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After months of delay, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced his government would release about 400 prisoners, including some Taliban members, in an effort to continue direct negotiations …

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, featuring testimony from two officials from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Devel…

Analysts and former ambassadors talked about possible U.S. policy and strategy toward Afghanistan in the upcoming Trump administration. They assessed the current situation in the region, and…

Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the U.S., looked ahead to U.S. policy toward Afghanistan under the Trump administration, followed by panel discussions on the topic. The panel…

Former Afghanistan Commander General David Petraeus and two former ambassadors talked about a report on the future of U.S. operations in Afghanistan. General Petraeus said there is cause to …

First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani spoke about the challenges facing her country in its efforts to rebuild. She addressed several perceptions she called “half-truths” about the state of he…

Current and former State Department experts on Afghanistan testified on U.S. strategy toward that country. The hearing focused on the level of U.S. troops after 2016, the role of the nation’…