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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.
President Joe Biden is testing whether he can bring sweeping changes in Afghanistan, including a potential government involving the Taliban, in a high-risk strategy as he weighs whether to honor a May deadline to end America's longest war. In a letter leaked to Afghan media over the weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Afghan leaders to...
The US Secretary of State has reportedly written to Afghanistan's President to warn that US forces could be withdrawn completely by May.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...
The State Department has announced negotiations with the Taliban and the Afghan government will resume in Qatar. The Biden administration looks to be reviewing a deal made by the Trump administration while the Taliban has warned any change to a promised May 1st exit deal would ‘doom’ talks...
One year after the signing of the February 29, 2020 US-Taliban provisional peace agreement, the Afghan group called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops by a May 1 deadline. Any attempt to renegotiate the accord will result in the failure of peace efforts, the Taliban warned in a statement released to the press...
Scott Worden, US Institute of Peace Director Afghanistan and Central Asia Programs, joined Julie Mason to discuss the one year anniversary of US-Taliban Peace Deal.
The declarations of good intentions of the delegations of the government of Kabul and the Taliban before their return to Doha, Tuesday, January 5, for the continuation of the Afghan peace talks, after three weeks of hiatus, have fizzled. A few hours were enough for the masks to fall, raising fears of the worst for the future of...