Donald Trump Afghanistan

• Trump to announce U.S. troop drawdown from Afghanistan, Lindsey Graham says

  Donald Trump could potentially reduce troop numbers to 8,600, down from the current estimated 12,000.

  World

  Dec 16, 2019
  
• Afghan president shuns foreign interference as U.S.-Taliban peace deal looms

  The Taliban control roughly half of Afghanistan and are at their strongest since the U.S.-led invasion toppled their five-year-old government in 2001.

  World

  Aug 11, 2019
  
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• Fact check: Trump says Soviet Union was ‘right’ to invade Afghanistan, in opposition to U.S. views

  U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about Afghanistan this week devolved into a history lesson gone awry and an embrace of the former Soviet Union's decision to invade the country in the 1970s.

  World

  Jan 4, 2019
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• Donald Trump mocks Indian prime minister for building library in Afghanistan

  India has been a major player in the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and has committed approximately US$3 billion to the cause since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

  World

  Jan 3, 2019
• Trump hints he may visit Afghanistan for first time after nearly two years as president

  U.S. President Donald Trump told a U.S. Air Force general he would see him back in the United States, before adding: "Or maybe I'll even see you over there. You never know what's going to happen."

  World

  Nov 22, 2018