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
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
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
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 26, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Wednesday injured at least nine civilians, the first significant incident of violence during the weeklong reduced fighting period agreed to between U.S.-backed Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said the improvised explosive device
Al Jazeera: Two decades after its invasion of Afghanistan, the United States has come to the inevitable conclusion that it must end its military intervention there. The Americans may have finally learned their history lesson: all empires, from the Persian and the Mongol to the British and Soviet, have suffered defeat in Afghanistan. It is
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 26, 2020 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has postponed his inauguration for his second term until March 9, amid a bitter dispute with his main election rival. The delay was due to “rumors” about the spread of the new coronavirus and the short notice for world leaders to attend the ceremony,
1TV: Ahead of a deal with the Taliban, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will always have intelligence in Afghanistan. Speaking at a press conference in India, Trump said that the US will bring down the number of its troops in Afghanistan to 8,600. “From there we will make a decision
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – U.S. military officials in Afghanistan say airstrikes have killed at least four Islamic State terrorists in eastern Afghanistan as a weeklong reduced fighting truce between U.S.-backed Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgency entered its fourth day without any significant breaches. The two counterterrorism airstrikes Tuesday
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 24, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump says he is ready to sign a peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce between the two sides holds. “We think they want to make a deal, we want to make a deal. I think it’s gonna work out, we
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 22, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United Nations reported Saturday the conflict in Afghanistan killed more than 3,400 civilians and injured nearly 7,000 others in 2019. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) blamed the Taliban, Islamic State and other militant groups for causing 49% of the deaths, saying pro-government forces,