In a step that could unfold major implications on the situation in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the US will maintain only a small number of troops in Afghanistan by Christmas this year
Ghani fled Kabul with less than a million dollars, says report
The SIGAR report, compiled based on interviews of at least 30 former officials, including those close to Ghani, suggests a little over $500,000 million in cash on board the helicopters. Significantly, the fund that Ghani took away was not the government fund but was the leftover amount that the UAE government had provided to Ghani to support his 2019 presidential campaign.
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Afghan chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah arrives in India for talks
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Ghani, Khalilzad, US general discuss Afghan peace
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Tens of drug traffickers sentenced to prison in Afghanistan
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NSA Mohib Insists on Afghan-Only talks, no mediator
National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said on Tuesday that the current negotiations which are underway in Doha are taking place between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban, stating that there are no foreign mediators in the room, nor are any wanted
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Ghani in Doha to raise international support, not intervene: Delegates
President Ashraf Ghani visited Kuwait and Qatar on Monday, meeting with leaders from both countries, discussing bilateral ties as well as seeking support for the Afghan peace process, according to the presidential spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi
Iranian side of Afghanistan's Herat-Khaf railway nears completion
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