Reuters: President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw roughly 1,400 U.S. troops from Afghanistan won’t adversely impact America’s mission there, a top general said before arriving in Kabul on Friday, adding that some jobs could be done from abroad. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 8, 2016 Australia has extended its military mission in Afghanistan for an extra six months to mid-2017 with the prospect that it could be prolonged further. Australia’s caretaker government said in a statement on July 8 that Australia would also continue its $100 million a year commitment to the Afghan
VOA News Carla Babb July 7, 2016 WARSAW, POLAND—U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan are set to decrease by 1,400 at year’s end, but the Defense Department has not yet come up with a specific plan for trimming its force structure. “We haven’t decided yet,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters Thursday aboard a military
Press TV July 6 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision to maintain the bulk of American troops in Afghanistan. “[I] welcome President Obama’s decision on keeping 8,400 troops” in Afghanistan, said Ghani in a message posted on his official Twitter account on Wednesday. “It shows continued partnership between our nations to pursue
Security News President Ghani Calls on Taliban to Join Peace Kunduz Residents Celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, But Fear Taliban Take-over Suicide attack leaves 4 people dead in North of Afghanistan
Tolo News: Security forces have been put on red alert ahead of Eid-al-Fitr festival to ensure the safety of the public during the event and to thwart possible plots of the insurgents, security officials announced on Tuesday. “Our duty is to maintain the security of Afghanistan, therefore all security forces are put on red alert to help
China Dialogue: For 6,500 years Afghanistan has been famous for the brilliant blue lapis lazuli, coveted by everybody from the Egyptian pharaohs to the common jewellers of today. These days mining of the precious stone is funding illegal armed groups and driving extremism and corruption in the northern province of Badakhshan, a two-year investigation by Global Witness,
Reuters: The international military mission in Afghanistan will fail if troop levels are reduced further, with potentially dangerous repercussions for the rest of the world, a delegation of U.S. lawmakers warned during a visit to Kabul on Monday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has asked his fighters to abandon insurgency against the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). Hekmatyar’s instructions to renounce violence is yet another gesture by the group to join peace process which comes days after he declared the peace talks with the Afghan government is effectively
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 3, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan has received its first batch of Chinese military equipment as part of Beijing’s commitment to provide millions of dollars of assistance to help Kabul fight terrorism. The shipment on board a Russian cargo plane arrived Sunday in Kabul where Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing handed it over to