pathways to peace

 It's with great regret that American people have paid high price, as have Iraqi, Syrians, Libyans, Afghans, Somalis, and we must call it what it is. ..

farsnews

The proposal is the result of months of talks between Taliban and Zalmay Khalilzad, Afghan-born American diplomat, according to the daily. . ..

bin laden won – the future of freedom foundation

An Afghan life is of the same worth as an American service member’s. I even suspect he would value Afghan civilian lives more, considering they are people at the whim of forces they cannot control. ... But a just war this most certainly is not, which is one of the reasons..

an afghan american recalls a childhood spent

Over time, the American part of me felt violently at odds with the Afghan part. The term “Afghan-American” itself disturbed me. Rather than being a point of unification, the hyphen seemed to reveal a sort of chasm, a rupture, inside of which rested all the violence and..

will the war stories ever end?

You might at least imagine that such insider attacks in which member of Afghan security forces turns his weapon on his American or NATO trainers or advisers and tries to gun them down would be the rarest of events. ... In one case after another recently, armed Afghan allies have..

obama: significant progress in afghanistan war

I would add that much of this progress —- the speed with which our troops deployed this year, the increase in recruits — in recruiting and training of Afghan forces, and the additional troops and trainers from other nations —- much of this is the result of us having sent a clear signal that we will..

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america's war in afghanistan is now trump's increasingly bloody

At the same time, more civilians than ever are being killed by Afghan-led, American sponsored, airstrikes — some 313 in the first nine months this year, with another 336 injured, according to the U.S. government. ... It’s hard to see how things could get much worse as far as..

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five things you need to know about plans to privatize the afghan war

Unlike American troops on the ground there now, these forces would embed with Afghan combat battalions, putting them closer to the frontline. ... Without U.S. backing, the Afghan government would be bankrupt. So, the government in Kabul would be using American funds to pay..

convoy attack kills at least 9 in afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- bomber attacked U.S military convoy passing through livestock market Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least eight civilians and American soldier and wounding 74 people, Afghan officials said. American patrol was hit in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province,..

nine die in friendly fire attack

Afghan soldiers Khowst province, southeast of the capital, Kabul. American statement suggested that the convoy had come under fire, saying it was involved multiple engagements.. ... Twice in the month, Afghan police fired on American troops in deliberate attacks that..

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