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US executing plans to reduce troop presence in Afghanistan by Jan 15
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump's administration is making progress on its intent to reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 by January 15, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley said on Wednesday.
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NATO chief warns of 'heavy price' if US troops leave Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said that the military organisation could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, after US President Donald Trump's administration's plan to withdraw A
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Trump orders Pentagon to withdraw 2,500 troops from Afghanistan, Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to pull 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by mid-January, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced Tuesday.
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Trump anticipated to order further troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week will begin a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before Trump leaves office on January 20, according to two US officials
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Pompeo expects to reach cost-sharing deal with Japan on US troop presence
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in an interview with Japan's NHK broadcaster on Tuesday that he anticipates the United States will reach a cost-sharing deal with Japan on the presence of US troops in the country.
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US Presidential debate: Biden calls Trump 'Putin's puppy'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30. (ANI) Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized US President Donald Trump for failing to confront Russia over several issues including Moscow offering the Taliban bounties to kill US troops and termed Trump as a "puppy" of Russian Presiden
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Trump denies raising Taliban bounty claims in talks with Putin
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump has denied discussing claims of Russian bounty payments to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan during last week's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Taliban attacks joint Afghan Army-police checkpost in Kunduz, 7 killed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): At least two Afghan soldiers and five Taliban militants were killed while 11 people from the two sides were wounded during pre-dawn clashes in northern Kunduz province, a local official said on Wednesday.
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US pulls out troops from 5 bases in Afghanistan as part of agreement with
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 15 (ANI): The Pentagon announced on Tuesday (local time) that the US has withdrawn from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the agreement it entered into with the Taliban earlier this year.
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US troops leave 5 Afghan bases as part of deal with Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): US troops have left five bases in Afghanistan and the number of servicemen in Afghanistan has decreased as part of the peace agreement reached with the Taliban in Qatar in February, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.
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Al-Qaeda routinely supports, works with Taliban: Pentagon
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 3 (ANI): Taliban maintains relations with al Qaeda despite promising to cut ties with the terror group under US-Taliban agreement signed early this year, the Pentagon said in a report.
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Trump's reaction to reports of conspiracy between Russia, Taliban 'remarka
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump's denial of media reports that he was briefed by intelligence officials of an alleged conspiracy between Russia and the Taliban over the killing of US troops in Afghanistan is "remarkable", former National Security Advisor
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