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Tag: Afghanistan

Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban
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Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban

February 22, 2020

PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. February 20th,…

American Spy Plane Shot Down in Afghanistan Allegedly Carried Soleimani’s Assassin
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American Spy Plane Shot Down in Afghanistan Allegedly Carried Soleimani’s Assassin

January 29, 2020

PICTURED: Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Photo credit: Veterans Today. All Rights Reserved. GHAZNI, Afghanistan. January 27th, 2020. Veterans Today…

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Peace Talks Progress in Yemen and Afghanistan as Middle-East Prepares to Enter 4th Decade of War

December 2, 2019

PICTURED: Yemeni children holding a funeral ceremony for Yemeni children that were killed in airstrikes. Photo credit The Guardian.…

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The Taliban And Kabul Are Fighting Over ISIS-Defeat Glory – Where Does That Leave CENTCOM?

November 20, 2019

PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at the London Conference on Afghanistan on 4 December 2014, co-hosted by the governments…

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Afghanistan Strike Numbers For September Make This Backwards Conflict Seem Like WW2

October 30, 2019

Afghanistan, September 28th, 2019. 18 days after President Trump’s administration and the Taliban nearly agreed to end the longest…

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At Zero Hour, Trump Declares Afghan Peace Talks “Dead”

September 10, 2019

PICTURED: CENTCOM Head General Kenneth McKenzie visits US forces in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Monday, September 9th, 2019. Remarkably, after months…

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Taliban And U.S. Agree To A ‘Peace Deal In Principle’

September 3, 2019

PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Khalilzad has been working with the Taliban now for…

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Peace In Afghanistan Is Drawing Nearer, As The Peace Talks In Qatar Close In On A Deal

August 28, 2019

PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. Doha, Qatar,…

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NATO And The Taliban Are Killing Their Way To Peace

August 1, 2019

PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo credit CC Gage Skidmore. July 30th, 2019. The…

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How Does The War On Terror Stack Up To Some Of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

June 30, 2019

PICTURED: The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 2014. Photo credit…

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