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Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan

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WASHINGTON — Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring...

US pullout from Afghanistan half done, but questions remain

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is more than half done, and U.S. officials say that while it could be completed by July...

UN: Unprecedented Taliban violence in 2020 carries into 2021

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UNITED NATIONS — Taliban insurgents show no sign of reducing the level of violence in Afghanistan to facilitate peace negotiations with the government, and...

NATO chief says Afghan exit going well as 6 die in attacks

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BRUSSELS — NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the military organization’s pullout from Afghanistan is going well, as at least six people were killed...

UK to resettle more Afghan interpreters as NATO troops leave

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LONDON — Britain said Monday it will make it easier for Afghans who worked with British troops to settle in the U.K., amid rising...

Australia closes its embassy in Kabul, others scale back

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Australia is shutting its embassy in the Afghan capital later this week, citing security concerns ahead of the final withdrawal of...

EXPLAINER: Much about US pullout from Afghanistan is unclear

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WASHINGTON — When he pulled the plug on the American war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the reasons for staying, 10 years after...

Violence tests Biden’s pullback from Middle East hotspots

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Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from...

NATO to continue Afghan troop training after leaving country

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BRUSSELS — NATO will continue to train Afghan special forces outside the country after it winds up 18 years of security work in conflict-torn...

Violence tests Biden’s pullback from Middle East hotspots

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Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from...