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US won’t be asking Taliban permission to strike terror groups in Afghanistan

Counterterror strikes from abroad will be cleared through the Taliban.

By Meghann Myers

2 years ago

In this Wednesday, May 20, 2020, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, and fellow leader under a recently signed power-sharing agreement, Abdullah Abdullah, center, hold a meeting with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad aimed at resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal signed in February, at the Presidential Palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

US envoy working to resuscitate flagging Afghan peace deal as US warplanes pound ISIS-K

The first visit to Kabul by Washington’s peace envoy since Afghanistan's squabbling political leadership reached a power-sharing agreement comes amid increased violence blamed mostly on an Islamic State affiliate that has been targeted in stepped-up U.S. bombing.

4 years ago

Afghanistan peace negotiations may be dead, but the war’s still very much alive

If the U.S. draws down troops in Afghanistan, what risks await a smaller contingent of forces?

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

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