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US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019 in Afghanistan. - The US will cut its troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 in January, the lowest level in nearly two decades of war, as outgoing President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to end conflicts abroad, the Pentagon announced on November 17, 2020. (AFP)

US announces troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq

The House Armed Services Committee has announced a hearing on Afghanistan on November 20

18 Nov 2020 10:38 AM IST

In this file photo taken on June 6, 2019 a US military Chinook helicopter lands on a field outside the governors palace during a visit by the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, and Asadullah Khalid, acting minister of defense of Afghanistan, in Maidan Shar, capital of Wardak province. US President Donald Trump denied on June 28, 2020 being briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing US soldiers in Afghanistan. (Photo | AFP)

'US-Taliban deal won't ensure that Afghanistan soil won't be used to...

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, defense officials and Afghan experts say the Taliban is not living up to the...

4 July 2020 10:19 PM IST

Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | Afghan: Get US to stay on

It is to be hoped that the incoming Biden administration begins to seriously invest in counter-terrorism in the...

18 Jan 2021 12:20 AM IST

US President Joe Biden pauses as he delivers remarks on the terror attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the US service members and Afghan victims killed and wounded, in White House, Washington, DC on August 26, 2021.

Biden warns Kabul bombers 'we will hunt you down'

He reaffirmed the August 31 deadline for all US troops to leave Afghanistan and said the US forces would fly out as many...

27 Aug 2021 12:28 PM IST

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a Senators question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)

US generals say they recommended keeping 2,500 troops in Afghanistan

Milley, McKenzie and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were grilled by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about...

29 Sept 2021 10:00 AM IST

The US still has some 8,400 troops in Afghanistan. (Representational Photo: AFP)

US announces deployment of 1500 Alaska-based troops in Afghanistan

The announcement came days after the Pentagon said it would deploy some 300 US Marines to the southern province of...

8 April 2017 5:54 PM IST