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1 month ago
Taliban expect US withdrawal, vow to restore Islamic rule
The Taliban have strongly warned the United States to honor its pledge to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by May 1 or face a “reaction.”
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4 months ago
Top US general meets with Taliban negotiators
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Taliban negotiators in an unannounced meeting in Qatar, the site of stalled Afghan peace talks.
4 months ago
4 months ago
Taliban, Afghan government take step in talks top US general describes as 'modicum of success'
After three months of deadlocked talks, the Taliban, Afghan government made a breakthrough in peace negotiations, although that incremental progress is still challenged.
4 months ago
6 months ago
Taliban cheer Trump tweet promising early troop withdrawal
The Afghan Taliban are welcoming a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas
6 months ago
7 months ago
Taliban and Afghan government meet for peace talks
Historic peace talks are going on between the Taliban and the Afghan government to end two decades of fighting.
7 months ago
9 months ago
Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks with Kabul
Taliban officials say their organization has made several changes in its leadership ahead of expected talks with Kabul aimed at ending Afghanistan’s decades of war
9 months ago
9 months ago
US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal
The agreement has run into new political obstacles in the U.S. and the region.
9 months ago
10 months ago
Pelosi says it’s 'totally outrageous' Trump reportedly didn’t respond to intelligence that Russians offered to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill US troops
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears on ABC's "This Week."
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1 year ago
Afghan government releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners
The Afghan government has released hundreds of Taliban prisoners
1 year ago
1 year ago
Family of American kidnapped in Afghanistan fears US leaving him behind; with Taliban deal stalled, violence surging
Violence in Afghanistan has surged in March despite deal between U.S. and Taliban.
1 year ago
1 year ago
FBI offers $1 million for information leading to former Taliban hostage's captors
The U.S. government on Tuesday offered $1M for information leading to the capture of the Taliban militants who kidnapped and held Caitlan Coleman and her three children.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Afghan Taliban confirms release of 1st government prisoners
The Taliban has announced it will be releasing 20 Afghan government prisoners the group has been holding, in the first phase of its commitment under its historic peace deal with the United States
1 year ago
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Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 11 troops, police
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry and a provincial official say Taliban attacks have killed at least 11 soldiers and policemen
1 year ago
1 year ago
US commander paints grim picture of US-Taliban peace accord
The top U.S. commander for the Middle East is painting a grim picture of the peace process with the Taliban in Afghanistan
1 year ago
1 year ago
Top US commander voices doubt about Taliban commitments, as skepticism in Congress grows
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are voicing increasing concern about President Donald Trump's deal with the Taliban, and the militant group's commitment.
1 year ago
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1 year ago
In historic call, Trump speaks to Taliban leader amid concerns about deal with US
In historic call, President Trump has spoken with Taliban leaders amid concerns about the deal with the U.S.
1 year ago
1 year ago
US forces launch airstrike on Taliban days after agreement
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in Helmand, Afghanistan, Wednesday, the first such strike since the two sides signed a historic peace deal.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Trump believed to be first US leader to speak directly to Taliban
The president remarked that the Taliban wants to end the violence in Afghanistan, but a dispute over prisoners threatens to derail peace talks.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
President Donald Trump is confirming that he spoke on the phone to a leader of the Taliban, making him the first U.S. president believed to ever speak directly with the militant group
1 year ago
1 year ago
China pledges support for US-Taliban peace agreement
China is pledging its support for the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in Afghanistan and is calling for the “orderly and responsible" withdrawal of foreign troops to avoid a power vacuum and possible terrorist resurgence
1 year ago
1 year ago
Historic Taliban peace deal signed
Terms of the deal include limits on where the Taliban can operate and the beginning of U.S. troops returning home.
1 year ago
1 year ago
US signs historic deal with Taliban, Trump announces, beginning end of US war in Afghanistan and withdrawal of American troops
President Trump issues statement that U.S. to sign historic deal with Taliban, triggering a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Taliban agrees to ‘reduction in violence’ across Afghanistan
If the agreement with the U.S. holds, it could pave the way for a deal that would result in U.S. troops coming home.
1 year ago
1 year ago
US, Taliban reach agreement to reduce violence, opening door to troop withdrawal deal
The U.S. and Taliban reached an agreement on Friday to reduce violence, which could open the door to the two sides finalizing the larger deal reached last year.
