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KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban on January 23 called on President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, saying it is a "quagmire" that has produced little but 15 years of destruction and death, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajik authorities are looking into claims by an Afghan official that Taliban tanks and other heavy weapons are being repaired by Russian engineers in Tajikistan, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan has expressed concern over a third high-level meeting about the country held in Moscow on December 27 between Russia, China, and Pakistan that did not include any Afghan representatives, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has expressed skepticism about a promise by Taliban militants to support and protect development projects in Afghanistan which benefit the country, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported. Continue reading
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — “The United States has spent some $115 billion in aid for Afghanistan, but 15 years after the hardline Islamist Taliban were toppled after the Sept. 11 attacks, a third of the country is out of government control and security forces are struggling,” Reuters wrote in a recent article. Continue reading
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — All unite against ISIS/Daesh, and after that, business as usual. That seems to be the bottom line where it comes to the eventuality of “negotiations” between the struggling government of Afghanistan and the Taliban terrorist movement, now widely described as “insurgents”. For the population, the result will be more terror in any case. Continue reading
