Most people who fled were in the Northeast region with more than 160,000 people displaced, followed by the East with 68,000, the North with 60,000, and West with 29,900. . The displacements occurred as Afghan forces continue to battle the Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and the..…

In 1996, Iran almost invaded Afghanistan to prevent the west of the country from falling to the Taliban. . ..…

It took the movement only months to take control of most southern provinces from various Pashtun warlords, and they quickly made progress in capturing regional centers in the west and east of the country like Herat and Jalalabad. In 1996, the Taliban were able to wrest control of Kabul from..…

PressTV-Trump says he called off meeting w/ Taliban leaders . . American president says he has cancelled a meeting in US with Taliban leaders. . ..…

The terrorists trained on Afghan soil and were protected by Taliban government.. After the murder, President George W. Bush demanded Taliban arrest bin Laden and hand him over for prosecution under threat of U.S and NATO invasion. ..…

American forces were sent to Afghanistan by President George W. Bush to attack the Taliban, the oligarchy then ruling the country. ..…

in 1991, the four new countries that emerged around Caspian shore, along with their southern Iran have... ..…

The attacks are also front-and-center in the minds of policymakers in President Donald Trump’s administration, who are weighing the risks of narrowing or even ending America’s longest war, which is locked in a grinding stalemate with the Taliban. . ... -led coalition launched by President George..…

Under the influence of U.S. oil companies, the government of George W. Bush initially blocked U.S. secret service investigations on terrorism, while it bargained with the Taliban the delivery of Osama bin Laden in exchange for political recognition and economic aid, two French intelligence..…

The Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government it sees as illegitimate and a puppet of the West. So, the Trump administration tried another approach, negotiating with the Taliban first to get a deal that would lead to Taliban talks with Afghans inside and outside..…

The notion that we can broker peace and some sort of coalition with Taliban is folly born of desperation for generals to save political face, not win Islam has declared on West.. ..…

US President Donald Trump has claimed canceling peace talks with leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents in resort near Washington after the militant group claimed responsibility for Kabul attack that killed American and 11 others.. ..…

The United States and its Western allies have never committed enough troops to create the security conditions for Kabul to enforce stable rule across the country and U.S hope of substituting Afghan for U.S and Western forces has also failed to contain Taliban. Taliban have never tried to..…

Separately, Taliban has met with Afghan leaders since 2017, because Taliban views Afghan as puppet regime of West. Washington has urged Afghan and Taliban leaders to begin official talks on how Afghanistan will be governed after the war, and Taliban refuses to negotiate..…

There has been no let-up Afghanistan even though Taliban and United States appear close to pact for U.S troops to withdraw in exchange for Taliban promise that Afghanistan will not be used as base for international terrorism.. The truck bomb in the west of the capital during the morning..…

There has been no let-up Afghanistan even though Taliban and United States appear close to pact for U.S troops to withdraw in exchange for Taliban promise the country would not be used as base from. The blast, in the west of the city during the morning rush hour, sent huge cloud of gray..…

The officials believe that Islamic State Afghanistan, known as Islamic State Khorasan, remains problem and is more of threat to Taliban than to West.. Pentagon and spy agencies have long differed over the strength of Taliban and the effectiveness of Afghanistan... ..…

Kabul-based regime could perhaps hold onto the biggest cities and significant parts of the north and west where there are Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara enclaves long opposed to Islamist insurgents. Taliban would then dominate much of the south and east, leaving Afghanistan divided and still..…

Kabul-based regime could perhaps hold onto the biggest cities and significant parts of the north and west where there are Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara enclaves long opposed to Islamist insurgents. Taliban would then dominate much of the south and east, leaving Afghanistan divided and still..…

The fact that the Afghans have continued to resist the invaders, despite the overwhelming military force opposing them, is an inspiration, not only to the other resistance forces in the West and the Muslim world, but to wealthy Gulf Arabs, who continue to finance the Taliban (and who despise..…

That law gave President George W. Bush authority to retaliate against Al Qaeda and the Taliban for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ..…

She and Ryan then squabbled over whether removing U.S. troops from the country would allow the Taliban to grow their ranks and potentially launch terrorist attacks against the West, with Gabbard drawing a distinction between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda — which was behind the..…

The US military operation in Afghanistan began in 2001, as a part of then-US President George W. ... The operation swiftly ousted the Taliban government, but despite that, the group retains control over the majority of Afghan territory. ..…

President George W. Bush embarked on wars that began with clear objectives (remove the Taliban from Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein from Iraq) but then morphed into multi-decade campaigns to democratize societies that U.S. leaders at first barely understood. ..…

