WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States and the insurgents have fought a bloody and costly war for the past 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.Full story
Twelve years after the Taliban were toppled from power in Afghanistan, international troops have handed over responsibility for security to the country's army. But as the ceremony took place, a suicide bomb killed three people, a reminder of the constant challenge that lies ahead. ITN’s Nick Thatche
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban is willing to consider peace talks with the Afghan state following secret discussions, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday, in what may be the first significant step towards an end to the long-running war. Full story
U.S.-led international troops handed control of Afghanistan’s national security to local forces Tuesday – a moment President Hamid Karzai described as “historic.”
The door for over 237,000 military combat jobs has opened, but that doesn’t mean other elite military units aren’t still boys clubs. Sources tell NBC that a potential schedule has been drawn to allow women to begin special forces training as early as 2015. Now’s Alex Wagner is joined by NBC’s Jim Mi
Members of the 4th Stryker Brigade combat team celebrated an especially happy Father’s Day by returning home after 7 months in Afghanistan. The return was especially sweet for Specialist Jesse Pennington, who got the chance to meet and hold his two-month-old daughter for the first time.
A soldier returning from Afghanistan meets his newborn twin daughters for the first time. KING’s Elisa Hahn reports.
The seven insurgents were holed up with an arsenal of weapons and explosives, which they intended to use to target NATO and Afghan airport bases. Afghan forces killed all insurgents in the hideout. NBC’s Duncan Golestani reports.
HERAT, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 4: Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons as they are presented to the media on November 4, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Twenty Taliban fighters from Afghanistan's Herat province have surrendered to government troops in Herat, west of the capital city o
International Security Assistance Force commander General Joseph Dunford speaks during a news conference in Kabul June 18, 2013. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan cast doubt on Tuesday over whether insurgents with the Haqqani network could make peace, as the United States prepares to m
Muhammad Naeem , a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, stands next to a translator speaking during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha June 18, 2013. The Afghan Taliban opened the office in Qatar on Tuesday to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-o
Muhammad Naeem , a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha June 18, 2013. The Afghan Taliban opened the office in Qatar on Tuesday to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war, saying it wanted a poli
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