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A look at the cost of America’s 20-year-long war in AfghanistanHere’s a look at the spiraling cost of America’s campaign — the bloodshed, wasted funds and future consequences for the war-battered nation teetering on the brink of chaos.WorldMay 1
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‘It destroyed him.’ Lionel Desmond’s friend and fellow infantryman recalls firefightsOrlando Trotter described how he and Desmond took part in intense firefights with the Taliban on an almost daily basis over a seven-month period.PoliticsFeb 18
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Preventing next war with Taliban as important as ending this one: AfghansDanish Habibi was just a child in 2000 when the Taliban overran his village in Afghanistan's serene Bamiyan Valley. His memories of those days are reoccurring nightmares.PoliticsOct 18, 2020
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U.S. launches airstrikes against Taliban in response to attacks in Afghan provinceCol. Sonny Leggett said the recent Taliban attacks in Helmand province are ``not consistent'' with a U.S.-Taliban deal signed in February.WorldOct 13, 2020
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Taliban welcomes Trump’s tweet on early troop withdrawal from AfghanistanThe Afghan Taliban on Thursday welcomed a tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas.WorldOct 8, 2020
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Trump says all remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be ‘home by Christmas’Trump's comment came just hours after his national security adviser said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by early next year.WorldOct 7, 2020
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Government airstrikes kill 24 civilians in northern Afghanistan, witnesses sayThe Afghan Defence Ministry, however, said the airstrikes killed 30 Taliban fighters, but added an investigation was being made into claims that civilians were among those killed.WorldSep 20, 2020
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Taliban almost took key to Afghan city weeks before historic peace talks: examinationThe Taliban offensive, encircling and almost seizing Kunduz late last month, came just weeks before the Kabul government sat down with their sworn enemies in Doha on Saturday to start historic talks aimed at ending 19 years of war that has killed and wounded more than 100,000 civilians.PoliticsSep 14, 2020
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Long-awaited peace talks between Afghanistan, Taliban officially begin in QatarHistoric negotiations between the Taliban and Afghanistan's political leadership opened in Qatar on Saturday, offering the best chance of peace after decades of war.WorldSep 12, 2020
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Upcoming Afghanistan peace negotiations likely to be ‘contentious,’ Pompeo saysPompeo made his comments en route to the Middle Eastern State of Qatar, where intra-Afghan negotiations are to begin Saturday.WorldSep 11, 2020
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