The Taliban has called on President-elect Joe Biden to honor a U.S. agreement to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by May and bring an end the two-decade-long war
The Taliban has called on President-elect Biden to honor a U.S. agreement to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by May in order to secure intra-Afghan peace talks and end the 2-decade-long war. More:
“If the Biden administration ignores the deadline ... the Taliban will almost certainly respond by escalating their use of force - either via attacks on population centers, facilities housing international troops or both” @EltafN reports via @bpolitics
Pakistani raid kills Taliban suspected of slaying of troops NoGRX1VeYv#WallSt
President Ashraf Ghani had a phone conversation with Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of #Australia this morning. Both sides discussed expansion of bilateral relations and #Afghanistan peace process, while strongly denouncing the Taliban’s ongoing surge in violence in Afghanistan.
Eight villages have been cleared of “Taliban insurgents” in a security forces operation in Argo district of Badakhshan province, the MoD said on Monday, adding that four Taliban were killed, and three others were wounded. #Afghanistan
Baghlan: 8 Security Force Members Killed in Taliban Attack #Afghanistan
President Ashraf Ghani and Australian PM Scott Morrison in a phone conversation today discussed the expansion of bilateral relations and the Afghan peace process and "strongly denounced the Taliban’s ongoing surge in violence," the Presidential Palace said.
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We have confirmed the @nytimes scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From @nakashimae @missy_ryan me and @shaneharris
The White House was aware in early 2019 of intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans. That’s a full year earlier than has been previously reported.
Here’s what we learned today: Trump found out Russia paid bounties to Taliban fighters to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. He seriously considered asking them to stop. He decided to not ask them to stop. Chew on that for a sec.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial states that it doesn’t want me to act in an “impulsive” manner in Afghanistan. Could somebody please explain to them that we have been there for 19 years, and while soldier counts are way down now, hardly impulsive. Besides, the Taliban is.....
Good Lord. Per this story, POTUS was briefed and NSC discussed in March that per US Intel, a notoriously violent Russian GRU unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked terrorists to kill coalition forces, including Americans, in Afghanistan.
The Taliban has never been hit harder than it is being hit right now. Killing 12 people, including one great American soldier, was not a good idea. There are much better ways to set up a negotiation. The Taliban knows they made a big mistake, and they have no idea how to recover!
The case of Major Mathew Golsteyn is now under review at the White House. Mathew is a highly decorated Green Beret who is being tried for killing a Taliban bombmaker. We train our boys to be killing machines, then prosecute them when they kill! @PeteHegseth
You brought the Taliban to the United States the week of September 11?
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