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US likely to up Afghanistan force to ensure safe drawdown

The U.S. will likely increase its troop presence in Afghanistan temporarily over the coming weeks and months in order to ...

US expels Russian diplomats, imposes sanctions for hacking

The Biden administration has announced the U.S. is expelling 10 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions against dozens of ...

White House: Intel on Russian 'bounties' on US troops shaky

The White House says that the intelligence community does not have conclusive evidence that Russian intelligence operatives ...

Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary ...

Biden's gamble: Will pulling troops revive extremist threat?

At its start, America’s war in Afghanistan was about retribution for 9/11. Then it was about shoring up a weak government and ...

Biden plan to pull-out troops gets mixed reaction

Middle East foreign policy experts discuss the pros and cons of President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw remaining U.S.

Biden ends Afghan 'forever war' for US troops

President Joe Biden says he will withdraw remaining U.S. troops from the "forever war” in Afghanistan, declaring that the ...

US Sen. Graham opposes Afghanistan troop pullout

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Blinken, Austin pledge US engagement with allies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met senior NATO officials Wednesday to discuss the ...

Biden salutes war dead after Afghanistan decision

President Joe Biden salutes the graves of U.S. troops who died in recent conflicts, buried at Arlington National Cemetery on ...

US coordinates Afghanistan pullout with NATO withdrawal

U.S. President Joe Biden’s top national security aides were consulting with NATO on Wednesday to coordinate the alliance’s ...

US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks ...

White House: First lady Jill Biden to undergo 'procedure'

The White House says President Joe Biden will accompany his wife, Jill Biden, early Wednesday morning to an appointment where ...

5 miners die, 4 missing in coal mine collapse in Afghanistan

A makeshift coal mine collapsed Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, burying five miners and leaving four more missing, a ...

Taliban not ready to meet Afghan govt in Turkey as US wants

A Taliban spokesman said Monday the religious militia won’t attend a peace conference tentatively planned for later this week ...

Blinken heads to Brussels for talks on Afghanistan, Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Brussels for talks with European and NATO allies about Afghanistan, Ukraine ...

Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan

Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a ...

Russia to boost ties with Pakistan, supply military gear

Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday said Moscow and Islamabad will boost ties in the fight against terrorism, with Russia ...

Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a ...

Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan's arsenal of war

Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the ...