Joscelyn said there is not agreement on the basic principles surrounding the group, including its structure, communication, and its relationship with Taliban. U.S and its international partners invaded Afghanistan with the intention of preventing Qaeda from using the country as haven. ..…

The last straw may have been differences over President Trump's decision to invite Taliban to Camp David to conclude agreement leading to the withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan. ... According to the UN ISIL, Al- Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team, quoted in blog post by..…

We also know that Eric Cantor told AG Eric Holder and FBI Robert Mueller about the claim and Mueller began investigation of Petraeus in the Summer of 2012 before Benghazi attack September.. ..…

Ryan Crocker, U.S to Afghanistan, was to think Washington could ever rely on assurances from Taliban about Qaeda... For United States, Qaeda is not the top near-term threat Afghanistan, where U.S military is occupied with Taliban insurgency that now controls more..…

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..…

The developments came after US and Taliban officials last week agreed on a draft deal that could have led to a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. . The talks between the US and the Taliban were aimed at finally ending the war, which started in 2001 after the US invaded..…

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. Bolton has called for an expanded military presence in Afghanistan and also opposed Trump’s efforts to..…

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. ..…

Sources familiar with his view said  Bolton believed United States could draw down to 8,600 troops Afghanistan and maintain effort without signing peace with Taliban.. ..…

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. ..…

They affirm that until August, U.S government saw Taliban regime from the rich oilfields Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, through Afghanistan and Pakistan, to Indian Ocean... The invasion of Afghanistan had little to do with Osama bin Laden — Taliban would..…

Islamic Republic of Iran warns that foreigners and aggressors may cash in on the in this country and trigger fresh round of killing and bloodshed Afghanistan, ... aide to Ghani noted that Trump's decision to cancel talks at time when Taliban continue to mount attacks proved the concerns..…