WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Pentagon officials said Wednesday the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in August could be traced to a 2020 U.S. agreement with the Taliban that ...

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A Taliban government spokesperson rebuked President Donald Trump’s warning that “bad things are going to happen” if the United States does not reclaim Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. “It has been ...

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered Afghan forces to resume “offensive” actions against the Taliban, dealing what some analysts say is a fatal blow to the fragile U.S.-brokered peace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House for a flight to Mount Vernon. Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press ...

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A breakthrough on an initial agreement reached between Taliban and government negotiators has been held up at the last minute after the insurgent group balked at ...

It took courage for President Donald Trump to invite longtime enemies the Taliban to Camp David to pursue peace in Afghanistan. Evan Vucci AP Ending a long, drawn-out war turns out to be much more ...

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops. August 2021 But as U.S. forces were ...

The Trump administration's decision to approve a $45 million transfer tied to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has detonated a political fight inside the Republican Party, with some of the loudest ...

It’s been three and a half years since the Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan. Unrelenting in the pursuit of profit and control, the Taliban have repeatedly marketed themselves as the best ...

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since ...