Ali Demirdas
Security, Middle East
From Saddam Hussein's Iraq to ISIS and the Afghan Taliban, the United States has taken it upon itself to destroy Iran's enemies.
Those in Washington who pushed for a regime change in Tehran through military means...
Related topics: Iran, Iraq, Isis, Tehran, Military
John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump’s foreign policy on Wednesday at a private lunch, saying inviting the Taliban to Camp David sent a “terrible signal” and that it was...
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One of the attacks, in Parwan province, targeted an election rally while President Ghani was speaking. The Taliban has warned civilians to stay away from election sites.
Related topics: Afghanistan, Kabul
The attack, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility, occurred as President Ashraf Ghani was making a rare personal appearance. Due to security concerns, he gives many speeches through his laptop.(Image credit: Rahmat Gul/AP)
The Latest: Pakistan condemns deadly Taliban suicide bombing targeting Afghan president’s election rally
Related topics: Pakistan, Afghanistan
A presidential election is set for the end of the month despite the failure of peace talks with the Taliban.
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Doreen St. Félix writes on “Midnight Traveler,” by Hassan Fazili, which documents his family’s flight from the Taliban, in the course of three years, from Afghanistan to Germany.
Related topics: Documentaries, Afghanistan, Germany
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban have said at a meeting in Moscow that they are ready to continue dialogue with the United States, but there is no date for a new meeting yet, Zamir Kabulov, the Russian president's special representative for...
Related topics: Russia, Moscow, Afghanistan
In February 2010, in the Taliban sanctuary of Marja, we were fighting to let Afghanistan build a democracy. Or something like that.
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"We Can Do This For 100 Years": Taliban Threaten More Violence After Trump Kills Peace Talks
Now that President Trump has put a stop to negotiations with the Taliban, leaving the Afghanistan peace process in limbo, the Taliban have a...
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House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff called on President Donald Trump to continue negotiations with the Taliban, saying it wasn’t a good idea to cancel talks because of an “ill prepared” summit.
The California Democrat was speaking...
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KABUL (Sputnik) - The Taliban designated governor for the northern Afghan province of Samangan was killed in an airstrike on Sunday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said.
Related topics: Afghanistan, Kabul
Recent peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban fell through. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon about a group being left out of these discussions: the Afghan people.
Associated Press: “Russian state news agency Tass cited the Taliban’s Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as saying the delegation had held consultations with Zamir Kabulov, President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan.”
“The...
Related topics: Russia, Moscow, Qatar, Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan
US President Donald Trump last week cancelled secret meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Taliban leaders following a car bomb attack in Kabul.
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The Sisyphean Exercise Of Afghanistan In One Shocking Map
President Trump announced Monday that his controversial Afghan peace talks and the entire process is “dead” — explaining the Taliban had continued its terror offensive...
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Last week's announcement that U.S.-led peace talks with the Taliban had been called off relieved many, but distressed others who were hoping for an end to our longest war. After a suicide bombing killed 12 people on Thursday, September 5th,...
MOSCOW—A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday in Russia, a representative said, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan.
Russian state news agency Tass cited the...
Related topics: Russia, Moscow, Donald Trump, Afghanistan
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Ministry Second Asian Department Director Zamir Kabulov, who is the Russian president's special representative for Afghanistan, has received a delegation of the Taliban group in Moscow, the Russian side emphasized...
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On Wednesday, Trump said he's intensifying the military campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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