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Afghan museum restores Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time – Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) – Restoring Afghanistan’s Buddhist artifacts that were destroyed by the Taliban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on the latest restoration project. Mohammad Fahim Rahimi, Director of National Museum inspects a pot for restoration at the National Museum in Kabul, …
Red Cross May Resume Its Work In Afghanistan, Taliban Say : NPR
The Taliban are rescinding a 5-month-old ban that prevented staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in Afghanistan, saying they also will renew security guarantees for the aid workers. The new arrangement was worked out during talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, according to representatives …
On the war in Afghanistan, Donald Trump seems out of step with his voters – Daily chart
A majority still back the invasion PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is prone to changing his mind. On the 18-year-old war in Afghanistan, the commander-in-chief is particularly fickle. In August 2017, on the advice of his generals, he reluctantly agreed to increase the number of American troops deployed in the country from …
Trump’s planned Camp David retreat with the Taliban draws flak from all sides – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Did the Taliban ever intend to come to Camp David this weekend, as President Trump claimed? Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo insisted Sunday that the president had called off secretly planned talks at the presidential retreat in Maryland with leaders of the Afghan militant group that sheltered …
Trump says he cancelled secret meeting with Afghan president, Taliban at Camp David – The Washington Post
President Trump said Saturday that he had cancelled a previously-undisclosed summit at Camp David with Taliban leadership and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after the Taliban took responsibility for an attack earlier this week that killed a U.S. soldier. The abrupt disclosure appeared to deal a significant blow to the ongoing …
Mike Pompeo Declines to Sign Risky Afghan Peace Deal | Time
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on an unannounced visit to the country. JACQUELYN MARTIN—AFP/Getty Images The U.S. is closing in on a deal with the Taliban that is designed to wind down America’s 18-year …
Special Forces Soldier Killed As Peace Talks Continue to End Afghan War
An American Special Forces soldier was killed in Afghanistan Thursday as violence continues throughout the region amid ongoing peace negotiations between U.S. and Taliban officials. A statement released Friday by officials with the NATO Resolute Support mission did not disclose any details on how the Special Forces soldier was killed. …
Opinion | Mike Pompeo: Secretary of Hypocrisy – The New York Times
If Pompeo has a sense of honor, he might consider resigning rather than fathering the catastrophe that may soon befall Afghanistan. It isn’t hard to guess what Mike Pompeo, the hawkish congressman from Kansas, would say about the Afghan exit deal that Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, is negotiating …
