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The Case for US Engagement with Afghanistan

The Taliban and Afghanistan’s neighbors are not able to stabilize the country. Only US influence can provide the right carrots and sticks.
DONALD Trump sparked fury in Britain today after downplaying our role in the Afghanistan war. Sir Keir Starmer accused the US ...
A suicide attack that killed the Taliban minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, in December 2024, ...
The largely hidden gold rush in Badakhshan poses considerable risks to Afghans, and others living downstream in Central Asia.
Trump’s Afghanistan claim ‘utterly ridiculous’ says minister and veteran Carns - Former Royal Marines officer Al Carns said the UK and US had ‘bonds forged in fire’ in Afghanistan.
Trump’s swipe at Nato soldiers in Afghanistan angers veterans and families - ‘He is completely wrong to be dismissive,’ says UK ex-ambassador in Kabul ...
Failed Afghan asylum seekers need to go back home, Sweden's migration minister urges - Sweden’s migration minister is urging ...
The mother of Ben Parkinson urged Sir Keir Starmer to stand up to Donald Trump over his suggestion British troops stayed away ...
The US president says Nato troops stayed "a little off the front lines" - despite 457 UK military deaths in the conflict.
Donald Trump claimed NATO troops stayed "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan. Donald Trump has sparked widespread ...
Donald Trump has sparked fresh outrage in the UK after saying Nato troops stayed "a little off the front lines" during the ...
In Afghanistan, economic crisis under the Afghan Taliban regime has intensified, with the public trapped in poverty and unemployment. According to Hasht-e Subh daily, millions of people in the Taliban ...