With Thomas Watkins in Washington – Kabul, Afghanistan | AFP | – The move has stunned foreign diplomats and officials trying to end the 17-year conflict with the Taliban, which already controls vast amounts of territory and is causing ‘unsustainable’ Afghan troop casualties US President Donald Trump has decided to pull about 7,000 troops from […]
Raising Questions about Trump Policies, Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Highest in Decade
Kabul (AFP) – The number of Afghan civilians killed in the country’s long-running conflict hit a record high in the first six months of 2018, UN figures showed Sunday, with militant attacks and suicide bombs the leading causes of death. The toll of 1,692 fatalities was one percent more than a year earlier and the […]
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