U.S. weighs possibility of airstrikes if Afghan forces fac...
A United States Air Force pilot training Afghan service members in 2018. Afghan security forces are at risk of being overwhelmed by the Taliban once...
US looks to build on secret portions of Taliban deal to re...
April 6, 2021
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By: Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Afghan security forces at an outpost in Kandahar, on the edge of the Panjwai district, in January. The Taliban have overtaken much of the area.
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US has 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than it disclosed
Facing a high-stakes choice and running out of time to make it, the Biden administration is wrestling with whether to follow through with a full withd...
Afghan leaders sideline spokesmen in an escalating misinfo...
After Ahmad Jawad Hijri saw the wounded children in the hospital and learned of the Afghan airstrike that put them there, killing nine others around t...
Deadly Taliban attack probably used drone, a worrisome shi...
A Taliban attack, most likely carried out by a drone, killed at least four security officers in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, according to senior an...
Taliban shells American bases: A violation of Afghan deal,...
August 31, 2020
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By: Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Rockets launched at a US military base and a joint US-Afghan airfield in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks are believed to have been fired by the T...
$174 million Afghan drone program is riddled with problems...
July 18, 2020
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By: Thomas Gibbons-Neff
A watchdog report on Thursday harshly criticized a $174 million Pentagon drone program that was meant to give Afghan forces an advantage over the Tali...
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