2020
Last US troops in Afghanistan will be special operations forces –
NATO Forces Now Outnumber US Troops in Afghanistan –
Fire From the Sky, The Afghan Taliban’s Drones –
Time to Make the Taliban Uncomfortable –
As the US exits two decades after invading Afghanistan, the Taliban surges –
Rockets fired onto Bagram Airfield –
US conducts strike on Taliban amid drawdown –
Afghans Losing Hope for Peace Process Amid Violence –
There Is Only One Way Out of Afghanistan –
How We Could End his ‘Forever War’ –
Afghan government, Taliban ready to set agenda for peace talks –
How the U.S. Should Leave Afghanistan –
Afghanistan troops withdrawal must be coordinated –
President Trump Must End the War in Afghanistan –
US Has Achieved Only a ‘Modicum of Success’ in Afghanistan –
Kabul pounded by rockets in latest Afghan attack –
Perilous approach to Afghanistan –
US Pullout in Afghanistan Will Empower the Taliban –
Does It Make Sense for America to Stop Fighting the Taliban –
Kabul pounded by rockets in latest Afghan attack –
The Perils of Pulling Troops Out of Afghanistan –
Chief Afghan Peace Envoy Says US Troops Pulling Out too Soon –
Insurgent attacks jeopardize peace efforts and US troop withdrawal in Afghanistan –
Peace seems impossible on Afghanistan’s front lines –
Enemy attacks in Afghanistan jump by 50 percent –
All U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Should Come Home –
‘High’ Levels of violence threatens Afghan peace process –
NATO chief rules out rushed, early exit from Afghanistan –
NATO chief says conditions will determine alliance’s Afghanistan exit –
US, Taliban Trade Barbs Over Continuing Violence –
What the Fate of Freed Taliban Prisoners Means for the Afghan Peace Process –
How Can Peace Finally Come to Afghanistan –
Afghans Say Preventing the Next War as Vital as Ending This One –
US lost $19 billion in ‘waste’ fraud and abuse’ in Afghan reconstruction –
U.S. and Taliban agree to ‘re-set’ as Afghanistan peace deal marred by spiraling carnage –
US Afghan peace envoy says Taliban agrees to reduce violence –
Thousands flee fighting in southern Afghan province –
Taliban attacks in Helmand boost Afghans’ fears about US pullout –
US strikes Taliban in Helmand, warn militants to halt offensive –
US strikes Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province –
Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan –
Don’t Abandon Peace for Afghanistan –
With US troops gone, Taliban expands influence –
‘Early withdrawal of US troops will have consequences’ –
U.S. to go down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan –
Taliban won’t accept permanent cease-fire until political agreement –
New Era in Ties with Pakistan –
Violence Persists as Afghan Government and Taliban Seek Path to Peace –
Afghan forces kill 65 Taliban fighters in fierce battle –
Taliban Attack Checkpoints, Kill 28 Police –
Bloodiest day of fighting since peace talks began –
As Afghanistan peace talks stutter, U.S. says violence levels too high –
US peace deal is ‘partnering with Taliban against Afghan government’ –
Taliban’s expanding ‘financial power’ could make it ‘imperious’ to pressure –
The Future Of U.S.-Afghan Relations –
China’s Stake in the Afghan Peace Process –
Americans want end to Afghanistan war –
President Trump Should Withdraw All U.S. Troops from Afghanistan Now –
Taliban attacks continue across Afghanistan –
Taliban kills 20 Afghan government troops amid ongoing peace talks –
Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war –
For Real Peace, Afghanistan Needs a Plan B –
Taliban talks, US ‘not happy about’ release of prisoners –
The Need for an Enduring US Military Presence in Afghanistan –
US Aims for 4,500 Troops in Afghanistan –
Missiles target Baghdad airport that hosts US troops –
Germany’s long military mission in Afghanistan –
Afghan peace talks likely to be ‘contentious’ –
Taliban Return to Doha, Setting State for Afghan Peace Talks –
