Afghanistan

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the 20-year US presence in Afghanistan only resulted in tragedies. “For twenty years, American troops had been on this territory and for twenty years they tried – one can say this without…

UK Labour Party Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said on 23 August that the Conservative government was “asleep at the wheel” on the evacuation of Afghan assistants despite knowing in advance that the United States had set a…

The United States and its Western allies start unleashing a self-serving litany of apology after their decades-old stay in Afghanistan failed to secure the country against the Taliban’s violence or renewal of the militants rule. “We…

China says it is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing on Monday…

Yesterday, Tuesday, media sources revealed that dozens of so-called takfiri al-Qaeda militants had returned to Abyan, who had been outside the country for many years. The sources pointed out that the American-Saudi aggression and…

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday that his country’s government will tell Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is preparing for a visit to Paris, that the US should not pull its troops out of Afghanistan or Iraq. Asked in…

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the United States will go down to below 5,000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of November. “We are going down to a number less than 5,000 before the end of November,” Esper said in an…

Washington and Kabul said in a joint statement on Saturday that the United States and its allies will withdraw all their forces from Afghanistan within 14 months if the Taliban abide by an agreement due to be signed in Doha on Saturday.…

The US administration intends to announce the drawdown of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early next week, according to three current and former U.S. officials. The withdrawal will leave between 8,000 and 9,000 U.S.…