US Taliban

• Taliban welcomes Trump’s tweet on early troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

  The 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.

  World

  Oct 8, 2020
  
• Stage is set for peace talks with Afghan government, Taliban officials say

  The delayed negotiations are the second, critical part to a peace deal the U.S. signed with the Taliban in February in Doha.

  Politics

  Sep 5, 2020
  
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• Afghan council agrees to free 400 Taliban prisoners to set up peace talks, ceasefire

  The move looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing home its troops and ending its longest military engagement.

  Politics

  Aug 9, 2020
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• U.S. envoy continues with Taliban peace deal, emphasizes economy

  The U.S. signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February to end 19 years of war in Afghanistan.

  Jul 4, 2020
• U.S.-Taliban peace talks are now ‘dead’, Trump says after cancelling secret meeting

  Trump’s remark to reporters at the White House suggested he sees no point in resuming a nearly yearlong effort to reach a political settlement with the Taliban.

  World

  Sep 9, 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