Thousands of Taliban Await Release From Prisons
Thousands of Taliban prisoners jailed in Afghanistan see a peace deal allegedly being hammered out between the United States and the Taliban as their ticket to freedom.
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Afghanistan
Taliban Deny Reports of Ceasefire
The Taliban on Monday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumors swirled of a potential deal that could reduce fighting after more than 18 years of war.
Read moreAfghan Official Says Taliban Abducted 26 Peace Activists
The Taliban ambushed a peace convoy in western Afghanistan and abducted 26 activists, members of a peace movement, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Read moreTaliban Claim Monday Attack That Killed US Soldier
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a Monday attack on American troops that killed one U.S. soldier and according to the insurgents, wounded several more.
Read moreAfghan President Appears to Win New Term in Initial Results
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from September’s balloting that were announced Sunday, although his main challenger rejected the outcome as illegitimate.
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Pentagon Considers Troop Withdrawals From Afghanistan
The Pentagon is considering several options to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, including one that would shift to a narrower counterterrorism mission, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday.
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Report: US Misled Public on Progress in Afghanistan War
The U.S. government across three White House administrations misled the public about failures in the Afghanistan war, often suggesting success where it didn’t exist, according to thousands of pages of documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Last Hope Fading for War Crimes Probe in Afghanistan
Final arguments were made Friday before the International Criminal Court on whether it should investigate crimes and human rights violations committed in Afghanistan by all parties to the conflict.
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Victims Fight for Probe of War Crimes in Afghanistan
A lawyer for victims argued Thursday that an International Criminal Court panel overstepped its authority by denying a prosecutor’s request to investigate possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan by U.S. and Afghan forces.
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International Court Asked to Open Afghan War Crimes Probe
The International Criminal Court was packed Wednesday as hearings began over whether prosecutors can investigate potential war crimes in Afghanistan.
Read moreInfidel
A former U.S. Marine sued the Kentucky Motor Vehicle Division in federal court for refusing to renew his INFDL vanity plate, which refers to “Infidel,” which is how his enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan referred to Marines
Read moreUnited Nations Vehicle Bombed in Afghanistan
A United Nations vehicle was bombed Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul and initial reports indicated at least one foreign citizen was killed, an Afghan official said.
Read moreTaliban Free Two Western Hostages in Prisoner Swap
The Taliban released two Western hostages in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, handing them over to U.S. forces more than three years after they were abducted in Kabul, insurgent sources and police said.
Read moreTaliban Prisoners to Be Swapped for American & Australian
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday that his government has released three prominent Taliban figures in an effort to get the insurgents to free an American and an Australian professor they abducted in 2016 and have held captive for more than three years.
Read moreBurning Love: Afghan Elvis’ Legacy Endures, Decades After Death
Sporting a black quiff and sideburns, Ahmad Zahir sang of love and heartbreak in liberal 1970s Kabul — a city now plagued by war and suffering, but where the popularity of Afghanistan’s “Elvis” remains undimmed 40 years after his death.
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Ex-President Bush’s Paintings Tell of Toll on Those He Sent to War
In some paintings, the wounds are plain to see: an arm or leg lost to war. In others, the injuries that U.S. veterans suffered are hidden from view.
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Afghans’ Anger Mounts at Civilian Deaths From US Bombs
The workers were sleeping on the mountainside where they had spent a long day harvesting pine nuts in eastern Afghanistan. Some were in tents, others lay outside under the stars, when the U.S. airstrike tore into them.
Read moreTaliban Meet US Peace Envoy for First Time Since Dead Deal
The Taliban met with a U.S. envoy in the Pakistani capital, a Taliban official said Saturday, the first such encounter since President Donald Trump announced a month ago that a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war was dead.
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Threats Mark Final Day of UN General Assembly
As Afghans await the results of a presidential election roiled by Taliban threats, the government used its platform at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday to tell the insurgents: “Join us in peace, or we will continue to fight.”
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Votes Cast, but Afghanistan Still Faces Political Chaos
Presidential elections are over, and Afghanistan now faces a period of uncertainty and possible political chaos. Saturday’s vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement and abuse.
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