Tag: #PeaceDeal
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US, Taliban sign deal to pull foreign forces from Afghanistan
Doha, Mar 1 (AFP/APP): After nearly two decades of conflict that has ravaged Afghanistan’s impoverished population, the United States and the Taliban signed an accord Saturday that Washington hopes will mark the beginning of the end of its longest war. The pact signed in Doha would see the United States and foreign partner forces pull…
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With Taliban deal, US shifts away from two decades of global war
Washington, Feb 29 (AFP/APP): In making peace with the Taliban, the United States is moving to end its longest-ever war and also signalling a major shift: After two decades, an era of global US military interventionism is winding down. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks killed 3,000 people and traumatized the American psyche, the debate…