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The federal government recognizes state defense forces, as per the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution, under 32 U.S.C. § 109 which provides that state defense forces as a whole may not be called, ordered, or drafted into the armed forces of the United States, thus preserving their separation from the National Guard. However, under the ...
However, the Trump administration terminated the agreement in February 2020 with the signing of the Doha Agreement (Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban and the United States of America) with the Taliban, [103 ...
On 23 July 2016, Afghan and US forces began an offensive to clear Nangarhar province of Islamic State militants hours after the Kabul bombing, the operation was dubbed "Wrath of the Storm" involving both Afghan regular army and special forces and is the Afghan army's first major strategic offensive of the summer. The estimated size of the ISIL ...
Senior Pentagon officials said the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in August could be traced to a 2020 U.S. agreement with the Taliban that promised a complete U.S. troop ...
Declaring significant progress in disrupting al-Qaeda and combatting the Taliban, Obama said on 16 December 2010 that the United States will start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July 2011. [18] [31] [32] Obama said "we are on track to achieve our goals" in the Afghan war and to "start reducing our forces next July."
[43] [44] The Afghan Ministry of Defense reacted to the Taliban's attack by stating that the "Afghan National Defense Security Forces will not leave this attack without response, and will take the revenge of the blood of the martyrs", threatening the signatory's commitment to reduce violence between their forces. [34]
Twenty-five years ago, the Taliban were known for public executions and banishing women from public. What are their views today?
Saturday’s demonstration was the second in as many days in Kabul, serving as an attempt “to gain human rights in Afghanistan,” following the Taliban's takeover last month.