(TOLO news): US President Donald Trump’s administration may announce the drawdown of "more than 4,000 troops" from Afghanistan "as early next week," NBC reported on Saturday, citing three current and former US officials. The announcement come as Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has rejoined diplomatic talks with the Taliban, which had broken down
(The Kabul Times): The UN Refugee Agency, is appealing for intensified support for displaced Afghans and their hosting communities, ahead of the first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, next week. “As we enter the fifth decade of Afghan displacement, some 4.6 million Afghans remain uprooted globally – including some 2.7 million registered as refugees, and
(KHAAMA PRESS): A series of airstrikes killed at least 18 Taliban militants in Ghor, Uruzan and Kandahar provinces, the informed military officials said Sunday. The officials further added that the security forces conducted the airstrikes in the past 24 hours in the three provinces. Elaborating further, the officials said an airstrike killed 12 militants in
(New York Post): President Trump plans to announce the drawdown of some 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as next week, official sources told NBC News. The US has between 12,000 and 13,000 troops in Afghanistan now. It was unclear when the troop withdrawal would begin. Talks between US peace negotiators and the Taliban, which
(ONE TV): There are currently about 13,000 US forces in Afghanistan. The news comes days after US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad resumed talks with the Taliban, which had been halted by President Trump in September. In October, the US military said that it had quietly reduced the number of troops by about 2,000, to bring the
(BNA): The Independent Election Commission said that will begin audit and recounting votes in the seven remaining provinces on Sunday, Dec. 15, after head of the stability and convergence electoral team, Dr. Abdullah agreed with the process. “The commission has full preparation to recount the votes,” said IEC spokesperson Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, adding the presidential
(KHAAMA PRESS): The administration of President Donald Trump intends to announce the withdrawal of more than 4,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, it has been reported. The former and current U.S. officials privy of the development have told NBC News that the Trump administration intends to announce the draw down as early as next week. The officials
(BNA): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with members of election team of second vice president stressed on rule of law. In a ceremony held on this occasion at Salam Khana of Presidential Palace and attended by second vice president and a number of elders, President Ghani in his speech said: “Our common connectivity
(ATN news): Addressing the marchers, Gulbudin Hekmatyar stated that any government imposed ‘illegally’ on Afghan people will not be acceptable for them. “We and a number of political parties and electoral tickets have committed to firmly stand against fraud and we will never accept a president who wins through fraud, bribery and betrayal,” said Hekmatyar.
(Afghanistan Times): US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who was in Kabul recently, has discussed with Afghan leaders ways of resuming the pivotal peace talks. Their meeting mainly revolved around truce and the Taliban’s safe havens outside the country, as well as the revival of peace talks. The leaders have reportedly emphasized that both issues –