JNIM has seen significant growth over the past several years, gaining a foot-hold in Burkina Faso and Niger with the threat increasingly spreading west. . Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda has maintained its incredibly tight partnership with the Taliban, and through the Taliban’s surge..…

One year later, the national emergency was again continued, pursuant to a finding by President of the United States George W. ... In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared a national emergency. ..…

Afghanistan led to the emergence of Taliban.. To aggravate things for Afghan people, Al Qaeda got Afghanistan and became Taliban ally. ... Taliban phenomenon is result of Saur Revolution and Cold War politics.. ..…

India on no account should be seen as engaging the Taliban. . The United States vital security interests in Greater South West Asia dictate imperatives for the United States military embedment in Afghanistan to continue with increased surges if required, till such time the Kabul Government..…

One year later, the national emergency was again continued, pursuant to a finding by President of the United States George W. ... In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared a national emergency. ..…

KABUL - Taliban fighters have stepped up pressure on Afghan forces in the province of Badghis, killing 20 soldiers and capturing 20, on Tuesday, as the militants make advances even as they hold peace talks with U.S officials.. ..…

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists gave President George W. Bush authority to attack the Taliban, the Sunni fundamentalist force then dominating Afghanistan that refused to turn over the mastermind of the attacks perpetrated three days earlier, Osama bin Laden. . ..…

The “Afghan Arabs” introduced more extreme discourses and tactics into the Islamist movement in various countries; some carried the holy war to other regions; the mujahids who stayed on would train a new generation of neo-fundamentalists; bin Laden would form al-Qaeda and set his sights on the..…

In the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush flatly refused the Taliban’s offer to try Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. ..…

That was before Khalilzad, Afghan- American and former ambassador to Afghanistan, had even begun the latest round of direct negotiations with Taliban, as previous sessions had.. Any peace deal acceptable to West and Afghan government would mean recognising the fundamentals of Afghan..…

(It is worth remembering that the George W. Bush administration declined European offers to help during the initial toppling of the Taliban because it understood that working with its NATO partners would have impeded the U.S. operation.) . ..…

particularly President Donald Trump, it seems that the US has come round to realizing the improbability of finding any other solution for Afghanistan war than sitting across the table with Taliban for settlement of this festering wound South West Asia.. ..…

The war is in stalemate taking lives of dozens of Afghans on daily basis and Taliban feel they have the upper hand in view of the waning support for in the west. ..…

In Afghanistan, meanwhile, the west's abject neglect of post-conflict stabilisation and peacebuilding enabled the Taliban to regain control of many rural areas. ..…

Iranian president said his country will remain link between East and West, noting that it Iraq's ruling party battled Taliban and al-Qaida before 11 and was opposing Islamic State extremist group before its attacks Europe... ..…

Fifteen years George W Bush and his fellow neo-cons were triumphant when their war on Afghanistan led to the collapse of Taliban regime after just two months. ..…

Those groups got their battle experience in Afghanistan and later gave birth to the Taliban and al Qaeda. The West if not supported, at least closed its eyes, and, I would say, gave information, political and financial support to international terrorists’ invasion of Russia (we have not..…

The group is considered more regional threat, and as part of Qaeda, aim is to strike the West. Stated Aims The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has come closest to striking America this group planned the failed 2010 Times Square bombing. ..…

But Kohistani also pointed out why the West might be hesitant: Taliban fighters join the army as new recruits, undergo training, get issued new weapons and then defect back to their insurgent force. . ..…

Russians and their government observe the demonization of their country and their leader of Libya and Qaddafi, of Syria and Assad, and of Afghanistan and Taliban just prior to military assaults on these countries by West. ..…

WASHINGTON -- On the same evening last week that President Obama went to West Point to outline his plans to send 30,000 more U.S troops to fight Taliban and al-Qaida Afghanistan, Massachusetts Democratic candidates hoping to win Ted Kennedy's Senate seat met in televised debate. ..…

Smaller numbers of American troops serve in the west of Afghanistan. The Taliban claim of responsibility said a chopper had been downed in Baghdis, a remote province in the northwest, but military officials declined to say whether the helicopter in question had gone down in that area. ..…

Abbas expelled Hamas from Palestinian government last week leaving the president's more moderate Fatah in control of West Bank. Death toll soars in fierce clashes between NATO forces and Taliban KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- More than 100 people, including militants, civilians and police,..…

By the era fuels the rage and disgust that, The bewildering, overwhelming array of choices made available Osama bin Laden, Taliban and their followers feel toward West and United States in particular. ..…