The top general of the United States Central Command warned of declining prospects for long-term peace in Afghanistan in an interview with NPR Friday morning.
The Taliban attacked an Afghan intelligence complex in the northern city of Aybak, leaving at least 40 casualties, according to a Monday New York Times report.
DOHA/KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a $1 billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan after he failed to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe to end a feud that has helped jeopardize a U.S.-led peace effort. 
DOHA/KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought on Monday to salvage a U.S.-led effort to bring peace to Afghanistan, meeting with Taliban officials at a Qatari military base after visiting Kabul to try to end a feud between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe. 
The Trump administration will fight efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate American personnel for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, according to top U.S. officials who described the court's efforts as a dangerous sham. 
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, a U.S. forces spokesman said, the first such attack since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday. 
Secret agreements reached between the Taliban and the Trump administration do not do enough to compel the terrorist organization to sever its ties with al Qaeda, Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) disclosed after reviewing classified documents. 
The Trump administration is poised to sign a landmark peace accord Saturday morning with the Taliban terrorist organization more than 18 years after the United States first entered Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. 
A group of more than 20 leading Republican lawmakers are warning the Trump administration against signing a landmark peace accord with the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying that it would jeopardize America's national security interests. 
More than a week after Afghanistan announced the results of hotly contested election that critics say was marred by corruption, the Trump administration is demanding a review of the outcome in comments likely to complicate his administration's efforts to foster a peace accord with the Taliban. 