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  1. 1 day ago · Recent News. Taliban, ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan’s communist regime, and the subsequent breakdown in civil order. It began as a small force of Afghan religious students and scholars seeking to confront ...

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      mujahideen, members of a number of guerrilla groups...

    • Madrasah

      The madrasah functioned until the 20th century as a...

  2. 2 days ago · According to the agreement, the Taliban would cut all its connections with Al-Qaeda and begin peace negotiations with the Afghani Government. In return the United States would begin the withdrawal of its troops. Russia. Russia has been accused of arming the Taliban by multiple politicians including Rex Tillerson and the Afghan government.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lloyd_AustinLloyd Austin - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [1]

  4. 3 days ago · By Duncan Mil. July 27, 2021 - President Joe Biden has confirmed that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will be over by the end of this year, with the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops shifting to advisory, air support and surveillance roles to aid the Iraqi government in its fight against the Islamic State group (IS).

  5. 1 day ago · The leader of the United Arab Emirates has met with an official in the Taliban government still wanted by the United States on an up-to $10 million bounty over his involvement in an attack that ...

  6. 3 days ago · The Haqqani network is an Afghan Islamist group, built around the family of the same name, [17] that has used asymmetric warfare in Afghanistan to fight against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and US -led NATO forces and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government in the 21st century. It is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United ...

  7. 4 days ago · 10.05.2012 00:00. Global Integrated Security, a subsidiary of Global Strategies Group, headed by former Royal Marine Damien Perl, has had its contract to protect U.S. Engineer Corps officers in Afghanistan extended for another four years. Global, which has held the contract since 2008, came top of a short list of bidders for the contract in ...