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The US Institute of Peace (USIP), after reviewing the recent reports of the World Bank on the economic situation of Afghanistan, said that Afghanistan’s economy once again is near "the prec

Join USIP and the World Bank for a conversation with two of the reports’ authors as well as leading experts on Afghanistan’s economy. The discussion will look at the reports’ policy implications, such as the country’s economic outlook, how the international community should respond, and what the Taliban can do to ameliorate the economic downturn and humanitarian crisis.

Arshad Mehmood US faces May 1 deadline for troop withdrawal, with no easy option in sight [Islamabad] One year after the signing of the February 29, 2020 US-Taliban provisional peace agreement, the Afghan group called for the withdrawal of all foreign troops by a May 1 deadline. Any attempt to renegotiate the accord will result in the failure of peace efforts, the Taliban warned in a statement released to the press. “We have delivered on our commitments; we did not allow anyone to use Afghan...