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Will be meeting Taliban leaders soon; time to bring our troops back: Trump

The US currently has some 13,000 troops in Afghanistan

US, Taliban sign historic peace deal for inclusive Afghanistan development

The new deal would see the two sides agree to the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Afghanistan in return for insurgent guarantees

US to seal agreement with Taliban, Pompeo to attend signing: Trump

The commitments represented an important step to a lasting peace in a new Afghanistan, free from al-Qaeda, ISIS and any other terror group 'that would seek to bring us harm', Trump said

Optimism, expectations mark first day of violence cut period in Afghanistan

Many Afghans said they were anxious about what might come next

US preparing to sign deal with Taliban on February 29, says Mike Pompeo

Building on an agreement on reducing violence across Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday

US-Taliban to sign agreement on Feb 29 after a week of reduced violence

The United States and the Taliban have been engaged in talks to facilitate a political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan and reduce US presence in the region

US, Taliban close to violence reduction pact; troop withdrawal not imminent

Many questions about the expected agreement remain unanswered and it's unclear if Trump will sign off on the deal

Taliban says it has brought down US military plane in Afghanistan

Pictures and a video on social media purportedly from the crash site showed what could be the remains of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft.

Taliban aims to sign deal with US, 'scale down' military ops: Report

The Taliban and the US had been negotiating the deal for a year and were on the brink of an announcement in September 2019 when President Donald Trump abruptly declared the process "dead"

Taliban unleash new wave of attacks in northern Afghanistan, kill 26

The Taliban have intensified their attacks in northern Afghanistan in recent days.

Taliban attack kills 10 members of Afghan armed forces, four injured

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack

Taliban claims responsibility for killing US soldier in Afghanistan

The US military earlier confirmed the death of one of its troops.

Insider attack kills nine Afghan militia, Taliban claims responsibility

The Taliban now control or hold sway over half the country

Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban leaders after Kabul attack

The US has insisted that no deal would be final until the Taliban reached an accord with Ghani, direct talks that the Taliban long refused to undertake

Afghan peace deal: Taliban agreement dead and talks over, says Donald Trump

Driving another nail into the coffin of what had appeared to be nearly completed negotiations, Trump said that a US military onslaught on the guerrillas was now at its fiercest in a decade

US, Taliban resume talks to bring peace forcing ceasefire, troops to stay

The president said the US had made tremendous progress over the past six months and had been drawing down its troops at the same time.

Afghanistan: 12 Taliban terrorists killed, 16 villages liberated in Baghlan

More than 24 terrorists, including Taliban senior commander Qari Bakhtyar, were wounded in the operation.

Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time in Pakistan since 'dead' deal

US officials however have been keen to say there is no resumption of peace talks, at least not now in Islamabad

Suicide bombing kills 20 in Afghanistan; Taliban takes responsibility

The provincial governor's spokesman Gul Islam Seyal put the death toll at 12 but said authorities were on the scene sifting through the debris

How Trump's plan to secretly meet with Taliban came together, and failed

The deal called for a gradual withdrawal of the remaining 14,000 American troops over 16 months, with about 5,000 of them leaving within 135 days