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US ambassador visits Marine veteran jailed in Russia for espionage
Paul Whelan, a corporate security director and Marine veteran, was detained in Moscow in 2018 and convicted in 2020.
Afghan government, Taliban ready to set agenda for peace talks, US envoy says
The development is significant as it means the warring sides are getting closer to actually starting to negotiate the issues that could end decades of fighting in Afghanistan and determine the country’s post-war future.
NATO mulls its future in Afghanistan as US draws down troops
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull almost half the U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by mid-January leaves NATO in a bind.
At least 22 dead, 22 wounded in ISIS attack on Afghan university
The Islamic State group said it targeted newly graduated judges and investigators of the Afghan government.
‘Distressingly high’ levels of violence threatens Afghan peace process, says US envoy
A deadly suicide car bombing Sunday came after the Taliban agreed on Friday to halt its attacks in Afghanistan's Helmand province on condition the U.S. stop airstrikes in the area.
Taliban to suspend attacks in Helmand after US pledges to halt strikes
The Taliban pledge came after a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Austin Miller, commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Taliban figure familiar with the discussions said.
Military officials blindsided by Trump announcement of early US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Pentagon and State officials fear that putting a definitive date on troop withdrawal could undercut negotiations to finalize a peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US sees ‘important progress’ in Helsinki nuclear arms talks
Monday’s talks are thought to have focused on producing a new agreement to replace, or to extend, the New START treaty that expires in February.
Democrats urge halt to security aid to Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict
A growing number of Democrats in Congress are calling for the Trump administration to immediately suspend U.S. security aid to Azerbaijan as fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh reaches its second week.
By Joe Gould
Iran vows ‘hit’ on all involved in US killing of top general
The chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general’s January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.
Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war
Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press