Us-afghanistan War

Informing Congress that his administration is holding "constructive talks" with the Taliban, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that after two decades of war in Afghanistan, the hour has come to at least try for peace.

Negotiations in Afghanistan are going well, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after U.S. officials earlier this week said there had been significant progress in talks to end 17 years of war in the country.

The United States has ruled out apologizing to Afghanistan for "mistakes" made during the 12-year war and denied claims in Kabul that such a mea culpa was being drafted.

The US operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between five and six billion dollars, officials said today.

Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...

In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...

General Stanley McChrystal's job appeared in grave jeopardy on Tuesday as an infuriated President Barack Obama summoned the Afghanistan war's US commander to Washington to explain his extraordinary complaints about the President and his aides.Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs said "without a doubt, General McChrystal, as Secretary Gates has said, ...

Informing Congress that his administration is holding "constructive talks" with the Taliban, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that after two decades of war in Afghanistan, the hour has come to at least try for peace.

Negotiations in Afghanistan are going well, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after U.S. officials earlier this week said there had been significant progress in talks to end 17 years of war in the country.

The United States has ruled out apologizing to Afghanistan for "mistakes" made during the 12-year war and denied claims in Kabul that such a mea culpa was being drafted.

The US operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between five and six billion dollars, officials said today.

Top American military commander General David Petraeus headed for Afghanistan warned of escalating violence there in the coming months on Tuesday. He said that he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Taliban, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region."Let...

In late 2008, shortly after he had helped pull Iraq back from the brink of catastrophe, Gen. David H. Petraeus prepared to turn to that other American war. "I've always said that Afghanistan would be the tougher fight," General Petraeus said at the time.Now the burden falls to him, at perhaps the decisive moment in President Obama's campaign to rev...

General Stanley McChrystal's job appeared in grave jeopardy on Tuesday as an infuriated President Barack Obama summoned the Afghanistan war's US commander to Washington to explain his extraordinary complaints about the President and his aides.Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs said "without a doubt, General McChrystal, as Secretary Gates has said, ...