Afghanistan

The Taliban announced a ceasefire on Thursday in areas of Afghanistan affected by the Chinese coronavirus, allowing medical teams access to provide health services and aid.

Afghanistan Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz warned on Tuesday that the Chinese coronavirus could kill at least 110,000 people amid a rise in cases across the country.

The Taliban, which considers itself the legitimate government of Afghanistan, released a statement on Wednesday urging Afghans to “recite effective prayers” against the Chinese coronavirus, calling it a “decree of Allah.”

Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners beginning on March 14, a step the Taliban insists is necessary before talks between the Islamist insurgents and the Afghan government can continue.

“I gave him [Mattis] more people for a short period of time, and it didn’t work out and all we were doing is policing on Afghanistan,” Trump said.

Presidential candidates won the past three elections by promising to end the longest war in American history. Only President Trump has taken concrete efforts to make good on that promise.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) stated that President Trump “is doing the right thing” with his attempts to end the war in Afghanistan and that “Democrats cannot just be opposed to

The prospects for the peace deal brokered between the United States and the Taliban looked grim less than 24 hours after it was announced, as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani balked at releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners as specified in the agreement, and the Taliban responded by announcing it would resume “operations” against the Afghan government. 

After 18 years, the end of the Afghan War and bringing all American troops home from Afghanistan is finally in sight.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) reacted to the peace deal between the United States and the Taliban by expressing his concern over the timeline for the full withdrawal of American

Iraq and Afghanistan confirmed their first cases of the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday. Both cases were detected near the Iranian border and involved patients who recently traveled to Iran, where an outbreak spreading from the city of Qom has officially infected 61 people and killed 12, although a lawmaker from the area claims there have been 50 deaths and 250 people are under quarantine.

The New York Times on Thursday published an op-ed written by Sirajuddin Haqqani, deputy leader of the Taliban and a globally designated terrorist with a $5 million FBI reward on his head. Haqqani used the opportunity extended by the Times to recite Taliban propaganda and lay out the terrorist organization’s terms for peace in Afghanistan.

Neither the moderators nor the candidates at Wednesday’s Democrat Party debate took the time to discuss national security or foreign policy issues in-depth, instead spending significant portions of the broadcast discussing former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s history of racist and sexist comments.

Sen. Rand Paul said in a recent exclusive interview that the president needs more Republican allies to help him end the war in Afghanistan.

Members of the Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF) — the country’s primary fighting unit against the Taliban — are partnering more with American and coalition forces instead of becoming independent, a U.S. government watchdog testified recently.

Taliban militants attacked an Afghan military base in the northern Kunduz province on Sunday despite reports during the week that a ceasefire deal between the Taliban and U.S. is under negotiation.

President Donald Trump traveled to Dover, Delaware, on Monday for a dignified transfer ceremony of two American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

A distressing video where an Afghan woman is seen being stoned to death by Islamists is being investigated by Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), Radio Free Europe (RFE) reported Tuesday. 

President Trump surprised a military family by reuniting them with their deployed soldier during his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening.

Iranian state media is claiming a senior CIA officer named Michael D’Andrea, who it alleges planned the airstrike that killed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Gen. Qasem Soleimani in December, was killed when an American plane went down in Afghanistan on Monday.

A report issued by the U.S. Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) on Monday said 7,423 munitions were released by American aircraft over Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number since the publication of bombing statistics began in 2006.

A U.S. Air Force surveillance plane has crashed in Afghanistan, a top military official confirmed to reporters Monday. 

The George Soros-funded organization Vote Vets, which purports to stand for veterans but is a leftist organization, is twisting comments made by Sen. Tom Cotton.

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and complained about the “odor of mendacity” surrounding everything related to Afghanistan. Sopko said U.S. officials have “routinely lied” to the American public about numerous issues related to war and reconstruction in Afghanistan.

Islamic extremism is still a primary driver of Christian persecution in eight out of the ten most dangerous places for Christians.

Christian persecution around the globe reached an unprecedented level at the end of 2019, with over 260 million Christians facing “high levels of persecution,” Open Doors revealed Wednesday.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said during the Democrat debate on Tuesday that there was a difference between “combat troops” and “Special Forces.” “There’s a difference between combat troops and leaving special forces in position,” he said when discussing what

Flags will fly at half-staff in in Fayetteville, North Carolina in honor of two soldiers who were killed over the weekend in Afghanistan.

On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) defended the strike on Qasem Soleimani and called for Congress to “revisit” the AUMFs in Iraq and Afghanistan and vote on a new one. Roy said,

Army Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble was buried Thursday, surrounded by several hundred family members and friends.