In Afghanistan, the enemy of my enemy is my friend — sort of It may have seemed inconceivable 18 years ago following the September 11 terrorist attacks and the invasion of Afghanistan, but the United States is inching closer to a peace agreement with the Afghan Taliban, the group that provided safe haven for the Al Qaeda terror group responsible […]
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Trump: US Troops Would Remain in Afghanistan After Deal with Taliban
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. plans to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan from 14,000 to 8,600 and then will determine further drawdowns.
Read more ›Pakistan Test Fires Ghaznavi Ballistic Missile Successfully- Video
Pakistan has successfully held a night training test-launch of its surface to surface ballistic missile, Ghaznavi, the country’s military said on Thursday.
Read more ›U.S. And The Taliban May Be Near A Deal. What Does That Mean For Afghanistan?
Nearly two decades into the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. suddenly appears to be nearing an agreement with the Taliban that could bring the remaining 14,000 U.S. troops home.
Read more ›Taliban Trolls Could Adopt New Terrorist Tactics in the Wake of America’s Peace Plan
If the United States does negotiate a durable peace settlement in Afghanistan, then it is possible that some of the most hardcore Taliban elements that want to carry on fighting may be drawn to the transnational jihadism of ISIS-K.
Read more ›Trump: Talks with Taliban Continue, Afghanistan Still Terror ‘Breeding Ground’
The fate of a much-anticipated peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban is hanging in the balance after both adversaries in Afghanistan’s 18-year-old war said they still have “some details” to discuss.
Read more ›US-Taliban talks won’t lead to lasting peace
Negotiation is one policy option for states seeking a softer, less kinetic approach to countering terrorism. There are a number of cases where it has worked, leading to peace accords, amnesties, and finally decommissioning of terrorist groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Irish Republican Army. Most of the successful cases in recent years involved either Marxist, […]
Read more ›Pakistan blacklisted by FATF subgroup; finance ministry denies reports
The Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has placed the Pakistan in the “Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List (Blacklist)” for its failure to meet its standards.
Read more ›Ninth round of U.S., Taliban peace talks start in Qatar
The United States and the Taliban officials resumed talks in Qatar on Thursday to firm up a deal enabling the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in return for the Taliban security guarantees, the Taliban and senior U.S. official said.
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