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US appreciates Pakistan's support to evacuate troops from Afghanistan

Updated 01 Sep, 2021 11:36pm

Embassy says it is focused on diplomatic engagement in the region

Pakistan will not make unilateral decision on recognising Taliban regime: Fawad

Updated 17 Aug, 2021 06:56pm

Information minister says Pakistan will work with regional and international powers to determine its policy course

Blinken says 'status quo was not option' in Afghanistan

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:19pm

He acknowledged the US had to look "very hard" to see if the Taliban was "at all" serious about bringing peace to the country.

Qureshi, Turkish FM discuss Afghan peace process

Updated 20 Jun, 2021 05:13pm

Shah Mahmood says Pakistan hopes for Afghan parties to seize historic opportunity for a politically negotiated settlement
Turkish foreign minister appreciated Pakistan’s conciliatory role in the Afghan peace process and also hinted at joint efforts to stabilize the region

Afghan retreat: US formally withdrawing from its longest war

Published 01 May, 2021 05:02pm

Afghan security forces were on high alert Saturday for any possible attacks on retreating US troops.

Germany plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan from July 4

Published 21 Apr, 2021 03:53pm

NATO had agreed last week to begin their troop drawdown by May 1.

'Tough' to withdraw us troops from Afghanistan by May 1: Biden

Updated 17 Mar, 2021 06:31pm

"Could happen, but it is tough," Biden said when asked in a TV interview broadcast Wednesday. "I'm in the process of making that decision now as to when they'll leave."
Like his predecessor, Biden has promised to end the nearly 20-year conflict and bring home more than 2,500 American troops in the country — down from about 13,000 troops a year ago.

US envoy in Kabul as questions over troop withdrawal swirl

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:00pm

The envoy is also set to travel to Qatar, where he will meet with Taliban leaders along with trips to unspecified regional capitals, according to the State Department.

No decision on any NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, Stoltenberg says

Published 18 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

NATO defence ministers made no decision on whether or when to pull out of Afghanistan at a meeting on Thursday, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that the allies faced a dilemma as violence increases again.

NATO says will not withdraw forces from Afghanistan ‘before time is right’

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 02:34pm

According to Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, the multilateral military alliance will not withdraw its forces from Afghanistan "before the time is right", after nearly two decades of involvement in the country's fight against terrorism.
The NATO Chief made these comments ahead of a virtual conference this week, which will signify the alliance's highest-level talks with the Biden Administration, after four years of tense relations under President Trump.

China, India agree to pull back troops from Himalayan lake in 'phased, coordinated manner': Indian defence minister

Published 11 Feb, 2021 12:42pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that both India and China would initiate the process of withdrawing the deployment of their troops in a phased, coordinated, and verified manner.
China’s defence ministry said frontline troops from the two countries had begun to pull back from the shores of the lake.

U.S. should delay complete troop pullout in Afghanistan - according to Congressional report

Updated 04 Feb, 2021 06:00pm

The United States should extend the May 1 deadline for pulling all its troops from Afghanistan, and make force cuts contingent on progress in peace talks as well as by the Taliban in reducing violence and containing al Qaeda, a bipartisan report to Congress said on Wednesday.

Taliban praise U.S troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Updated 16 Jan, 2021 04:58pm

The Taliban welcomed the expedited withdrawal of U.S troops from Afghanistan, calling the continued reduction of American forces a "good advancement" even as fighting rages across the war-torn country.
The Taliban's statement came just a few hours after the Pentagon announced that it had reduced troop levels in Afghanistan down to 2500, the lowest after nearly two decades of fighting.

Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring it

Updated 12 Jan, 2021 02:33pm

The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite a new law prohibiting further reductions without the Pentagon sending Congress an assessment of the risks.
The Pentagon’s action will likely anger Republican and Democratic lawmakers opposed to further troop cuts and renew concerns about the outgoing Trump administration’s disdain for Congress, even in its waning days.

India could potentially ramp up its military presence in Afghanistan, amidst American troop withdrawal

Updated 11 Jan, 2021 04:01pm

India could potentially ramp up its military assistance to Afghanistan, as American troops begin to expedite their withdrawal from the country.
New Delhi is believed to have provided assurances to Kabul for additional military support in the foreseeable future - as the United States seeks to reduce its troop presence.

US Congress all set to block troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

Updated 06 Dec, 2020 10:10am

House and Senate members have agreed the mutual terms for the proposed act and will vote and approve the measure in before sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk
The proposed bill prevents the department from reducing troop levels below 4,000

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