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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration says it’s on the brink of inking a deal with the Taliban that could pave the way for an end to America’s longest war. But despite the zeal to reach a political settlement, the White House has neglected to address a major source of instability …

RIYADH – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced Wednesday that it would take preventive measures at GCC border crossings in a bid to counter the deadly new coronavirus. The GCC issued a statement following an extraordinary meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh attended by the health ministers of Saudi Arabia, …

US, Estonian, Lithuanian military to carry out observation flight over Russia, Belarus MUNICH – A joint mission of the United States, Estonia and Lithuania will execute an observation flight over the territory of the Union State of Russia and Belarus between February 17 and 21, while Russian specialists will reciprocate …

WASHINGTON – US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at a press conference on Thursday, the second and final day of the NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, announced that the Trump administration and the Taliban had negotiated a seven-day reduction in violence proposal. “The United States and the Taliban have negotiated …

WASHINGTON – Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a US government watchdog that monitors the billions of dollars Washington spends in the war-ravaged country. Washington’s Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction said the report released on Tuesday was the first to …

By: Jawad Sadiq Fitrat In the recently held crucial rounds of peace talks in Doha, Qatar this month between Taliban negotiators and the US authorities represented by plenipotentiary former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, a consensus was developed on reducing the volume of Taliban-led violence in Afghanistan. Both the …

KABUL – The Presidential Palace and former president Hamid Karzai have hit out at recent comments from US presidential candidate Joe Biden about Afghanistan. Addressing a debate in New Hampshire on Saturday, Biden said he was “totally against the whole notion of nation-building in Afghanistan” and that “the only thing …

DOHA, Qatar – The U.S.envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad met with Mullah Baradar, the deputy political chief of Taliban in Qatar late on Sunday, a spokesman of the group in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, said in a tweet. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the political office of Taliban in Qatar …

WASHINGTON — Some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are considering withdrawing thousands of their forces from Afghanistan once the United States begins to officially cut its own presence in the country, according to American and European officials. The Trump administration’s decision to eventually reduce its own forces …

KHOST – An American contractor has been abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, US media reported. Contractor Mark R. Frerichs was kidnapped last Friday, US magazine Newsweek reported citing unidentified US officials. CNN also reported the kidnapping saying the contractor was not working for the US military at …