Russia has denied reports that it offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan, a BBC report said. Earlier, The New York Times reported that a Russian military intelligence unit offered the alleged bounties last year.

Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan

The United States conducted airstrikes against Taliban positions in Afghanistan for the first time since the start of the Eid ceasefire. USFOR-A conducted 2 airstrikes on June 4 to disrupt coord.

US conducts airstrikes against Taliban first time since Eid ceasefire

American warplanes dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 than at any other time in the last decade, a report by US Air Force revealed on Tuesday. According to the figures mentioned in the report by US Air Force Central Command, the US dropped 7,423 separate munitions on targets in Afghanistan in 2019.

US bombing of Afghanistan hits 10-year high

The Taliban claimed responsibility after a US soldier was killed in an attack on an American convoy in Afghanistan. The name of the US serviceman was withheld by the military.

US soldier killed in Afghanistan

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that it had obtained a confidential trove of government documents on how US officials misled Americans on the war in Afghanistan.

US officials misled Americans on war in Afghanistan: Report

Afghans should not misconstrue America's sudden and contentious withdrawal from parts of Syria as a precursor to a similar move in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday.

No Syria-type pullout planned for Afghanistan: Pentagon chief

The US military is set to pull troops from five Afghan bases under a proposed deal with the Taliban, the US envoy leading talks with the insurgents said Monday, in some of the first confirmed details of a much-anticipated accord.

US-Taliban deal would see US pull troops from five bases: US envoy

The US and the Taliban have made "excellent progress" in the latest round of talks in Doha to craft a peace deal, Washington's Afghanistan envoy said on Monday. The foes have been meeting in Qatar since Saturday for an eighth round of talks to thrash out a historic accord that would slash the US military presence in Afghanistan.

US Afghan envoy praises 'excellent progress' in Taliban talks

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement, as the United States seeks to reach a negotiated end to the nearly 18-year-old war.

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

The United States President Donald Trump on Monday said he will leave a strong intelligence presence in Afghanistan even after US troops depart from the country.

US will keep strong intel presence in Afghanistan even after troops withdrawal: Trump

The United States on Friday found backing from rivals Russia and China on the key formula of a peace deal it is negotiating in Afghanistan -- withdrawing troops in return for Taliban pledges not to welcome foreign extremists.

US agrees with Russia, China on pulling troops from Afghanistan

Three US troops and a military contractor were killed in a roadside explosion Monday in the deadliest attack on American forces this year, casting a shadow over ongoing peace talks with the Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the attack.

Four killed in attack on US convoy in Afghanistan

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan Friday, NATO said, in the latest casualties to hit the international coalition amid ongoing peace talks between Washington and the Taliban.

Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO

The Pentagon has not received any order from President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from war-torn Afghanistan, a top US commander said Thursday. "We've not--congressman, we've not been directed to withdraw (troops from Afghanistan), and there are no orders to withdraw anything," Commander of the US Central Command, General Joseph Votel told members of the House Armed Services Committee during a Congressional hearing.

No direction to withdraw troops from Afghanistan: US general

Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the US military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, a US general told Reuters on Friday, estimating the cuts may exceed 1,000 forces.

US may trim over 1,000 troops from Afghanistan in belt-tightening: Army general

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy Umer Daudzai has said that the rapid withdrawal of US troops from the country would only create a "vacuum and increase bloodshed".

'Rapid US troops withdrawal would increase bloodshed', says Afghan envoy

The White House has reacted to the developments in Afghanistan even as the Arab divide seems to shadow the Afghan peace talks. White House Spokesperson Sarah Sanders in a briefing said, "Our priority is to end the war in Afghanistan and to ensure there is never a base for terrorism in Afghanistan again.

Priority is to end Afghan war, peace negotiations will continue: White House

A day after US President Trump announced the withdrawal of forces from Syria, media reports from the US said that Washington will be withdrawing 7,000 troops from Afghanistan.

Nothing to provide, says Pentagon to WION on reports of US cutting troops in Afghanistan

US president Donald Trump may visit Afghanistan

Nangarhar is one of the few provinces in Afghanistan, where US troops have been routinely accompanying Afghan forces into battle

Nangarhar deadliest province for US troops in Afghanistan

NATO?has 12,000 troops in?Afghanistan, and 15 countries have pledged more, NATO?Secretary?General?Jens Stoltenberg said

NATO Secretary General welcomes new US approach on Afghanistan

The Pentagon chief's statement comes?nearly 16 years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and at a time when US military commanders are pushing for additional troops to help stabilise the country's security crisis

US not winning in Afghanistan: Mattis

US-Forces Afghanistan had said earlier that if confirmed, the death of the Hasib and his associates would "significantly degrade ISIS-K operations in Afghanistan and help reach our goal of destroying them in 2017."

US military confirms death of Afghanistan IS chief

Obama himself acknowledged the solution to the conflict, which at 15 years is the longest war in US history, would not be military alone

Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay