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Slovenian soldiers already pulled out of Afghanistan Ljubljana, 20 May - Following the governments decision to withdraw Slovenias troops deployed in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, the six Slovenian soldiers returned home via Italy on Thursday, the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) told the STA. Their return marks the end of Slovenias mission in Afghanistan. Herat, Afghanistan Photo: Mihael Sustarsic/STA

Slovenia plans to withdraw its troops deployed in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan in line with the time frame agreed by the allies or by the end of August at the latest.

19 May 2021 - 11:32 KABUL (Pajhwok): The Norwegian prime minister has admitted that almost two decades of the international military presence in Afghanistan has failed to yield the desired results. Erna Solberg remarked on Wednesday: “An important lesson from Afghanistan is that the conflict cannot be resolved militarily.” Sputnik quoted her as acknowledging that almost that the foreign military action could not produce a peaceful settlement. In Afghanistan, 9,20...

May 15, 2021 Share Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Friday that the United States had turned over another major military base to the local army as all U.S. and NATO troops are in the process of withdrawing from the country. The sprawling security installation is located in southern Kandahar province, and it used to serve about 30,000 foreign forces, as well as contractors, at the height of the nearly two-decade Afghan war. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Fawad Aman tweeted that oper...

ISLAMABAD - Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Friday that the United States had turned over another major military base to th

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Gen. Scott Miller is the longest-serving U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Now he has to bring home American troops and gear safely as the Taliban ramp up their fight.

  The mission isn’t just to safeguard the withdrawal of U.S. troops, there are also weapons, vehicles and an array of other machinery and equipment — it’s an entire infrastructure. And it all has to be done while also defending against Taliban militants, who are determined to settle scores as American soldiers head for the exit. “We have seen a couple of incidents of Taliban activity against the coalition,” Miller told D’Agata. “We have the military means and capabilities to defe...

DoD stays mum on regional troop presence plans after Afghanistan withdrawal 2 hours ago Members of the Afghan International Security Force patrol a street in Nad Ali District in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June 2010. (Spc. Joseph Wilson/Army) Defense officials are vowing to maintain some U.S. troop presence near Afghanistan for counterterrorism operations into the future, but would not say where that force would be based or whether it could be in place before all American troops leav...

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I visited Kabul and affirmed Australia’s support for the Afghanistan Government and people during this time of change for the country. I was pleased to meet again with HE President Ashraf Ghani. We discussed the challenges of COVID-19, the international troop withdrawal, support for a stable and secure Afghanistan, and our shared hopes for the ongoing peace negotiations. I was also pleased to meet with the Minister for Women’s Affairs, Hasina Sa...