Taliban fired rockets at US base in Afghanistan, breaching peace deal –
Afghan government releases 100 ‘dangerous’ Taliban prisoners –
Finding a Way to Afghan Peace –
Dozen killed in Taliban truck bomb, other attacks across Afghanistan –
Three suspected in insider attacks that killed US troops among Taliban prisoners to be released –
Taliban Visit Pakistan to Talk Afghan Peace Push –
As US moves to exit Afghanistan, rivals prepare to swoop in –
More than 20 Afghans killed, wounded in Taliban attacks –
Long-delayed Afghan peace talks hit by new obstacles –
Afghans Halt Prisoner Release, Delaying Talks With Taliban –
Australia, France object to Afghan release of some Taliban detainees –
Afghan peace negotiator survives assassination attempt –
Taliban unlikely to support keeping US counterterrorism in Afghanistan –
Will the US withdrawal from Afghanistan put the Taliban in power –
Rightsizing the Afghanistan mission –
US troop presence in Afghanistan will be ‘less than 5,000’ –
With Final Prisoner Release, Afghanistan Takes a Giant Step Toward Peace –
Afghan government begins release of final group of Taliban prisoners –
Taliban warns Kabul against attacks on prisoners as part of Afghan peace talks –
Taliban prisoners to be set free paving way for peace talks –
The Taliban Say They Have No Foreign Fighters –
US withdrawal opens way for terror alliance in Afghanistan –
US forces in Afghanistan to be slashed to fewer than 5,000 –
With US troops gone from two bases in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban steps up attacks –
Afghan government to release 500 Taliban prisoners as three-day cease-fire starts –
Will Afghanistan’s Long-Delayed Peace Ever Arrive –
What Do US-Iran Talks Mean for Afghanistan –
What Does Afghanistan’s Latest Outreach to Pakistan Mean for India –
Thousands of Pakistani militants hiding in Afghanistan –
Will Afghanistan’s Long-Delayed Peace Ever Arrive
Failures in Afghanistan: DOD’s Descent Into War
Taliban Make Big Changes Ahead of Expected Talks With Kabul
US has less than 8,600 troops in Afghanistan now – meeting goal laid out in Taliban ‘peace deal’
US has withdrawn from 5 bases in Afghanistan after Taliban agreement
Demobilizing The Khost Protection Force: Paramilitary Groups in Afghanistan
How Russia Built a Channel to the Taliban, Once an Enemy
New Offensive Against the Taliban Halts Peace Talks
Government to Release 900 More Taliban Prisoners
How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower
Taliban launch fresh attacks in Afghanistan
US, Taliban sign peace truce that may end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan
Increased Iranian Threat in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat
Record-High Attack Numbers in Afghanistan
Airstrikes on the rise as US pursues Afghan peace talks
Afghanistan’s turbulent decade
Taliban launch deadly attack on Afghan security post
US dropped bombs in Afghanistan at record level
Afghanistan to field Chinook heavy-lift helos
Iran uses violence, politics to try to push American forces out of Iraq
Ending the War Won’t Solve Afghanistan’s Governance Problem
The Pitfalls in Afghanistan’s Peace Process
Nearly half of Afghans want US troops out after Taliban peace deal
Peace in Afghanistan Must Not Ignore Afghan Voices
Peace Talks with the Taliban – Is the United States Negotiating with Terrorists
Taliban hopes for Afghan peace deal
The Missing Links in the Afghan Peace Process
US rebuilding effort in Afghanistan worse than ‘D-minus’
Afghan War plagued by ‘mendacity and hubris,
US, Taliban continue meetings in Qatar on joint agreement
Taliban Offer Reduced Violence to Revive U.S. Talks
Taliban Say They Handed Cease-fire Offer to US Peace Envoy
Afghanistan Reacts to Soleimani’s Death
US Ambassador Leaves Kabul, Ends 20Year Afghan Tenure
U.S.-Iran Tensions Won’t Impact Afghan Peace Process, Taliban Say
Taliban Agrees to Reduce Violence in Possible Peace Deal
Assessment of the U.S. Presence in Afghanistan