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Political turmoil in Kabul dogs negotiations with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After months of deliberation, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, only to have his political opponent reject it as not inclusive enough. Afghanistan's political turmoil has impeded each tentative step toward...
AP Explains: Militant fighters in final battle in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Intermingled among 3 million civilians under siege in the Syrian government's assault on the last opposition stronghold are tens of thousands of al-Qaida-linked fighters and other militants who came from around the world to take part in the country's civil war. These hardened fighters have...
Democratic Senate hopefuls stake out health care positions
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) — Several U.S. Senate Democratic hopefuls staked out their health care positions Thursday night as they compete for a chance to challenge Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the November election in Kentucky. The forum featured retired Marine combat pilot Amy McGrath,...
Editorial Roundup: US
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 4 The Washington Examiner on President Donald Trump's peace deal with Afghanistan: Many will welcome the United States-Taliban peace deal signed last weekend in Qatar. They see a war that has lasted nearly 19 years, taken the lives of...
Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he spoke on the phone to a Taliban leader, making him the first U.S. president believed to have ever spoken directly with the militant group responsible for the deaths of thousands of U.S. troops in nearly 19 years of fighting in Afghanistan. ...
Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban opens the door for an initial American troop withdrawal that Defense Secretary Mark Esper sees as a step toward the broader goal of preparing for potential future war with China. Esper has his eye on “great power...
US and Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Acknowledging a military stalemate after nearly two decades of conflict, the United States on Saturday signed a peace agreement with the Taliban that is aimed at ending America's longest war and bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan more than 18 years after they invaded in the wake...
A timeline of key events in Afghanistan's 40 years of wars
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The former Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979, claiming it was invited by the new Afghan communist leader, Babrak Karmal, setting the country on a path of 40 years of seemingly endless wars and conflict. More than 5 million Afghans fled to Pakistan and 3...
US, Taliban set peace signing for America's longest war
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's longest war may finally be nearing an end. The United States and the Islamists it toppled from power in Afghanistan are poised to sign a peace deal Saturday after a conflict that outlasted two U.S. commanders in chief and is now led by a third eager to fulfill a campaign promise...
Afghan ex-leader welcomes peace deal; criticizes US legacy
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — On the eve of a potentially historic deal with the U.S. and the Taliban to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed the signing of the agreement, thanked Americans for their generosity, but had harsh words for the U.S. government and...
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