Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Taliban say Afghanistan has freed several of their prisoners
U.S. strikes in Afghanistan have increased on Trump's orders, Esper says
The U.S. military has stepped up operations against militants in Afghanistan on the orders of President Donald Trump following the very public collapse of peace talks with the Taliban, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Friday. “We did step up our attacks on the Taliban since the talks broke down,” Esper told reporters traveling with him back to Washington from Louisville, Ky. “The president did want us to pick up in response to the heinous attacks that the Taliban and others conducted throughout Afghanistan,” including Kabul. The remarks constitute the Pentagon’s first public confirmation of Trump’s recent pronouncements that U.S. military operations have picked up in recent weeks.
Afghanistan War veterans, still waiting for a peace deal, ask: Was the sacrifice worth it?
U.S. to return about $100 million to the Treasury for an Afghanistan project due to a lack of transparency
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the United States would return about $ 100 million to the Treasury for an energy infrastructure project in Afghanistan and would withhold a further $ 60 million in planned assistance to the country due to a lack of transparency.
Jihad, history link Taliban to al-Qaida in Afghanistan
Trump's flip-flopping approach to Afghanistan has left him looking foolish and empowered the Taliban
While paying tribute to 9/11 victims, Trump blasts Taliban as Afghanistan peace talks falter
BREAKING: U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan Attacked on 9/11 Anniversary
Trump says Afghanistan peace talks with Taliban are 'dead'
President Donald Trump on Monday said that US peace talks with the Taliban are “dead” and that he is ramping the war back up after canceling secret talks with the Afghan insurgents at his weekend retreat. As far as I am concerned, they are dead,” Trump said at the White House about the long-running attempt to reach an agreement with the Taliban and extricate US troops following 18 years of war. The announcement followed Trump’s dramatic cancelation of a top-secret plan to fly Taliban leaders in for direct talks at the Camp David presidential facility outside Washington.
