Tag: PostTaliban

Biden’s new withdrawal timeline will keep thousands of American troops in Afghanistan months past the May 1 deadline negotiated by the Trump administration last year. Biden’s plan is a phased drawdown to be completed by or before Sept. 11. He announced the decision Wednesday.Just hours after news of Biden’s ...

 The Taliban denounced US President Joe Biden’s statement on Wednesday that it will be “tough” for American forces to withdraw from Afghanistan by May 1 as expected under the provisional peace agreement reached last year by the US and the Islamist movement.For more stories from The Media Line go ...

ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have expressed hope that US policy in Afghanistan will remain unchanged after President-elect Joe Biden takes office, and that the Doha peace agreement will be fully implemented.The agreement, signed by the US and the Taliban in February in the Qatari capital, called for the withdrawal ...

But it could have been almost anywhere in Afghanistan.In the past several weeks, Taliban fighters have staged ground attacks and bombings in 24 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, leaving scores dead. In northeastern Takhar they ambushed and killed at least 40 soldiers and police. In northwestern Ghowr, a car bomb ...

The Taliban pledge came after a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Austin Miller, commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Taliban figure familiar with the discussions said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.The Taliban agreed ...

Zabiullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for the Taliban, denies he has expressed support for US President Donald Trump in the upcoming US election.“It is crystal clear that the… Taliban made a peace agreement with the US administration, not with any specific person, so whoever will be in power in the ...

Islamabad (AP) — Taliban officials say a senior delegation returned early Saturday to Qatar, paving the way for the start of peace talks with the Afghan government that are expected to take place in the tiny Gulf state. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not ...

The Taliban delegation, led by their political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, will discuss with Pakistan’s leaders the “recent developments in Afghanistan’s peace process,” as well as “relaxation and facilitation of people’s movement and trade between the two neighboring countries,” tweeted Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban political ...