Five U.S. C-17 military transport planes departed Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan late Monday, marking the completion of U.S. troop withdrawal and evacuation operations and the end of a 20-year
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House lawmakers have proposed a bipartisan bill that would authorize the U.S. president to use military force against the Islamic State militant group, Taliban, al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations for five years.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has said he has been authorized by the White House to reassess and change the rules of engagement in Afghanistan to help expedite the campaign against the Taliban group,
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U.S. and Saudi Arabia have entered into an agreement to establish a multinational alliance that will identify and implement measures against terrorist financial networks. The Terrorist Financing Targeting Center will promote collaboration between U.S., Saudi Arabia and
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A Pentagon report says Afghan National Security Forces have made progress in defending the Middle East nation but military self-sufficiency issues remain after the withdrawal of U.S. troops, CNN reported Nov. 9.
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Senators have asked the White House to arrive at a definite number of U.S. forces that will remain in Afghanistan after the Pentagon’s planned 2014 drawdown, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Karen
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President Barack Obama is looking at a total pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan following last month’s failed talks to iron out policy differences with his Afghan counterpart, Reuters reported Tuesday. The
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France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a radio interview Sunday that Afghan government officials and Taliban group representatives are meeting for the first time this week in Paris, Reuters reports. High-ranking
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NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan have significantly weakened the Taliban, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Panetta said in an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS the transition of handing over security
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The infrastructure to train the Afghan security forces is in place, and surge forces have arrived and are conducting operations, according to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus. “We have more than tripled
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