1 year ago
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Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but “looks very promising
1 year ago
1 year ago
US, Taliban nearing deal to reduce violence, finalize talks that would lead to American withdrawal
The U.S. and Taliban are nearing a deal to reduce violence in Afghanistan and finalize talks that would lead to American troop withdrawal.
1 year ago
1 year ago
US steps up deadly airstrikes, during Taliban peace talks
Washington's peace envoy has traveled to Pakistan to boost regional support for reducing violence in Afghanistan ahead of a final deal to end America's longest war
1 year ago
1 year ago
Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan
It provides a window for a peace agreement with the U.S. to be signed.
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US and Australian hostages held by Taliban for over 3 years released in prisoner swap
American and Australian professors Kevin King and Timothy Weeks were kidnapped in Afghanistan and held hostage for 3 years and released by the Taliban in a prisoner swap.
1 year ago
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US, Australian hostages freed by Taliban in prisoner swap
Taliban say they freed 2 hostages, American and an Australian, in Afghanistan after release of 3 top insurgents
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American hostage released in Afghanistan after 3 years in captivity
American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks were turned over by the Taliban to an elite team of U.S. special operations forces in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban say prisoner swap promised by Kabul fails to happen
A Taliban spokesman says three Taliban prisoners who were to be freed in exchange for an American and an Australian national, both kidnapped in 2016, are still in custody in Bagram prison, north of the capital Kabul
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1 year ago
Taliban to release US, Australian hostages in potential swap with Afghan government
The Taliban will release U.S., Australian hostages in a swap with the Afghan government, according to its president.
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1 year ago
Taliban say new intra-Afghan peace talks to be held in China
The Taliban say a fresh round of intra-Afghan peace talks is to be held in China next week
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2 years ago
Trump: Talks with Taliban to end war in Afghanistan 'are dead'
The president revealed he had invited Taliban leadership to Camp David to ink a peace deal; the meeting was pulled after a car bomb attack killed a U.S. soldier.
2 years ago
2 years ago
President Trump declares peace talks with the Taliban 'dead'
After calling off a secret meeting with the Taliban at Camp David this weekend, President Trump declared that Afghanistan peace talks are officially dead.
2 years ago
2 years ago
President Trump declares peace talks with the Taliban 'dead'
President Trump declared that Afghanistan peace talks are officially dead.
2 years ago
2 years ago
3 US service members killed by Taliban car bomb
Three others were wounded and a U.S. contractor was also killed, making it the deadliest day for the U.S. in Afghanistan this year.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Trump's Afghan envoy intensifies peace efforts with Taliban
The special U.S. envoy for Afghanistan is returning to the country.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Taliban and senior Afghan politicians hold talks in Moscow, upsetting government
The Afghan government stayed away, saying the talks undermine its legitimacy.
2 years ago
3 years ago
Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan six years after assassination attempt
The Nobel Laureate returned to Pakistan for the first time since the Taliban tried to assassinate her in October 2012, for advocating for girls' education.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Death toll in ambulance car-bombing claimed by Taliban rises to 103 with another 235 injured
Thick, dark smoke was seen rising into the sky.
3 years ago
3 years ago
American hostage mom describes brutal treatment by Taliban captors
The American mom held hostage by the Taliban for five years says she was beaten and raped as she tried to protect her children from their captors.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Former Taliban hostage is charged with sexual assault and other criminal offenses since his return
Joshua Boyle, the Canadian who was kidnapped in Afghanistan along with his family, has been accused of physical and sexual assault of a woman, physical assault of a child and unlawful confinement.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Free after five years in captivity, American hostage mom speaks out
In her first television interview, Caitlan Coleman Boyle describes how she defied her captors, suffering beatings and abuse while she tried to raise and educate her three children born into captivity.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Freed from Taliban, Caitlan and Joshua Boyle speak out about time in captivity
In her first television interview, Caitlan Coleman Boyle told ABC News that she endured beatings and abuse as she tried to protect her children.
3 years ago
3 years ago
American hostage mom speaks out about years in Taliban captivity
In their first television interview, American mother Caitlan Coleman Boyle and Canadian father Joshua Boyle describe how they kept their family together even as they and their children endured brutal treatment by their captors.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Freed from Taliban, American hostage mom describes brutal treatment by captors
In her first television interview since being freed from Taliban captivity, Caitlan Coleman says she was beaten and raped by the guards as she tried to protect her children.
3 years ago