Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia’s foreign minister against Moscow paying bounties to Taliban-linked militants and other Afghan fighters for killing...
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More U.S. Troops Will Leave Afghanistan Before the Election, Trump Says
President Trump said that there would be fewer than 5,000 American troops in Afghanistan by Election Day in November, signaling that the United States would...
Jailbreak Attack by ISIS Rages On in Eastern Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — A militant assault on a prison complex in eastern Afghanistan turned into a gun battle that was still raging 16 hours later...
Militants Attack Afghan Prison as Brief Cease-Fire Expires
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Militants attacked a major prison in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, detonating a car bomb and waging a gun battle against guards for...
Trump Still Defers to Putin, Even as He Dismisses U.S. Intelligence and the Allies
WASHINGTON — On the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president four years ago, Donald J. Trump declared that he would pull out of...
In Afghanistan, a Rarely Seen Anti-Tank Weapon Destroys a Helicopter
An Afghan helicopter was attacked in the country’s south this week by what United States and Afghan officials say was a missile rarely seen in...
Trump Did Not Ask Putin About Russia’s Bounties on U.S. Troops
President Trump did not ask President Vladimir V. Putin whether Russian operatives in Afghanistan had paid Taliban-affiliated militants bounties to kill American soldiers, Mr. Trump...
Taliban Executes Female Prison Guard, and U.N. Raises Concern Over Afghan Violence
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban abducted and executed a female prison guard in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, officials and relatives said Monday, as...
Introducing ‘Father Soldier Son,’ a Film From The Times and Netflix
Father Soldier SonDirected by Leslye Davis and Catrin EinhornStreaming on Netflix July 17 A New Documentary, 10 Years in the Making War enlists generations. In...
$174 Million Afghan Drone Program Is Riddled With Problems, U.S. Report Says
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon report on Thursday harshly criticized a $174 million American drone program that was meant to give Afghan forces an advantage over...