U.S. troops in Afghanistan are to be withdrawn to 8,600 from about 13,000 in the weeks following Saturday’s signing in Qatar.
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‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ moves to Maine
Dana Rohrabacher, who once arm-wrestled the now-Russian president and represented Orange County, Calif., for 30 years in the U.S. House, now lives in York.
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Insight: What we learned from the Afghanistan papers
Experts discuss what was uncovered in an investigative journalism project by The Washington Post.
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Marc A. Thiessen: Trump’s cry that America is fighting ‘endless wars’ is a canard
The president’s abandonment of the Kurds is a recipe for endless war, not a strategy to end one.
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Taliban meet U.S. peace envoy for first time since talks collapsed
President Trump declared any peace deal ‘dead’ a month ago.
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Afghan government says elections are top priority, then peace deal
President Trump abruptly called off talks to end American’s longest war last week.
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Taliban visits Moscow days after Trump says talks ‘dead’
It was the group’s first international visit following the collapse of talks with Washington on Afghanistan.
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Dana Milbank: Trump’s Taliban proposal leaves us wondering what else he could be planning
The president’s secret talks with the insurgents thankfully fell through. But what will his next cockamamie idea be?
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Our View: Remembering the toll of 9/11, nearly 2 decades later
As our collective memory fades, the anniversary should be about the people who truly can never forget the attacks.
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Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’
The president makes the comment one day after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders.