David Petraeus, on June 15 to discuss the July deadline for the initial drawdown of surge forces in Afghanistan. The meeting comes as speculation runs rampant regarding the future course of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Some reports, including from STRATFOR sources, say the White House will ...
Fig. 1: The map shows the places mentioned in this book. It is based on the current position ofprovincial borders. Some of the borders have been altered since 1964 but in those cases myinterlocutors usually referred to the current province.Map of Afghanistan and TimelineBadakhshanKunduzBaghlan...
In this lesson, we will learn how the Soviet-Afghan War and Islamic Fundamentalism contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We will...
Historical Timeline The War in Afghanistan True or False? Afghanistan Wordsearch Opinion Piece Islamic Art Unscrambling Activity Afghan Proverbs Frequently Asked Questions When did the country of Afghanistan achieve independence? Afghanistan celebrates its independence from British rule on August 19th. The tr...
The 19th century’s “Great Game” between the British Empire and Tsarist Russia significantly influenced Afghanistan’s modern boundaries and its role as a buffer state. The 20th century saw Afghanistan maintaining its neutrality during both World Wars and the Cold War, albeit with fluctuating level...
Those who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, which is now under the rule of the Taliban, face significant obstacles and a crushing timeline for securing a visa to the U.S. “It’s Groundhog Day. The things that mattered three years ago still matter. People are still not gett...
'We’ve been there for 19 years, in Afghanistan ― it’s ridiculous," he said, using an oft-repeating, though inaccurate, timeline. U.S. troops first hit the ground in Afghanistan in October 2001. What started as a special operations mission to compel Taliban surren...
JAMES CUNNINGHAM: When I got there, I thought the objective was clear. But then it became apparent, after a little while, maybe a year or so, after President Obama decided that we were going to withdraw on a timeline in a more precipitous way than I had thought. It became harder to ...
Diplomats for the bloc have told AFP that there are up to 600 Afghan workers and their families at the EU mission in Kabul and are pleading with member nations to grant them visas. READ MORE: Afghanistan update: Timeline and summary
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeosaid last monththat the US is prepared to remove American troops from Afghanistan, but has not agreed on a timeline. Pompeo said he “hopes” a deal will be reached by September 1, ahead of the Afghan presidential elections later that month. ...