The move signals an acknowledgment by Western intelligence agencies that they are preparing for the likely collapse of the central government and a return to civil war.
Author: Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Julian E. Barnes
Trump Wants Troops in Afghanistan Home by Election Day. The Pentagon Is Drawing Up Plans.
President Trump has repeatedly voiced a desire to leave Afghanistan sooner than the timeline laid out in the Feb. 29 peace agreement. He may want to campaign on bringing home every soldier.
To Save Afghan Peace Deal, U.S. May Scale Back C.I.A. Presence
Including the C.I.A.’s presence in negotiations with the Taliban is Washington’s latest effort to use what bargaining chips it has left to advance the peace plan.
Coronavirus Disrupts Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan
Thousands of American and NATO troops are scheduled to leave in the next few months, but quarantine procedures are complicating those efforts.
NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down
The Trump administration’s decision to eventually withdraw several thousand troops from America’s longest war has triggered a debate within the 29-country alliance.
U.S. Military Calls ISIS in Afghanistan a Threat to the West. Intelligence Officials Disagree.
As officials debate whether to withdraw all western troops from Afghanistan, the power of the Islamic State emerges as a key question.