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President Ghani Recalls Afghan Envoy from Pakistan President Ghani has recalled the Afghan envoy and other Afghan diplomats from Islamabad over the kidnapping and torturing of Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad, Najibullah Alikhil.  The kidnappers of the ambassador’s daughter must be brought to justice and the safety of Afghan diplomats in Pakistan be secured, presidential adviser Waheed Omer said on Sunday night, adding that the Afghan envoy will remain in Kabul for now.  Silsila Alikhil, 26, was abducted and tortured before being released in Islamabad, t...

Taliban Attacks Prove Group Has Not Changed: Ghani Aide Following repeated attacks by the Taliban in various parts of the country, particularly in the north, President Ghani’s senior adviser Waheed Omer said on Tuesday that the group, with its attacks and “subversive” activities in the last month, has proved that it has not changed at all.   Addressing a gathering to introduce Brig. Gen. Ajmal Omar Shinwari as spokesman for the security and defense forces, Omer said that recent attacks by the Taliban have caused hopes for peace in Afghanistan to vanish. “Talib is the one who kills...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The U.S. insists it will continue to put "full weight" into diplomatic efforts. • 8 min read Biden to remove all US forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 The president is expected to announce the withdrawal of troops from the Middle Eastern country by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America's longest war.Manpreet Romana/AFP via Getty Images, FILE The war in Afghanistan is not ending. U.S. forces will no longer be part of it, but that will likely make the fighting worse in t...

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/biden-to-declare-it/"></div>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will declare on Wednesday he plans to end the longest U.S. war and that it is “time for American troops to come home” from Afghanistan, looking to close the book on 20 years of U.S. military involvement there even as critics warn that peace is not assured. “We went […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter...

US plans to end the longest war and looks to close the book on 20 years of America's military involvement in Afghanistan