KATHY GANNON / The Associated PressJun 29, 2019
Negotiations resume in Qatar days after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington wants an Afghan peace agreement before Sept. 1. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media InstituteApr 23, 2019
The victims of dozens, if not hundreds, of crimes will likely never see justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Anand Gopal, TomDispatchApr 6, 2015
Just as Afghan men had once flocked to the Taliban, in 2001 they threw their weight behind a new power: the government of President Hamid Karzai. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )
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Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigNov 7, 2014
Washington—now quietly withdrawing most American troops—has long backed only corrupt and criminal elements in the war-ravaged country. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 21, 2014
Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is leading Ashraf Ghani in Afghanistan's presidential election by 11 percentage points after half of the ballots were counted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 16, 2014
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned a U.S. airstrike in an eastern border province that allegedly killed a woman and two of her children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 7, 2014
Afghanistan went to the polls on Saturday, despite threats by the Taliban to disrupt the elections and calls by the extremists for Afghans to boycott the vote. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 26, 2014
President Obama put the squeeze on Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday, attempting to break down Karzai's resistance to signing a new security agreement by suggesting in a phone call that all remaining U.S. troops may leave Afghanistan by year-end if the stalemate persists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Stanley Kutler / TruthdigDec 26, 2013
It’s an old chestnut of a query, but now applied to a new locale, and with the same meaningless, misleading cliches for answers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatchSep 30, 2013
Ever fewer countries, allies, or enemies, are paying attention, much less kowtowing, to the once-formidable power of the world’s last superpower. The list of defiant figures -- from Egyptian generals to Saudi princes, Iraqi Shiite leaders to Israeli politicians -- is lengthening. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
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