Us Troops Drawdown

Faced with unexpectedly rapid military gains by the Taliban, the United States decided on Thursday to dramatically scale down its embassy in Kabul and send about 3,000 troops temporarily to aid the evacuation of staff.

US has handed over as many as 7 facilities to Afghan military, Central Command said on Tuesday, asserting that America has completed more than 95 per cent of its troop withdrawal and has entered the last phase of the drawdown from war-torn country.

US troops in Afghanistan will not return to an active role fighting the Taliban despite the likelihood of another difficult year of combat, the outgoing commander of international forces, Gen John Campbell, said on Saturday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry sought today to reassure the rulers of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan that Washington remained committed to Central Asia's security, even though it is withdrawing troops from neighbouring Afghanistan.

The United States and its NATO allies signalled a willingness on Thursday to consider slowing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, days after the Taliban's brief takeover of a provincial capital stoked concern about the strength of Afghan state forces.

U.S. and allied defence officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, are reviewing new drawdown options that include keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond the end of 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

As US President Barack Obama prepares to announce the future of American troop presence in Afghanistan, the Pentagon on Thursday said it does not want to view a post 2014 US-Afghan relationship just from the prism of troop numbers.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...

Faced with unexpectedly rapid military gains by the Taliban, the United States decided on Thursday to dramatically scale down its embassy in Kabul and send about 3,000 troops temporarily to aid the evacuation of staff.

US has handed over as many as 7 facilities to Afghan military, Central Command said on Tuesday, asserting that America has completed more than 95 per cent of its troop withdrawal and has entered the last phase of the drawdown from war-torn country.

US troops in Afghanistan will not return to an active role fighting the Taliban despite the likelihood of another difficult year of combat, the outgoing commander of international forces, Gen John Campbell, said on Saturday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry sought today to reassure the rulers of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan that Washington remained committed to Central Asia's security, even though it is withdrawing troops from neighbouring Afghanistan.

The United States and its NATO allies signalled a willingness on Thursday to consider slowing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, days after the Taliban's brief takeover of a provincial capital stoked concern about the strength of Afghan state forces.

U.S. and allied defence officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, are reviewing new drawdown options that include keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond the end of 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

As US President Barack Obama prepares to announce the future of American troop presence in Afghanistan, the Pentagon on Thursday said it does not want to view a post 2014 US-Afghan relationship just from the prism of troop numbers.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...