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US, Taliban Sign Historic Afghan Peace Deal
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United States and the Taliban signed a landmark agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, setting the stage for ending a nearly 19-year-old war in Afghanistan and bringing back home thousands of American troops deployed there. U.S. chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the
If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear.
The Washington Post: On Saturday night — right at midnight — the United States’ agreement with the Afghan Taliban is scheduled to take effect. While the agreement says the United States will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, we know nothing of what it says about military contractors. But contractors have provided the lion’s share of
Tolo News in Dari – February 28, 2020
Envoys Gather in Doha for US-Taliban Deal-Signing
Tolo News: Foreign ministers and representatives of almost 30 countries and international organizations in the region arrived in Doha on Friday to attend a planned signing ceremony for the US-Taliban deal, according to the political office of the Taliban in Qatar. The signing is expected to happen on Saturday following a so-far successful weeklong period
US facing another Vietnam exit scenario in Afghanistan: Analyst
Press TV February 27, 2020 The current situation in Afghanistan is very similar to what transpired in Vietnam prior to the US withdrawal, says Professor Dennis Etler, an American political analyst who has a decades-long interest in international affairs. Etler, a professor of Anthropology at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, made the remarks in an
Tolo News in Dari – February 27, 2020
Kabul killings highlight rising drug addiction in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera: Nine people were killed last week by unknown gunmen in Afghan capital but residents deny they were drug addicts. The media reports of the slayings of drug addicts by unknown gunmen led to a litany of rumours and conspiracies across the city. Some Kabulis feared that the men may have been connected to
Where does Pakistan stand in the Afghanistan deal?
TRT: … Pakistan is “the main actor” in the ongoing Taliban talks because “key people” participating in the negotiations are “under the influence of Pakistan”. Some of the exiled Taliban leaders have allegedly lived in Pakistan since the US occupation of Afghanistan. In the wake of the Taliban talks, Pakistan quietly released Mullah Abdul Ghani
US military leaders can’t say if Taliban deal contains secret annexes
1TV: Top US military leaders claimed ignorance on whether a peace agreement expected to be signed on Saturday contains secret annexes. Earlier, Time magazine reported that the deal contains secret annexes including on US keeping counterterrorism forces in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related 48 hours to hold US-Taliban peace agreement signing