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As US prepared exit, Taliban protected foreign bases, but killed Afghans Since United States struck a deal with Taliban in February 2020 there have been no US combat deaths Reuters April 30, 2021 Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all US forces by May 1, three Western officials with knowledge of the agreement told Reuters. The US State Department gave no immediate response to Reuters over the existence of any such document. Nor did it have ...

Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all US forces by May 1. — AP/File Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all US forces by May 1, three Western officials with knowledge of the agreement told Reuters. The US State Department gave no immediate response to Reuters over the existence of any such ...

Asia PacificEXCLUSIVE As U.S. prepared exit, Taliban protected foreign bases, but killed Afghans Charlotte GreenfieldAbdul Sediqi 5 minute read An Afghan National Army soldier sits on a back of an army vehicle at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by May 1, three Western officials with knowledge of the agreement told Reuters. ...

08:43 EDT, 30 April 2021 By Rupam Jain, Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by May 1, three Western officials with knowledge of the agreement told Reuters. The U.S. State Department gave no immediate response to Reuters over the existence of any such document. Nor did it have any immediate comment on what the three officials described as a "Taliban ring of...

Jakub Jakóbowski, Senior Fellow, Centre for Eastern Studies Tamás Matura, Assistant Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest Chaired by Oertel, Director, Asia Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations Europe is recalibrating its relationship with China. The growing scepticism about the future trajectory of the relationship is accelerated by the controversial Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) as well the most recent sanctions via-a-vis China. At the same time, the EU’s new focus on economic sovereignty and supply chain resilience provides an opportunity for a more robust...