Category: South East Asia

Afghan Officials Confirm US Troop Drawdown Plans

Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Sunday the United States plans to withdraw thousands of troops from the country, insisting the move stemmed from a mutual understanding between the two allied nations.

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Key US Senator Discusses Mutual Ties, Afghan Peace During Pakistan Visit

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham met with leaders in Pakistan Monday to discuss “a broader” bilateral relationship, with particular focus on economic cooperation and peace-building efforts in Afghanistan, official said.

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22 wounded in bomb attack in Afghanistan: official

At least 22 people were wounded in a bomb attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Tuesday, a provincial health official confirmed.

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Analysis: How the US arrived at this critical crossroads in Afghanistan

Decades of deceit and mistakes have led us to the brink of a major foreign policy failure. The Trump administration is reportedly on the cusp of cutting a shameful deal with the Taliban that will provide the US military cover to withdrawal from Afghanistan. In order to help sell that deal, the US will disregard and obfuscate the Taliban’s generations-long, […]

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Pakistan’s Hafiz Saeed indicted on ‘terror financing’

The founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba group and alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks charged for ‘illegal funding’.

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Taliban sets free 8 employees of Afghan election commission: official

Taliban militants have set free eight employees of the election commission in the eastern Parwan province after more than two months of captivity, provincial governor’s spokesperson Wahida Shahkar said Tuesday.

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Taliban abduct 45 people from gov’t employee’s funeral

The Taliban abducted as many as 45 elderly family members of a late Afghan government employee who were attending his funeral, officials said Tuesday.

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Taliban launches suicide assault against Bagram Air Base as negotiations resume

The Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base using a suicide truck bomb and armed fighters today, just as the US and the Taliban have reopened negotiations that would allow the US to extricate itself from Afghanistan.

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Scores wounded in attack near U.S. Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility on Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital, the U.S. military said. Two civilians were killed and more than 70 people wounded.

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Turkistan Islamic Party touts captured equipment, training camp in Afghanistan

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), a largely Uighur jihadist group that is affiliated with al Qaeda and also operates in Syria, released a new video earlier today showcasing it’s men fighting in Afghanistan.

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