Taliban Open Letter Urges U.S. Honoring of Withdrawal While the Country Braces for Another Period of Conflict
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan. February 16th, 2021. The Taliban have published an “open letter” calling on the U.S. to honor her…
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The War in Afghanistan “Should Continue” Says Pentagon, Congressional Panel, and State Dep.
WASHINGTON D.C., February 3rd, 2021. Congress’ mandated Afghanistan panel has recommended to the Biden Administration that the War in…
Biden Tentatively Picks up the Afghan Peace Process Rugby Ball
DOHA, Qatar. February 29th, 2020. PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban negotiators put pen to paper on a pre-peace agreement.…
Biden Has a Chance to Correct the Mistakes He Doesn’t Believe He Made in Afghanistan
2020 has been a difficult year for Afghan politics. After negotiations by Zalmay Khalilzad in February on behalf of…
President Ghani Claims Afghanistan is Close to a “Dignified Peace”
KABUL, Afghanistan. August 19th, 2020. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday he sees the country close to a…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Sec. Call Bounty Story “Uncorroborated”
Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. PICTURED: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left,…
Eid al-Fitr Brings Welcomed 3-day Ceasefire in Afghanistan and Promise of 2,000 Prisoner Release
KABUL, Afghanistan. May 25th, 2020. After the Taliban proposed a 3-day ceasefire to take effect over the Eid al-Fitr…
Taliban File Official Complaint Counting 50 U.S. Violations of the Treaty Signed Late February
PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. DOHA, Qatar. April 19th, 2020. The office of the Taliban delegation, Doha,…
The Last Major Roadblock to Peace in Afghanistan Seems to be Out of the Way as Ghani Government Agrees to Prisoner Exchange
PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who contested the prisoner exchange as being not something his government had agreed to.…
Who’s Done What to Achieve the Pre-Peace Deal in Afghanistan?
Doha, Qatar. February 29th, 2020. As the Taliban delegation joined in representatives from the United States, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and…
Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban
PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. February 20th,…
Peace Talks Progress in Yemen and Afghanistan as Middle-East Prepares to Enter 4th Decade of War
PICTURED: Yemeni children holding a funeral ceremony for Yemeni children that were killed in airstrikes. Photo credit The Guardian.…
The Taliban And Kabul Are Fighting Over ISIS-Defeat Glory – Where Does That Leave CENTCOM?
PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at the London Conference on Afghanistan on 4 December 2014, co-hosted by the governments…
Afghanistan Strike Numbers For September Make This Backwards Conflict Seem Like WW2
Afghanistan, September 28th, 2019. 18 days after President Trump’s administration and the Taliban nearly agreed to end the longest…
At Zero Hour, Trump Declares Afghan Peace Talks “Dead”
PICTURED: CENTCOM Head General Kenneth McKenzie visits US forces in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Monday, September 9th, 2019. Remarkably, after months…
Taliban And U.S. Agree To A ‘Peace Deal In Principle’
PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Khalilzad has been working with the Taliban now for…
Peace In Afghanistan Is Drawing Nearer, As The Peace Talks In Qatar Close In On A Deal
PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. Doha, Qatar,…
NATO And The Taliban Are Killing Their Way To Peace
PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo credit CC Gage Skidmore. July 30th, 2019. The…