After 18 years of war, the US and the Taliban signed the peace deal in Doha on Saturday to facilitate intra-Afghan dialogue in Oslo this month and the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan in 14 months.
The development came weeks after Trump said Pakistan does not do "a damn thing" for the US, alleging that Islamabad had helped al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden hide near its garrison city of Abbottabad.
"If the American officials truly believe in a peaceful end to the Afghan mess then they must directly present themselves to the negotiation table," said Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada.
Trump repeatedly suggested that Defence Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph Dunford should replace Gen Nicholson, because he is “not winning the war”.
Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan: President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for a surprise visit today to make clear that the US was likely to maintain a limited role here even after its combat mission ends
New Delhi: As the US decides to pull back NATO troops in Afghanistan this year, the Afghan Army has been preparing its force to combat the Taliban. These elite forces are being trained under U.S.
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