start withdrawing its remaining forces from Afghanistan on Saturday to end Washington's longest-running war has some officials warning of a possible ripple effect that could see the entire region, not just Afghanistan...
When the Biden administration took office, American diplomats got to work on a plan to reenergize Afghanistan's sputtering peace talks. The showpiece: a U.S.-backed conference in Istanbul, Turkey, that would gather the Taliban and Afghan government, alongside...
President Biden's announcement for U.S. and foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 appears to have derailed the peace process that was meant to wind down the conflict in that country. To the latest now on peace talks for Afghanistan. There was supposed to be a...
President Biden’s prediction that all U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by next year is being met with some skepticism.
The US Secretary of State has reportedly written to Afghanistan's President to warn that US forces could be withdrawn completely by May. Antony Blinken has called for urgent leadership in the stalled peace talks with the Taliban, as the UK and other NATO allies wait on the US decision to determine the future of their own military presences. Mr. Blinken said...