According to the Washington Post, “Bolton was seen by some in the administration as the source of a media report that Vice President Pence and he were allies in opposing a peace deal with the Taliban, negotiated by [Mike] Pompeo’s State Department.” ..…
'Bolton was correct about the Taliban; State wasn’t. Bolton has been a hawkish voice for a tough national security policy, and his ouster likely signals that Trump’s approach will be significantly softer from this point forward.' . ... Bolton was correct about the Taliban; State..…
Joscelyn said there is not agreement on the basic principles surrounding the group, including its structure, communication, and its relationship with Taliban. ..…
By disagreements between him and, he declined to answer when he was asked whether Bolton's departure was prompted Trump over Taliban peace talks.. ..…
The invitation was withdrawn and President Trump declared the talks with Taliban to be dead.. The president could have begun to withdraw troops in stages without engaging with Taliban and agreeing to any fixed timetable acceptable to Taliban. ..…
He compared opponents of the bill to the Taliban, and characterized LGBTQ people as a “danger to freedom,” according to emails he sent to constituents that were obtained and published by the Charlotte Business Journal. . ..…
What’s more, even if the Taliban were completely eradicated, the jihad threat against the United States would not be ended, because that threat doesn’t originate solely in Afghanistan, and in many ways has not even been addressed in the years since September 11, 2001. . ..…
President Trump has used Twitter to once again up-end his team, this time by firing his National Security Adviser John Bolton, apparently in response to disagreements over this week's aborted meeting with Taliban at Camp David. ... Bolton's from the Administration appears to be connected to the..…
why not Taliban, too.. Perhaps the real reason for the recent failure of the peace negotiations between Taliban, Afghan and the US can be found Secretary Pompeo's remarks on CNN's State of Union show this past weekend... I want American people to know that President Trump is taking it..…
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told a session of the National Assembly on January 29 that his government would pursue peace negotiations with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in spite of . . . ..…
Ryan Crocker, U.S to Afghanistan, was to think Washington could ever rely on assurances from Taliban about Qaeda... ... Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's to United States, said Taliban's links to Qaeda are not just ideological... ..…
With the beginning of the 2001 military intervention that would continue for nearly 18 years, American officials focused on Afghanistan's drug trade, saying that taxes on farmers and traders have become source of revenue for Taliban and that drug money may be used to finance terrorist activities.....…
The talks between the US and Taliban were aimed at ending the war. TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reminded the US that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contributed to the launch of US-led of Afghanistan before he tried bringing about Washington-led on Iraq... ..…
Also in late August, US media reported that Bolton has been kept out of any discussions related to the US-Taliban negotiations because his opposition to diplomacy has irritated Trump. ..…
It would seem that matters came to head over Donald Trump's kind invitation for representatives of Taliban to Washington to participate in talks over peace Afghanistan. ..…
According to New York Times, In recent weeks, it had been clear that United States and Taliban, Qatar, had ironed out most of the issues between them. Ghani's aides appeared to be running out of options, their bags packed for Camp David meeting meant to complete American with Taliban,..…
One in Bolton's departure was the perception that he had floated the idea that Vice President Mike Pence had joined with him in opposing Taliban meeting when fact he had not, .. ... Sources familiar with his view said Bolton believed United States could draw down to 8,600 troops Afghanistan..…
Still, this proviso would allow Trump administration to claim that it had averted any possible recurrence of the terror attacks that were, of course, planned by Osama bin Laden while residing Afghanistan in 2001 as guest of Taliban-controlled government. In final insult, just so, too, has..…
Neocons in Bush administration decided Taliban would represent in part the new face of Islamic evil, never mind the stance of the US that Taliban would become good friends like Saudis. . ... The invasion of Afghanistan had little to do with Osama bin Laden — Taliban would..…
aide to Ghani noted that Trump's decision to cancel talks at time when Taliban continue to mount attacks proved the concerns expressed by Afghan about the deal were acknowledged... ..…
As far as I am concerned, they are dead,' Trump said at the White House Photo: AFP / JIM WATSON US President Donald Trump abruptly called off talks he said he had planned with the Taliban Photo: AFP / JIM WATSON . . . . . ..…